Corums birthday the other day, we have booked in at the local Italian this weekend because we know they do lovely vegan food and are very accommodating generally.
However, we thought it would be nice to go out for a snack and a drink on the night in question which was midweek. We have been to this pub the Golden Galleon many times before and managed to get vegan food, they always had a big selection of vegetarian food and you could put together a vegan option quite easily. It's got a lovely view over the sea at Cuckmere Haven and open fires and is a lovely place to hang out midweek when it's not busy.
We got there at 8.30 and they have taken ALL the vegetarian and vegan options off the menu All they had was an "aubergine stack" which looked disgusting and wasn't vegan anyway and NOTHING ELSE which is pretty damned unenlightened in this day and age even for a pub.
Corum went to complain and was told we could have a caesar salad with all the non vegan components taken off - do we look like furking rabbits
And then to add insult to injury we were told that we could choose from the fish menu!!! We walked out in disgust and are going to put a big complaint in. This pub chain has obviously decided that they are not going to cater for vegans or vegetarians anymore despite being close to Brighton and a major tourist area - outrageous.
WHY WHY WHY do they assume vegans want to eat rabbit food and either aubergines or squash Why not nut roast with roast potatoes or mushroom and ale pie with puff pastry just like the other pub food options for omnis. Tell someone you are vegan and they assume you want to eat a raw celeriac heart with random leaves! We were really pissed off especially as all the other pubs in the area stop serving food at 9.00 weekdays and we were too late to go and eat anywhere else!
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