Vegan London Vlog Pt 1 | Restaurants, Afternoon Tea, Sightseeing, West End Shows
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- Опубликовано: 3 июн 2024
- Grab your passport because we're headed to London! Last time I was in London, I remember it being an incredibly vegan friendly city and I was happy to see it's only gotten better in the last 15 years! In this video we hop on Brigit's Bakery Bus Tour and also check out Mildred's, Bubala, The Savoy's afternoon tea, Gregg's, Farm Girl, see some sights and some West End shows! Would you believe me if I told you there's a whole second part of this vlog coming next week?!
Intro 00:00
Angela Roi Cher Tote 01:41
Traveling/arriving in London 02:09
Brigit’s Bakery Bus Tour 03:36
Breakfast (Gregg’s vegan sausage roll) 04:15
Recap of bus tour 07:28
Paul McCartney photo exhibit 08:22
Lunch at Bubala Soho 09:40
Crazy for You 11:19
St. Paul’s Cathedral 13:52
London Eye 14:38
Dinner at Mildred’s Covent Garden 15:36
Operation Mincemeat 17:36
Brunch at Farm Girl Notting Hill 18:02
Portobello Market 18:30
Planet Organic Notting Hill 18:39
Operation Mincemeat review 20:44
Phantom of the Opera 21:12
Getting ready for tea & Phantom recap 22:10
Afternoon Tea at the Savoy 24:59
Westminster Abbey & Big Ben 26:40
Taste testing vegan cheese and British candy 27:09
Outro 28:46
I hope you guys enjoy this XL vlog! I cut out a ton but there was just too much good stuff to cut any more. And of course I saved lots of good stuff for part 2 🤗 Apologies for the light strobing in certain parts; I got a new camera and have not fully figured out the settings.
Belated Happy Birthday! How exciting, a spontaneous trip to a vegan-friendly world capital for a week of theatah! I loved the editing of this one; very dynamic and made the viewer feel like they were there with you. Really enjoyed this and am looking forward to Part II! Thanks for posting : )
Thank you Tamara, it truly was a week of cultural and culinary enrichment, with no shortage of bday celebrations 😂 So glad you enjoyed the editing! 😊
Like every restaurant was good but I may have messed up not going to Mildred’s for every meal 🙃
Favorite Beatle? Mine is George; Paul is a close second ❤
Mine is John. I'm sure if he were still around he would be vegan and all he would be saying is give peas a chance.
John is truly a legend. George was the first veggie of the gang (in the “Get Back” docu-series there’s a scene of him ordering “vegetables with cheese sauce” lol). Paul & Ringo are both vegetarian/vegan. I like to think John would be veggie as well today and I love your imaged catch phrase for him 😂🤗
John for me! Didn't like Paul for years but he's grown on me with a lot of the stuff he's said in recent years. Redemption arc
Re. Phantom of the Opera: Noticed they changed the name to "His" Majesty's Theatre outside, but it still says "Her" inside engraved on the wall. I can only imagine how many places had to change their names/signs when the Queen died.
Great observation! Funny enough, when I was first researching for the trip, it was still called “Her Majesty’s Theatre;” I was very confused when it changed! Also, since I mentioned the cash debacle-when I did finally go to the bank to exchange my pounds, I asked them how often they change their cash. Their response was: “oh, every few years or so. It’s due to change again to have the King on it but they don’t seem to be in any rush.” 🤷🏻♀️
@@TotallyForkable I'm in Canada so I guess new coins and bills will have the king on them, but old money is still valid. So strange! Must be very expensive for them to have money expire like that.
Yes it seems pretty wasteful? But also it’s insanely easy to pay with a tap of your phone or credit card literally everywhere you go (something the US is painfully behind on) that I guess they just figure people aren’t really paying with cash anymore?
@@TotallyForkable We tap to pay just about everywhere in Canada. It's really handy. This said, it costs businesses money and there's a debate going on where businesses want to charge customers higher prices if they pay with credit cards. Hopefully, that doesn't go through. Tapping to pay is becoming the norm everywhere.
great video dear. loving the content. will watch your other videos. keep it up and keep moving foward
The food in London looks amazing. Love to see the variety and level of refinement. There are some good places here in NYC but it’s weird how many burger/junk food joints there are.
Spot on with your observation about the refinement. I definitely had the same thought while I was there--that so much of vegan food in the US falls in the "junk food" category. Overall the food in London was so inventive and also much more culturally influenced--lots of middle eastern and Indian influences. I found myself wishing we had more restaurants like these in the US, but I have no doubt that British vegans come to the US and say the same thing 😂
Very fun vlog! London is definitely on my partner and I's bucket list. 😊
I think it’s a “must visit” city for any vegan. It’s such an amazing city too even apart from the amazing vegan food!
Loved this vlog Marielle! Only getting round to catching up on all your videos now after weeks of craziness at work - but loved this one, looking forward to part 2.
Aww, Melanie, so happy you had some fun videos to catch up on after a stressful few weeks, and glad you enjoyed the London vlogs 😊
Love everything about this vlog and looking forward to part 2. I’m glad you had such a fabulous birthday trip with your mom. If you’re still thinking about Operation Mincemeat you may want to see the Netflix movie starring Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald and Matthew Macfadyen. I’m sure it’s even better as a play and I would love to see it. Wishing I could try all the delicious food you showed us!
So glad you enjoyed this, Eva!! 💖 And yes we heard about the movie as well (hadn't been aware of it before seeing the play). I'm worried I will find it boring in comparison to the play but I'm sure it's amazing and I will probably end up watching it! Looking at the cast list, I'm so glad they included the (very important) characters of Jean and Hester. If you are into musicals, the cast recording is on Spotify! Hester sings a song called "Dear Bill" that brings me to tears every time 🥲
@@TotallyForkableI am into musicals, thanks for letting me know it’s on Spotify and I hope to see it in person someday 😊
Really fun vlog! We love London, and will be back there in November for UK Vegfest. The tea at the Savoy looked so special! So glad you managed to get a table! We're doing a vegan tea at London Warner Bros Studios. UK snack foods are so good, and so much cleaner than what we have in the US. Most of the US ingredients have been banned in other countries! Go figure! What a fun way to spend your birthday! Looking forward to part 2! 💚🌱
So awesome you are going for Vegfest. I went to Vegfest when I was there in ‘08; it was in a small conference center and a relatively small event but it was so exciting for me as I had never been to anything like it. It’s amazing to think about how big it must be now 🥹 And yes on the snack foods; I totally noticed that even just basic snacks & candy in an average grocery store had short & simple ingredients lists, the likes of which you would only see at health food stores in the US. Is the Warner Bros tea Harry Potter themed?! Have the best time! 🤗
@@TotallyForkable yes it’s Harry Potter themed.😁
That sounds so fun!!
Sausage rolls are definitely better warm! But even though they’re in a hot counter at Greggs they’re always cold for me 😅 sad times!
So they're supposed to be hot? And can you ask them to heat it up? My interaction in there felt so rushed (especially with my cash snafu and them not having plant milk 😅) that I didn't want to ask one more question, LOL.
Every part of me is screaming to DONT EAT IT !! DONT DONT DONT! This is low key panicking me. How can you trust random food like that?? Omg! 😂❤
WAIT--which food are you referring to?! lol
Getting me excited for my upcoming trip to London!! 😍😍
Ahhh Lauren, I was so inspired by your London vlogs!! I actually give you a shoutout in part 2 😂 Can't wait to see what you get up to on your next trip! 🤗
@@TotallyForkable ohhhhh I’m pumped for the shout out! Haha. Right! I’m pumped. Going to the Holy Carrot pop up 😍
That’s so exciting!! They had been on my list from a while back but was sad to see they had closed 🥺 Good news that they’re doing a pop-up!@@LaurenZRay
Thanks for taking us along. I haven't been there since the 90's and it will be while if I go back. Flights from San Francisco to London pass over my neighborhood all the time.
Zach, thank you so much!! It was somewhere I have always been wanting to go back to and it did not disappoint. I hope you are able to make it back at some point 😊 Long flight from SF but at least they have direct!
Cash doesn’t really “expire” here, it’s just that around 2016/2017 new notes and £1 coins were introduced with a bunch of anti counterfeit features and the notes are made of plastic rather than paper so they’re way more durable! The old style notes and £1 coins aren’t accepted in shops anymore but banks will swap them out for the new ones 😊 I’m 31 and this has only ever happened once in my lifetime so it’s not really a regular thing! I worked in a shop around the time it happened though and it definitely caused a bit of chaos 😅
Thank you for clarifying! The first bank I went to said I could only exchange them at the Bank of England; the second allowed me to do it there. When I asked the teller how often this happens she said "every few years" which I thought was strange! That being said, I was amazed at how seamlessly integrated the cash-free system was everywhere. It was _so_ easy to Apple pay--even the 15p fee for using a public toilet! Lol. It's literally night and day from America where some places are still cash-only 😖
@@TotallyForkable they do change our notes every few years to put new faces on there, but it doesn’t make the old notes void! They’ll still be accepted everywhere with the old faces, it’s just the old paper notes that are no longer accepted so maybe thats what they meant? Definitely could’ve been explained to you better though! And yeah some banks don’t like swapping them out because they don’t want the hassle of dealing with the old notes and coins, however the Bank of England legally have to! But some banks won’t mind 😊 and yeah for sure, it’s amazingly easy to be cash free here! I haven’t used cash in years 😂 on the opposite side to the US, some places don’t even accept cash anymore and are card only now!
Thanks for explaining! I'm just happy I eventually got to spend my pounds (on delicious Sainsbury snacks, no less!) 🤣
Love London! Hope you made it to Earthling Ed's restaurant!
I do too!! Unity is one place I sadly didn’t make it to. It was a little out of the way from where we were staying and our schedule was so tightly packed that I didn’t have much time to venture off 😢 Next time for sure!
@@TotallyForkable I guess it's an excuse to go again soon! :)
Lovely video, how was the weather other than the rain in London during September? Was it cold?
So glad you liked it! The weather was absolutely perfect; mostly in the 60s with some days in the 70s. Little bit of rain most days but that's to be expected 😅
Greggs! 🤣
I was so excited to check it out!! lol, thanks Piers Morgan! Best free advertising ever 😂
@@TotallyForkable tbf, I was excited to try them too. My mum goes there to get vegan donuts for my nieces.
I was so impressed with their vegan offerings--although was miffed they didn't have plant milks for their coffee drinks! A Pret latte and Gregg's sausage roll ended up being the perfect pairing 🤌🏻
Yes,warm sausage rolls taste better imo.
I can definitely imagine that-I should have asked!
You are skillful with your camera lighting and angles. But its your camera i really like. I haven't kept up with cameras for years, But i really like your results and feel that would be an ideal camera for me. Its clear and does seem to cope with low lighting better than what ive been using. What is your camera make please.
Hi! Thanks for the compliment. I actually bought a new camera before this trip as my previous vlogging camera was 8 years old. This is the Sony ZV-1. I was SO happy with the quality--especially the white balance. I also used my iPhone (iPhone 11) for a lot of the night shots like the theatre scenes and some of the dinner scenes and took the videos in 4K. Here is a link to check out the Sony camera if you're interested: amzn.to/3Mb1iq1 (note this is an affiliate link; if you end up purchasing from this link I get a small commission). I hope this helps!
@@TotallyForkable Thank you for that. I was impressed with its overall quality. I tried to see it in your mirror view and had no idea. I cannot acquire it as yet. Am off work recovering a collapsed lung. But hopefully back in action in a month or so. Being money careful at present.
I hope you get well soon, and that you enjoy the camera if you end up getting it!
@@TotallyForkable I really like the quality of your footage and that makes it more bearable for the viewer. What better to make family memories with. So its my plan when i can afford it. Yours really stood out to me. Thank you.