#LiveLondon - Vegan Nights

My heart genuinely sunk a little when I saw that the last time I posted on Steemit was 2 months. F*ck me. This has definitely been the longest time. What can I say? The London life this summer has really taken over me.

I honestly think this is the very first evening where I came home early and realised that I had some spare time on my hands. And to no surprise, it's the first evening it rained in London in the last 2 months so that makes a lot of sense.

Anyway, I want to continue my #LiveLondon series and fill you in on Vegan Nights (a monthly pop up event) which I went to a week ago with ma gals @yasminep and Ruby. I saw a few snaps of some pretty amazing food from another friend of mine and decided to take his recommendation, and check it out for myself.

Before going I didn't expect much. I mean, all I thought it was going to be - was a few stalls with vegan food and that's about it. And the fact that I could eat outside in the sunshine was good enough reason to go.

It actually turned out to be WAY better and WAY more fun than what I had expected. There was music, DJs, cocktails, face painting, awesome vibes and much more. It basically was like a mini festival.

Anyway, here is the low down...

The Good:

It cost a fiver
The venue is awesome (most of it was open air overlooking The Old Truman Brewery). Plus it’s just off Brick Lane, and East is just cool.
CookDaily’s Sticky Chick’n Teryaki Bites (I didn’t get to try all the food stalls but I can 100% guarantee that this one was the best one and most definitely worth queueing for).^
Fresh coconuts (though they did cost £4 but I asked mine to be cooled down on ice for 20 min sooo definitely worth it)
A lot of good looking men (since when are they all vegan? Or are they...? Hehe)
Passionfruit zing cocktails with gin (but you know me, I love my gin)
DJ sets and good ol' tunes!
Vegan dance moves
Great vibes

^CookDaily is also my favourite restaurant in BOXPARK Shoreditch. And honestly, you don't even have to be a vegan to love their food - it's that good. If you haven't been yet - GO!

The Bad

Herds of people. Just way too many people.
Queues. Long ass queues for food stalls, bars, toilets - you name it.
No breeze in the main dance hall (as much as I love it being warm, when you start dancing after eating a tonne of deep fried vegan food - you need that air con no questions asked!)
Desperados costing £6. That’s a bit of a piss take.

Tips:

Get there earlier. Doors open at 5pm, I would recommend heading over for 6pm latest so that you can try all the food before everyone else arrives (without having to queue for 15-20 mins every time).
Don’t bring any outside drinks but you can bring your own water bottle - there are stations to refill).
SHARE. There are A LOT of options and most of it is pretty naughty/deep fried so bring a companion ;-)

The Boring Stuff:

When?

The next Vegan Nights event is in 3 weeks, on the 6th of September and guess what? They are celebrating their 1st Birthday!

Where?

93 Feet East, just off Brick Lane (Shoreditch, London)

How much?

£5 for Early Bird, £7 after. Looks like they will be releasing them on the 1st of Sep via Eventbrite, or you can download DICE app and try it there (that's how I got mine).

More info?

Check out their Facebook events page and Instagram for any updates!

All in all it was a really good night as I never expected all the DJs and such warm vibes. I definitely recommend you check it out if you're in London on the 6th of Sep (whilst the weather still holds)! I know I'm going. 😋