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Toby Carvery 2016

August 18, 2016 by Tofu Temptress 1 Comment

Lentil Cottage Pie is my favourite
Vegan section of the menu
Vegan section of the menu

As I’ve said before, a carvery isn’t the obvious dining option for the vegan-about-town, however, it may surprise you to learn that there are more vegan options to choose from here than at many similar styled establishments.  If you wander into a typical pub you’ll be lucky to get a baked potato and beans. More often than not, you’re simply offered chips (and who knows what fat they were deep fried in…) Cheerfully, Toby Carvery is a UK-wide chain who seem to have observed that meat-eating people have vegan mates who should be catered for.

Vegan veg with veggie gravy
Vegan veg with veggie gravy

And so it has come to pass that on their menu they have three main meals suitable for vegans. When you order them though, be sure and ask for a plate of veggies, as the ones in the main carvery area are cooked in butter. The roasties are fine though, as they’re cooked in vegetable oil.

 

Spiced Carrot & Chickpea Wellington
Spiced Carrot & Chickpea Wellington

First we have the Spiced Carrot and Chickpea Wellington (they used to have a nut roast wellington, which I remember being nice.) I’ve not tried the new version, but it looks good and I’ve had favourable reports from companions. To be honest, I rarely turn down pastry.

 

Lentil Cottage Pie
Lentil Cottage Pie

Next there is the Lentil Cottage Pie, which is my favourite. The lentils are always big and tasty, never a mush, and the gravy and crunchy crustiness round the edge would have most meat-eaters sold I reckon.

 

Butternut Squash Crumble
Butternut Squash Crumble

Last but not least, there’s the Butternut Squash Crumble, which manages to taste both healthy and yummy at the same time, which, let’s face it, is rare. Most types of crumble are fine with me. I’m quite partial to the rhubarb variety, but that’s another story…

 

They even have vegan dessert!
They even have vegan dessert!

Another thing that sets this place apart from most of its rivals is the fact they have a vegan dessert on the menu that isn’t fruit salad! Praise be! Not only is it not fruit salad, it’s chocolate! Chocolate and Cherry Torte to be exact. It’s moist enough not to need any of the dairy add-ons they have, so you can happily enjoy the torte naked. (No, not like that.)

 

Chocolate and Cherry Torte
Chocolate and Cherry Torte

So there you have it – a very vegan-friendly carvery. My local one now even has pictures of vegetables on the walls! So, even though you may be forced to walk past a counter full of heated up dead animal parts, it’s no worse than accidentally finding yourself in the meat section of the supermarket. Just walk on by. Nobody is forcing you to eat anything you don’t want to and you don’t have to wait long for vegan sustenance as the service tends to be fairly quick. All this plus a cheeky beer made for a very pleasant night out with friends.

Veggie art
Veggie art

 

Lentil Cottage Pie is my favourite
Lentil Cottage Pie is my favourite

You can find your local Toby Carvery here.

Filed Under: Vegan Meals Out Tagged With: Desserts, pubs, Toby Carvery, vegans, vegetables

Toby Carvery, Edinburgh (UK chain)

December 11, 2014 by Tofu Temptress Leave a Comment

Toby Carvery menu
Toby Carvery menu
Toby Carvery menu
The one vegan option
The one vegan option

I have vegan acquaintances, but no vegan friends (get the violins out…) which means that if I want to go out with mates for dinner, which I often do, chances are, the odd veggie and pescetarian aside, they’ll be meat eaters. A while ago, if you’d asked me what was likely to be the least vegan-friendly type of eating establishment, a carvery would have made the top three, just behind steakhouses and Texas diners. It turns out though, that although I’ve been to upmarket restaurants with expensive menus who squint at you strangely if you ask for their vegan option, the very affordable Toby Carvery trumps them good, to coin a phrase.

Nut Roast Wellington
Nut Roast Wellington

Five of us went to a west Edinburgh branch the other night, and I knew what I’d be having. That is to say, there’s one vegan option on the menu, which, let’s face it, is a lot better than most pub style family restaurants. It is a good one however, so while my friends queued up at the buffet of death, I ordered the Nut Roast Wellington. I was also able to order a separate plate of vegetables as the ones in the carvery are cooked in butter – all except the roasties, (roast potatoes) of which I helped myself to three. My plate arrived stacked with carrots, peas, Brussels sprouts (well, it is almost Christmas), and cauliflower. Veggie gravy is available too if you fancy it. I yummed it all up and was actually quite glad none of their desserts were suitable, as I may have exploded otherwise.

Yummy veggies
Yummy veggies

 

Nice baubles
Nice baubles

The tables were all looking very festive and we got service with a smile from a very accommodating waiter wearing antlers. As pubs go it makes a nice change to sit down to a hearty meal just like everyone else, with no hassle, no fuss and no awkward silences after you’ve explained to the waiting staff what a vegan is. Being a chain, the menu is likely to be much the same up and down the country, so vegans rejoice, you can have your vegan pub meal and eat it too.

Filed Under: Vegan Meals Out Tagged With: Nut Roast Wellington, pubs, Toby Carvery, vegan meals

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