Where have you been where in the world have you gone and experience the best vegan food. You're aware of ingredients do you think I know what goes into this and I know what I asked for and you sort of know what needs to be admitted from a recipe to make it vegan so you know I mean it depends on your language skills as well how confident you are speaking to the chefs and the waiters about it but you can kind of work around it that way as well. And I think the longer your vegan the more you you you. But yes I think I think it's given us a chance to explore different things in our city and obviously it does differ between cities because some cities are amazing for vegan food and others are sort of catching up. So my boyfriend and I now go to cities basically for a food store and then everything else kind of comes in between walking around the restaurants actually survive. And maybe you wouldn't discover those areas unless you were going to these restaurants. And I found that actually doing that means that you get to discover the coolest parts of a city without sounding ridiculous vague impressions always tend to be in like the hip trendy areas that know you. I'd put them all on a little Google map so I know where to go. And I say okay what are the best big restaurants in the city. So I mean I quite enjoy that side of things so before I go on a trip all I'm lucky enough to have an audience where I can ask people what the best places are. You have to plan things more meticulously. I'm not going to lie it is it is different. And one of the things I used to really love about travelling was you could just discover a town you'd be wandering around exploring a city and you could just duck into a restaurant look cute and you fancy the menu. So how has travelling impacted your food choices? And it just really struck a chord with me and I thought actually this is something I really agree with and I started to look into the options and what a vegan lifestyle really meant and I thought yeah you know what I'm going to give it a go.
There's like people do for the environment or like you said your health my animal welfare and animal welfare was my primary reason I watch some documentaries about I guess where our food comes from I'd never really put the dots together you know. Some people do it for a combination of reasons. I think there are a few reasons why people do it. What prompted you to kind of make this change for yourself. Yeah almost a year and I've loved every second of it. So I know better than anyone how hard the transition can be. I was veggie for a couple of years before I was vegan and I was a massive meat eater before that. Yes I noticed that accomplishment is not easy. I've Ashley I'm about to come up to my one year anniversary. the little London vegan is here to convince me that travelling as a vegan is easier than people think.
Do all travel destinations cater for vegans. Now I've heard stories about vegetarians having a tough time finding suitable meals while away on holiday. Clare Every aka For those of us who don't have specific dietary requirements we have the luxury of not having to worry about what we're going to eat while travelling and discovering the world.