Funny what you can find in basements.
Tucked down a garbage alley and down some pink, painted stairs is the Flying Duck, part of the growing vegan empire of Stephen McRobbie. The Flying Duck has a speakeasy feel, and is certainly the most grungy of the four venues (Mono, Stereo, 78 and Flying Duck).
We visited as they were holding their quarterly vegan fair: small but perfectly formed, held in the back room which is a nightclub and music venue by night. As is the trend these days at any vegan fair, there were four cake stalls competing for our vegan pounds, together with a beauty stand and stalls from two local vegan collectives. All of course illuminated by disco lights! This lair was the perfect hideaway from the rainy, windy Glasgow outside.
Tucked down a garbage alley and down some pink, painted stairs is the Flying Duck, part of the growing vegan empire of Stephen McRobbie. The Flying Duck has a speakeasy feel, and is certainly the most grungy of the four venues (Mono, Stereo, 78 and Flying Duck).
We visited as they were holding their quarterly vegan fair: small but perfectly formed, held in the back room which is a nightclub and music venue by night. As is the trend these days at any vegan fair, there were four cake stalls competing for our vegan pounds, together with a beauty stand and stalls from two local vegan collectives. All of course illuminated by disco lights! This lair was the perfect hideaway from the rainy, windy Glasgow outside.
Highlights for us were vegan beauty products where there is a real gap in the UK market, delicious cupcakes (always a weakness), a new Scottish handmade chocolate business and a Glasgow-based company selling fresh bottled vegetable juices.
Oh, and a delicious sweet chilli jam from Heathen Hawt Sauce, who are just starting to market products online.
Oh, and a delicious sweet chilli jam from Heathen Hawt Sauce, who are just starting to market products online.
1. New juice business Juice Warrior with fresh vegetable juices and almond milk in little bottles that remind us of milk bottles of the nurseries of yesteryear.
2. ConsiderIt is a new venture from Scottish entrepreneur Claire Baker. Delicious handmade chocolates and now a shop and cafe in Dunfermline. More on this next issue.
2. ConsiderIt is a new venture from Scottish entrepreneur Claire Baker. Delicious handmade chocolates and now a shop and cafe in Dunfermline. More on this next issue.
3. Vegan Beauty Box from The Vegan Kind.
This is a new line from the team behind the monthly Vegan treat box It comes every three months and costs £18. Favourite in this month’s box was the lip and cheek tint from B is for Beautiful.
This is a new line from the team behind the monthly Vegan treat box It comes every three months and costs £18. Favourite in this month’s box was the lip and cheek tint from B is for Beautiful.
4. The treats from Smashing Tarts were so popular that the champagne cake (Tipsy Vicky) had sold out by the time we were ready for our daily sugar hit. Fortunately for our sweet teeth there were some perky caramel cupcakes to keep us quiet after an afternoon of browsing.
We love seeing so many new vegan initiatives . It's not hard to see why Glasgow claims to be the most vegan- friendly city in the United Kingdom. Go Glasgow!
We love seeing so many new vegan initiatives . It's not hard to see why Glasgow claims to be the most vegan- friendly city in the United Kingdom. Go Glasgow!
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