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AIBU?

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Original poster

to have wanted some tea with cow's milk in it..

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Olifin · 20/04/2011 23:08

...at a lovely seaside park in Hove. Very, very popular and busy playpark right next to the beach which attracts all sorts of families.

The cafe in the park is a vegan, organic place. Apparently it belongs to Heather Mills but I don't know if that is true.

Anyway...non-dairy ice-cream for the kids (don't know what they make it with but it's faaaaar too sweet) and tea for me with soya milk. I don't really want soya milk in my tea but there's no alternative, being as it's a vegan cafe.

I'm all for making provision for people with allergies and ethics and so on but....AIBU to find a vegan cafe in such a very popular location a tad...restrictive? Or bossy?

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CurrySpice · 20/04/2011 23:09

Erm, yes. YABU. It's a vegan cafe. The clues were all there. Go somewhere else

Beamur · 20/04/2011 23:11

YABU. Go somewhere that's not vegan.

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Olifin · 20/04/2011 23:13

OK then.

But I really like going to the park. It's a nice park. I just wish it had a vegan and non vegan cafe, that would be handy for a very busy and popular park. The woman next to me was deeply pissed off about the soya milk.

I will go somewhere else, thank you for your advice.

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VajazzHands · 20/04/2011 23:13

Seriously? yabu

HeadfirstForHalos · 20/04/2011 23:13

Durr, don't go to a VEGAN cafe and expect cows milk?!?! Cows milk is completely against a vegans beliefs, of course it won't be used in a vegan cafe!

HeadfirstForHalos · 20/04/2011 23:15

You could always smuggle some of those little pots of milk in that you get in some cafes? And then just ask for black tea? If you're desperate!

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Olifin · 20/04/2011 23:15

YY, I'm getting that headfirst, know what vegans are etc... (Durrrr!)

I just wonder at having only a vegan cafe and no alternative in such a park.

Obviously just me though.

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Beamur · 20/04/2011 23:15

Or....nick some of those little UHT milks from somewhere else and have them in your handbag and sneak one out when no-one is looking.
Or...if you don't like UHT, take some cows milk with you in a bottle and discretely add it to your tea.

AuntiePickleBottom · 20/04/2011 23:16

its a vegan café, so ofcourse they are not going to have any animal product there.

Beamur · 20/04/2011 23:17

Maybe they are evangelical vegans are are securing a strategic position to try and persuade us non vegans to try out their goods!

AuntiePickleBottom · 20/04/2011 23:17

wouldn't it be a bit disrepectable to take cows milk into vegan café

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Olifin · 20/04/2011 23:18

That must be the answer beamur and headfirst. Perhaps I will go there again after all and take my own milk.

What if I want a burger though? Or a hotdog? Or some proper cheese?

How do they make vegan ice cream? It was quite vile, I have to say.

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dolldaggabuzzbuzz · 20/04/2011 23:18

YABU

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Olifin · 20/04/2011 23:19

Oh auntiepicklebottom, please don't be cat's bum about this.

I DO understand what vegans are and what they stand for. Yes, I respect their stance.

Would it honestly be disrespectful to take cow's milk into a vegan cafe?

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VajazzHands · 20/04/2011 23:20

Yeah on second thought I agree with the OP it's just so diffficult to find a non-vegan cafe these days. They're popping up like McDonalds.. oh wait. They aren't and you can go to like a billion other cafes and restaurants (such as mcdonalds)

Beamur · 20/04/2011 23:20

I think it might be a bit much to smuggle in a hot dog...

HeadfirstForHalos · 20/04/2011 23:20

Maybe you need to open up a rival cafe Grin

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Olifin · 20/04/2011 23:20

I think so too beamur! Honestly, you can have too much of a place like Brighton, in my experience.

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EricNorthmansMistress · 20/04/2011 23:20

Well YABU in that it's a vegan cafe, the clue is in the title. But YANBU in thinking it's a bonkers place to have a vegan cafe and the vegan cakes are overpriced and vile (just me then?) My friend's DCs refused to eat the 'ice cream' and they didn't even know it was vegan.

Heather Mills is a bit bonkers though.....

Rosebud05 · 20/04/2011 23:21

Would it honestly be disrespectful to take cow's milk into a vegan cafe?

It would be a bit like smuggling a chicken leg into a veggie restaurant tbh.

Black tea or lemon tea are quite tasty: there are also lots of other thing to drink.

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Olifin · 20/04/2011 23:22

Vajazz They are boringly plentiful in Brighton and Hove. There wasn't a McDonalds in the park for me to buy a cup of tea in. If there was, I would have gone in there.

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Olifin · 20/04/2011 23:23

Eric...."But YANBU in thinking it's a bonkers place to have a vegan cafe"

That's exactly what I meant. I should have asked you to write my OP Grin

HM is...well....unusual.

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EricNorthmansMistress · 20/04/2011 23:23

Ok have to take issue to your last one! there are 100s of cafes in parks where you can get a proper cuppa! While I don't believe there are enough vegans who would frequent that park to make that giant cafe a viable business, and feel a normal cafe would make more money, HM clearly wants to run a vegan cafe for her own reasons and if you didn't wnt to go there you could have gone somewhere else!

ChippyMinton · 20/04/2011 23:24

if it were eastbourne yanbu. but in hove its to be expected surely?

Beamur · 20/04/2011 23:24

(My DP would probably try to smuggle a chicken leg into a veggie restaurant)
Thinks Hove might not be the best place for our summer hols, though staunch veggie DD (age 4) would probably love it.