Vitaorganic @ London, UK ****

Vegan Stroganoff (Shiitake Mushrooms, Root Vegetable, Soya Chunks, Sprouted Soybeans, Celery Stalk and Seed, Atlantic Sea Salt, Mixed Herbs, Soy Cream)

I’ve mentioned before that the people who run vegetarian and vegan restaurants often appear fairly malnourished: case in point Vitaorganic. If you ever wondered how hipsters fit into those skinny, skinny jeans, veganism is probably how some of them do it.

Nevertheless, if I were sentenced to a life without meat, sugar, or salt, (read: a living death) it might be the tiniest bit bearable on a diet of food such as this. With a selection of Indian-inspired raw and cooked dishes, such as spelt pasta and sprouted lentil dahl and even including creative dairy substitutes like soy cream, tastes are varied and unusual enough to keep me guessing.

Tread carefully past tables made up of rough-hewn tree trunks to approach the serving counter, where generous portions of the day’s offerings are sold at an affordable £1.30 per scoop.  

Details: 74 Wardour Street, Soho W1F 0TE London (+442077348986)