London

Events, special offers, new products, website features, competitions, special menus, Veg Week challenges

Pinsent Masons (Law Firm)
Woodbridge House, Aylesbury Street, London EC1 0ER
Will be using the NVW logo.

Shish
313-319 Old Street, London EC1V 9LE. Tel: 020 7749 0990
May 22-28: and beyond! Special menu. devour a sumptuous halloumi shish, made with halloumi cheese, peppers, red onion and rosemary roast potatoes, available with your choice of side dish or in a pitta bread wrap. Alternatively savour firm favourite, the falafel wrap, rolled with a green leaf salad and a choice of chilli sauce, tahini or mayonnaise and served with pickled vegetables. To make more of a meal out of it, Shish’s selection of healthy and nutritious hot and cold mezze plates can be mixed and matched and enjoyed as an accompaniment to your shish or as a light meal in themselves. Choices include tabbouleh with tomato, cucumber, spring onion, mint, parsley and lemon juice; roasted red peppers with crumbled feta; Lebanese aubergine salad with tahini, lemon, paprika and garlic; toasted Afghan pumpkin blended with spicy tomato and coriander sauce; Uzbek tomato and coriander salad with lime juice; aloo tikki, potato cakes filled with Indian spiced green peas, served with tamarind sauce; and spinach borek with walnuts and creamy feta, with a yoghurt dip. A specially created fattoush summer salad made with crisp iceberg lettuce, red onions, peppers, cucumber and pitta croutons dressed with lemon and olive oil will also be available and is ideal for vegans and vegetarians. Home-made desserts are both delicious and refreshing and include a must-try halva ice cream as well as strawberry and basil or mango and coconut sorbets. For that extra vitamin injection, a selection of freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices are also on hand

XFactordates.com
tel: 0870 871 7777 web: www.xfactordates.com/speeddating/uk/events/1381
Social events. Special offer. To celebrate National Vegetarian Week Xfactordates are holding a special speed dating event for vegetarians and vegans that are keen to meet fellow meat-free singles! venue is The Worship, 14 - 18 Triton Court, Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1BR. If you quote “VEGSOC” when booking, you will receive 10% off your booking. For full details or to book please visit… www.xfactordates.com/speeddating/uk/events/1381 or call 0870 871 7777. (They are also using the NVW logo on their website)

City Cafe
30 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4DD. Tel: 020 7932 4600 www.citycafe.co.uk
May 22-28: Special menu. head chef Peter Lloyd has created a menu full of mouth-watering vegetarian dishes, guaranteed to tempt even the staunchest carnivore. Peter’s National Vegetarian Week menu uses only the freshest most seasonal ingredients and is available from Monday 22 – Sunday 28 May and is excellent value with starters from 5.50 and mains from £10.95. Choices include: Chilled almond and grape soup; Watermelon, feta and mint salad with toasted pumpkin seeds and tamarind dressing; New season English asparagus, cepe mushroom gnocchi and sauce mousseline; Goat’s cheese crespina with ratatouille dressing and black olive tapenade; Wild mushroom rotollo, fresh pea fricassee; Nettle pesto risotto, pickled walnut and pecorino. For unparalleled summer dining, al fresco diners can spill out onto City Café Westminster’s fabulous Art Street, the first ever street conceived as work of art. Created by Susanna Heron, one of the UK’s most innovative artists, this unique covered space features monumental seven metre high slate engravings and a vast light reflecting mirrored wall to create a spectacular backdrop, whatever the weather.To complement your National Vegetarian Week meal, City Café offers a strong New and Old World wine list, with a selection that will suit everyone from the occasional drinker to the wine connoisseur.

House of Commons Cafeteria
1 Parliament Street, SW1A 0AA
The catering services will be displaying NVW materials and promoting healthy eating throughout the Week.

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Shish
2-6 Station Parade, Willesden Green NW2 4NH. Tel: 020 8208 9290
May 22-28: and beyond! Special menu. devour a sumptuous halloumi shish, made with halloumi cheese, peppers, red onion and rosemary roast potatoes, available with your choice of side dish or in a pitta bread wrap. Alternatively savour firm favourite, the falafel wrap, rolled with a green leaf salad and a choice of chilli sauce, tahini or mayonnaise and served with pickled vegetables. To make more of a meal out of it, Shish’s selection of healthy and nutritious hot and cold mezze plates can be mixed and matched and enjoyed as an accompaniment to your shish or as a light meal in themselves. Choices include tabbouleh with tomato, cucumber, spring onion, mint, parsley and lemon juice; roasted red peppers with crumbled feta; Lebanese aubergine salad with tahini, lemon, paprika and garlic; toasted Afghan pumpkin blended with spicy tomato and coriander sauce; Uzbek tomato and coriander salad with lime juice; aloo tikki, potato cakes filled with Indian spiced green peas, served with tamarind sauce; and spinach borek with walnuts and creamy feta, with a yoghurt dip. A specially created fattoush summer salad made with crisp iceberg lettuce, red onions, peppers, cucumber and pitta croutons dressed with lemon and olive oil will also be available and is ideal for vegans and vegetarians. Home-made desserts are both delicious and refreshing and include a must-try halva ice cream as well as strawberry and basil or mango and coconut sorbets. For that extra vitamin injection, a selection of freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices are also on hand

Chai Pani Restaurant (Food & Drink Guild member)
64 Seymour Street, London W1H 5BW. Tel: 020 7258 2000 www.chaipani.co.uk
Special menu. Special Offer. We will be putting on a special buffet for both lunch (12noon to 2.30pm Mon-Fri) and dinner (6-10.30pm Mon-Fri, also open sat-Sun 1-10.30pm). The buffet will feature many types of dishes and will change every day throughout National Vegetarian Week. Also offering an extra 10% discount to Veg Soc members on production of The Vegetarian Society card.

Mantra Restaurants & Bars (Food & Drink Guild member)
48 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D 5BF Tel: 0207 439 6868 www.mantrasoho.com
May 22-28: Special offer. Get 20% off the entire food menu by quoting National Vegetarian Week. Why not sample our Mantra Veg Chicken made from Quorn! 12-10pm, Mon - Sun.

The International Secret Society of Vegans
David Gancode, PO Box 94.9, Marylebone High Street, London W1A 6FL. Tel: 07944068432 www.davegancode.org.uk email: dave@davegancode.org.uk
The secret vegan code inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci and not revealed in Dan Brown's Book and Film 'Da Vinci Code' will be revealed during National Vegetarian Week. Da Vegan Code reveals another meaning of Mona Lisa and a prophylactic grass roots determination to save the world from environmental devastation and ill health.

Planet Organic
42 Westbourne Grove, W2 5SH
We will be promoting National Vegetarian Week in our supermarkets' cafes and try to entice non-vegetarians to try something a little different.

Shish
71-75 Bishops bridge Road, London W2 6BG. Tel: 020 7229 7300
May 22-28: and beyond! Special menu. devour a sumptuous halloumi shish, made with halloumi cheese, peppers, red onion and rosemary roast potatoes, available with your choice of side dish or in a pitta bread wrap. Alternatively savour firm favourite, the falafel wrap, rolled with a green leaf salad and a choice of chilli sauce, tahini or mayonnaise and served with pickled vegetables. To make more of a meal out of it, Shish’s selection of healthy and nutritious hot and cold mezze plates can be mixed and matched and enjoyed as an accompaniment to your shish or as a light meal in themselves. Choices include tabbouleh with tomato, cucumber, spring onion, mint, parsley and lemon juice; roasted red peppers with crumbled feta; Lebanese aubergine salad with tahini, lemon, paprika and garlic; toasted Afghan pumpkin blended with spicy tomato and coriander sauce; Uzbek tomato and coriander salad with lime juice; aloo tikki, potato cakes filled with Indian spiced green peas, served with tamarind sauce; and spinach borek with walnuts and creamy feta, with a yoghurt dip. A specially created fattoush summer salad made with crisp iceberg lettuce, red onions, peppers, cucumber and pitta croutons dressed with lemon and olive oil will also be available and is ideal for vegans and vegetarians. Home-made desserts are both delicious and refreshing and include a must-try halva ice cream as well as strawberry and basil or mango and coconut sorbets. For that extra vitamin injection, a selection of freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices are also on hand

Baxter & Platt (Food & Drink Guild members) at Goodenough College
23 Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AD; Telephone +44 20 7837 8831
May 9: Special meal. celebrate National Vegetarian Week with a Vegetarian Night for students and their families. Menu to include creamy mustard sausage bake, ricotta tortelli with roasted vegetable casserole, cous cous cakes with apricot, almond and ginger. Fun activities will be available for children. They are also running a "favourite recipe" competition for their students and members - deadline 19th. The their chefs will choose the top three and cook them as part of the NVW dinner menu. Winners will receive a cookery book as their prize.

Planet Organic
22 Torrington Place, WC1E 7HJ
We will be promiting National Vegetarian Week in our supermarkets' cafes and try to entice non-vegetarians to try something a little different.

Croydon Vegetarians
Information. We will be having an info stall at Oasis Natural Food Shop, High Street, Croydon, during the Week.

Foods for Life (Nutrition Consultancy)
31 Eland Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 4LJ. Tel: 0871 288 4642 www.foodsforlife.org.uk
Foods For Life will be announcing the winner of their Nutritious and Delicious Innovative Healthy Foods Award. Nominations include Plamil Sugar Free Hemp Chocolate, Redwoods Fortified Veggie Mince and Carley's Hemp Nut Butter.

Details of the latest National Vegetarian Week!

complete list of participating organisations 2006