Last night I went into London for the first proper time ever. (I had been a few times before-but just to pass through). I caught the tube to to Camden Town, where the gig I went to see was on at Koko's. Spent a while walking around the 'edgy, alternative' stalls, haha and wandered into the first vegetarian (vegan! :D) cafe I saw.
It was a place called Inspiral-a loungy place with dim lights and kind of ambient trance-dub music playing in the background. When you walk in, you see the 20 different flavours of vegan ice cream made out of cashews and agave nectar! Booja-booja style! They don't fry any foods and specialize in superfoods like raw cacoa, maca, wheatgrass, cama cama, and spirulina. A lot of the cakes and treats are raw.
I ordered a chocolate mousse cake, with one scoop of Mulberry butterscotch ice cream and one scoop lavender ice cream, and a rice milk macchiato. I ended up regretting ordering what I did, but I just wanted to try it all. Girls will be girls!! It was all so creamy and super rich. The cake was amazing, it had a chocolatey cake base with a chocolatey velvety moussey top. I'm not the most hardcore chocolate lover though, so I can't fully explain my logic when I ordered it. I definitely would have been able to eat it all if I was PMSing!! :) Meeeoow!
The cashew ice cream was a tasty lick, but super dooper rich as well! And I'm not a rich lady! The lavender was daycent, personally I would have been a tad more subtle with the lavender-but I'm in no way complaining here, it was still good. Cashew ice cream is great but sometimes all the flavours start to taste the same. Am I right!!?
The place has loads of raw chocolates and truffles on the menu, as well as super healthy fresh juices. They also have some nice lookin salads, warm meals, and sandwiches. Everything is available for take away in eco friendly bio degradable containers with wooden cutlery.
Overall a bad assery of a find. Great place to relax and succumb to your sweet teeth. Agave nectar rules!!


Want to go here too - I have food envy!
ReplyDeleteHave you tried Mildreds (veg & vegan)yet in Soho or Saf (vegan) in Shoreditch? Or the gate (veg & vegan) in hammersmith. Those are my london tips!
Thanks so much for the sweet restaurant tips VeganWino!
ReplyDeleteI definitely will go to both those! I'm going to another gig in London on Tuesday. :D
And.. thanks a million for posting a comment...I didn't think people actually read my blog!
of course people read your blog! I have a link to you on mine and check it out pretty often. I'm heading to london in a month. cant wait to check these places out. :) xx
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