November 1st is World Vegan Day and Fat Gay Vegan organised a Vegan Day of the Dead dinner at the Black Cat Cafe in Hackney and being a new vegan, I was excited to have nabbed a ticket before they sold out.
This not only coincided with my recent transition to veganism, but it was also the same weekend as mine and massive munches 5 year Hallowversary, so we went along keen to stuff our faces in guilt free celebration.
And what a fine celebration it was!
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| Spooky...oooohh! |
We were rather eager beavers and arrived early, so went to sit in an appropriately spooky looking, fog shrouded park, supping on our M&S vegan ciders waiting for the first round of vegans to finish their munching.
Once we were allowed in, the cafe is a small, bright jolly looking place with a few groceries and books of possible interest for sale. So eating and food based shopping combined! Argh! Sensory overload! My tiny mind nearly exploded.
The entire 5 course dinner was gluten free and made by a very talented chef called Julio, who had flown in from Mexico City to cook us all a fabulous dinner- on his birthday! What a man!
It was all delicious, and we left so full and uncomfortably satisfied, that we were both very keen to get home for a nap. Oh, and there was free mezcal, so I blame all blurry, wonky photography on that!
My favourite was the sauce the Albondigas were in and the Esquites were esquisite! Must try a recipe for them soon...
Here was the full menu:
Aperitivos: Mini tortillas with guacamole, salsa verde & pico de gallo
First course: Esquites with Vegenaise, epazote, fresh lime juice and chile powder
Second course: Black bean & lime soup with smoked paprika, chipotle and cumin
Third course: Flautas filled with chorizo and potato served on a bed of lettuce, drenched in salsa verde and topped with marinated onion
Fourth course: Albondigas de lentejas (lentil meatballs) with adobo sauce
Fifth course: Chocolate cake with sticky spiced chocolate sauce, served with vanilla ice cream and hibiscus-chile sprinkle
Anyway, we had a fantastic time and it was a great first plant based hallowversary. I can't wait for the next feasting shindig. Apparently I may have imbibed slightly too much fire water and took many a picture, so sorry for the wonk, but here, have some more photos:
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| Look at the state of my placemat! Never trust me with dips. |
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| Julio & FGV |
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| The only thing I was forced to leave due to imminent explosion. |
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| Very important picture of a coat and some sweets. |
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| Apparently I liked taking photos of this. |
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| Ooh, shiny! |
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| Gone. :( |
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| Bye door! |
We were rather eager beavers and arrived early, so went to sit in an appropriately spooky looking, fog shrouded park, supping on our M&S vegan ciders waiting for the first round of vegans to finish their munching.
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