Apologies for our long silence. With T working on his thesis to meet his PhD deadline, and J putting in 12 hour days at school, we've rather neglected this little corner of the internet.
What we haven't neglected, though, is some ace vegan food. Even when work shows no sign of letting up, going out to eat - or cooking at home - remain priorities. And so we were chuffed to bits to learn from Fat Gay Vegan that Pizza Express now offer a vegan, cheese-less, pizza. And, even better, if you take your own vegan cheese, their chefs will top your pizza with it. How ace is that?!
Of course, on discovering this we were straight down to our local branch for a date, and very impressed we were too.
Despite being a bit nervous that our proffered bag of cheese might be looked at askance, the staff were brilliant and knew exactly what we were talking about, which was impressive: too often, a company's website will say one thing but they won't have bothered communicating it to staff on the ground.
T went for the the dough balls as a starter, with a dipping sauce of olive oil and balsamic vinegar (rather than the standard, non-vegan garlic butter) and then tried the Pianta - the new cheese-free vegan pizza, which features spinach, mushrooms, pine nuts and artichoke on a spicy arrabbiata sauce - topped with the vegan cheese we'd brought. He was very impressed with the pizza - loaded with vegetables and topped with rocket leaves, it was tasty and filling. So, if you're looking for a quick and easy vegan option on the high street, you could do worse than try Pizza Express.
