I want to eat vegan fish & chips on the beach

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Any U.K. recommendations? Thanks.

I was thinking more in the supermarket etc. - and when I've asked out, the bar staff have just shrugged and said 'it's a meat alternative'!

The places that describe it upfront I'll often give it a try if it sounds decent - had some great vegan ice cream in a restaurant once.

How dare she forget the vegan travel ban!

Ooh, interesting question but you don't state where you are, so on the assumption its England, here goes:

1. Beach Buoys – Margate Located right on Marine Drive, this spot offers a creative vegan twist on the classic chippy. Margate’s artsy vibe and beach views make it a perfect pairing for plant-based seaside indulgence.
2. Seabreeze – Redcar A highly rated takeaway on Lobster Road (yes, really!), Seabreeze serves up vegan-friendly options with traditional charm. Redcar’s long beach and pier make it a lovely day out.
3. Elliots Fish & Chips – Hunstanton Nestled on South Promenade, this place is known for its quality and offers vegan choices. Hunstanton’s sunsets and coastal walks are a bonus.
4. Saving Nemo – Leeds OK so while its not seaside, it’s worth noting for inland vegan fish and chips. It’s a fully vegan restaurant with ocean-themed dishes.

If you’re up for exploring further, places like Brighton, Falmouth, and Whitley Bay also have excellent vegan chippies, including The No Catch Co and Fisherman’s Bay.

Why do non-vegans get so touchy? Is it the guilty conscience? It's just so bizarre.

If it’s in the supermarket then read the description and ingredients list. It’s usually pretty easy to find.

In a restaurant then ask the staff if it isn’t listed on the menu(It almost always is) and if they’re vague about it then eat elsewhere.

It's not the vegans or vegetarians who decide on the names you utter tool. It's food manufacturing companies/restaurants/marketing people who do that. I've been vegetarian for about 40 years and not once have I ever been consulted on what food is called. While I much prefer beans and pulses to the substitutes for meats or fish I don't especially care what my food is called. If a bean fritter is called the galloping trots I'd still bloody eat it. If you have a problem with the names I suggest you direct your antagonism towards those that name these products not those that eat them.

First of all no one is making all the people who do eat fish stop eating fish and start eating alternatives.

Secondly, why are you so worried about the fishermen? There’s more yoga teachers in the U.K. than fishermen. Perhaps they could all retrain?

I think it’s a bit sweeping to include all non-vegans.

I’m not a vegan and recommended a great Fish & Chip in Llandudno with a comprehensive vegan menu.

I don’t understand the us versus them mentality.

Why would "everyone" start eating vegan fish? Have they made actual fish illegal and no one told me?

They are usually vague because it’s whatever they could buy from the wholesaler rather than something the chef has made.

Out of interest may I ask you why you feel like this?

Fair enough if a product is designed to be a vegan slice that can be used in place of bacon but isn't trying to replicate the taste smell or texture of bacon, but all of the vegan bacon products that I can think of, are all trying to give the person eating it an approximation of the taste, look, smell and texture of, well, bacon. So what is the issue with calling it vegan bacon?

Sidenote: I used to be vegetarian 30 odd years ago too, and now just eat mainly vegetarian, but I haven't kept up with fake meat because, well, in my shoes when you're not actually vegetarian if I want bacon I just ate bacon! I recently decided to give being fully vegetarian another go with a view to maybe going fully vegan, and I am gobsmacked by just how much choice there is in the fake meat department! I still don't eat much of it though, because it's all so highly processed, and because somebody finally explained to me how to cook tofu nicely 😂

The infamous 2024 Fish and Fish Products Prohibition Act. Amended earlier this year to make tofu consumption compulsory..Sad times

I had some amazing vegan fish and chips from the Old Boathouse at Amble if you’re ever in Northumberland. Tofu wrapped in nori and in batter.

There used to be a Trades Descriptions Act, you couldn't name something incorrectly. Surely fish is the animal that lives in the sea, if people want vegan stuff then call it something else, it's not fish. Hope your mini-mind understands the word 'fish' but on the altar of right-on the minority make their own rules.

This poster seems fixated on portraying vegans as tantrumming, irrational toddlers. I particularly like the nannyish "I want won't get", which suggests the logical, meat-eating grown-ups like Introfun are coolly but firmly resisting the unacceptable attempts of petulant vegans to requisition 'their' food names.

Out in the real world, meanwhile, labels like vegan fish are used and understood by carnivores, vegetarians and vegans alike without angst!

If you want a sandy beach on Portland near Chesil Chippie (which I was coming on to recommend) Black Barge would be the obvious choice within walking distance.
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I think there is a chippy at sea houses which does a vegan fish and chips OP if you’re up in the north east!

Well that is a shame. I actually really like tofu though and eat it most weeks. I'm not even veggie, just like it and if the health benefits are true then its a good thing.

It's a bit of a gobfull saying (or typing) 'Where can I get a vegan alternative to fish that is made in a form of something like fish and chips' though.

Christ on a bed of Cauliflower, this thread is quite an eyeopener!
Thankyou for this recommendation though, it looks lovely. ❤️ 🌻 ❤️

... I hadn't even read the latest posts!
Is there some sort of Twat Signal that flashes when someone asks for vegan recommendations?
People get very riled about food they are under no obligation to eat, don't they!

Oh yes good point. I forgot about that one!

There are a few words that seem to bring out the intolerant nutters - vegan is one of them.

Kinda, but also not really. This was fact checked in a R4 programme a few weeks back, either Fact Check, or More or Less. Yoga teachers generally do not all work as yoga teachers and very few do it as a full time earning job, more as a side hustle. So the true numbers in terms of contribution to the UK economy vs fishing industry doesn’t really stack up. Don’t know how yoga teachers compare to tofu manufacturers in UK though. Off to google ONS….

In fairness every time someone asks for a recipe for spaghetti bolognaise or shepherds pie the vegans are right in there asking why people are eating ground up dead animals and making silly comments like ‘yuk’.

That’s a point, shepherds pie, there aren’t that many shepherds left these days.