Is there anywhere on the coast that sells VEGAN fish & chips?

[BrittanyKAMA]

Hi, I’ve been vegan for years, but woke up this morning to a drizzly bank holiday weekend and have this yearning to sit on a beach eating fish & chips.

I know you can buy vegan ‘fish’ but I wondered if anyone knew of anywhere on the coast that sells it?

Many thanks.

@BrittanyKAMA

Thanks for the suggestions! I am east coast but thought it might be a helpful thread for people across the country.

East coast of where? Across which country?

There's one vegan fish and chip shop and nothing else in Brighton. Not one thing. Oh there's a beach too but it's all stones.

@Tarzaan are you sure about that? Someone upthread suggested it’s a major tourist destination.

[quote BrittanyKAMA]@Tarzaan are you sure about that? Someone upthread suggested it’s a major tourist destination.[/quote]

Well what would they know!

[quote BrittanyKAMA]@Tarzaan are you sure about that? Someone upthread suggested it’s a major tourist destination.[/quote]
Yes I'm sure. I went there once in 1989 and the vegan fish shop was shut so we had to come home when we got hungry.

(I'm not a vegan)

Tarzaan I'm sorry that happened to you

@Yorkterrier thank you. It was a solemn drive home on the M25.

@Tarzaan I think it unlikely that there was a vegan fish & chip shop there in 1989.

@Tarzaan I'm not sure I believe what I'm seeing. Were vegans even invented in 1989? Were fish and chips invented then? Surely then everyone even in Brighton ate potted meat sandwiches and flasks of tea on trips to the coast?

Oh, I've just realised who you are. Did you manage to get home at last?

I think @Tarzaan might be a troll .

Things to do in Brighton if you're a vegan would include a visit to Inifinity Foods, in the North Laine - it's been there forever and sells ethically sourced foodstuffs. The whole North Laine (as opposed to The Lanes) area is a feast of bohemian, eclectic, independent shops, restaurants, cafés and entertainment venues (well, when everything's open, that is). It's directly inland from the pier (the one that's still in one piece) and to the east of Queen's Road (which runs from the station towards the sea, turning into West St at the Clock Tower). If you walk down Trafalgar St which runs underneath the front of Brighton Station you'll find yourself in the middle of the North Laine area - keep going to the bottom, turn left and pop into The Yellow Book - a steampunk-themed bar with very woke credentials and bar staff. There may be vegan food available, and there'll defnitely be vegan beer!

[quote BrittanyKAMA]@Tarzaan I think it unlikely that there was a vegan fish & chip shop there in 1989.[/quote]
What??? Brighton invented vegans.

I heard the first vegan was grown in Brighton.

@Tarzaanbut who invented Brighton?

Do you really not know anything about Brighton OP? Where do you live?

@WhySoSensitive

I heard the first vegan was grown in Brighton.

What, like man-made or naturally evolved from banana flower?

@FeatheredHope

Fried banana blossom or tofu is not “vegan fish”. Fish is not vegan. There is nothing wrong with not eating fish or enjoying an alternative fried option but I hate this BS mixed up language. But I appreciate that’s just me being an old stick in the mud.

I agree and I know it's off topic, why do we need duck free spring rolls?? It drives me bananas

Banana flower, so technically they’re now cannibals...

@Inextremis thank you for your sensible and informative reply. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Really? I never knew about the gays. Are you sure?

@Yorkterrier @Couldhavebeenme2 Sorry all, this was my fault for confusion. One of the old fisherman - Brighton’s only four residents - mentioned is gay. Livens up a Friday night. He takes 15 seconds before Friday Night Comedy starts to ask his four 80-year-old fishermen mates, “So... all still fancy the lasses?” They all say, “Oh. Aye.” And that’s it. Very old school.

Who wants sensible and informative responses when you can have hilarious replies such as those by @Tarzaan.

There is loads to do in Brighton if you enjoy stepping over homeless teenagers overdosing on pavements, stag nights on a comedown and overpriced gelato parlours.

You will love Brighton if you are vegan. Every second person in Brighton is vegan, or so I'm led to believe.

This thread reminds me of those Facebook comments from mums during the holidays ‘anything happening today?’ ‘What kids stuff about’ I mean, I know it’s good to ask questions but sometimes it’s like: just have a quick look yourself mate