London

M., my friend whom I met while we were living and working (she)/doing an internship (me) in London with the same company (while living in the same house...) went to London again (we try to visit as often as possible, because we LOVE London).

The first night we were there, we went straight to the RedVeg to buy ourselves a mushroomburger (ask for a vegan one and they'll leave off the cheese and use vegan mayo). If you are ever in London, do yourself a favor, go to the RedVeg (Dean Street, a street off Oxford Street, near Tottenham Court Road tube station) and order a mushroomburger. They are unbelievably good.

The second night, we went to dinner at Mildred's. It was my second time there, and I ordered the light meal I ate last time as a starter. Then I ate a couscous dish with chickpeas, which could have used some more veggies in my opinion. And ah.. dessert!

Coconut tofu cheesecake with caramelised banana. We made sure to make lots of yummy-noises because the guy sitting next to us had been mocking the tofu part of the tofu cheesecake for about 15 minutes before we got it. ;-)

In the Netherlands, we do not have a Whole Foods. Reading about it on blogs for ages now, I was really curious. I have been to the Fresh & Wild in Soho (a British Whole Foods 'daughter'?), but I knew there was a 'real' Whole Foods in Kensington, near our hotel.

And oh my, it was BIG! I actually got lost in there.

I bought lots of things, including a small to-try-packet of chocolate hemp protein powder, Larabars, Bounceballs, a small raw Goji & Lucuma chocolate bar and a vegan cupcake. It was the first time I bought a vegan cupcake (they do not sell those over here...) and... it was a major disappointment actually. (I hope that this is just the how all of there cupcakes taste, not just the vegan ones, because I know vegan cupcakes do not have to taste this dry, bland, and have such a weird butter cream frosting - and I wouldn't like people to associate this taste with vegan cupcakes!)

And, also for the first time ever, I saw vegan chocolates. I am not a chocoholic, but I couldn't resist buying one of all the vegan ones (except the chocolate orange one. I know people go crazy for that combination, but I think it is really, really gross).

The mouse and owl were just plain chocolate (I figured that out when I ate them, I thought they would be filled). Top right is a truffle (I like ED&BV ones better!), below that one a raspberry filled one. Bottom left is a rose filled one and not pictured a violet one. I loved those last three ones. If I'll ever visit that Whole Foods again (and I will, haha), I'll definitely buy a box of the raspberry, violet and rose flavoured chocolates!

The next day, we went to a new-to-us restaurant, 222 Veggie Vegan. It's not situated in the city centre, so that's probably the reason we had not visited yet. I actually thought it would be bigger, but it looked really nice.

We lunched there, and they serve a buffet for lunch. It's all you can eat for 7 pounds 50. Everything I piled on my plate was really delicious, but OMG, the lasagne. I completely stuffed my face with that.

I had to try there cheesecake to. As you can see, it was not as smooth as the ones they served at Mildred's. I ordered it with a side of vegan blueberry ice cream, which was delicious. They really know how to make vegan ice cream there! Next time, I'll order a bowl of ice cream.

We also went to Three Days of Rain, with James McAvoy. I loved the play, and the actors. They played so well!

Next time I'm in London, I am going to stock up on these:

Why o why do they not sell Nestle cereals (Cheerios!) in the Netherlands? (Everywhere in Europe, but not in the Netherlands...)