Whipped and Baked, Chichester

Picture taken from Whipped & Baked's Facebook page.

I've been meaning to visit Whipped & Baked since it opened. I'd heard such amazing things, and their Facebook picture of their vegan cinnamon buns on Saturday morning made too much to bare, so off we went in the car for a little pootle to Chichester.

First off, the shop is absolutely stunning! You walk in and to your left are fresh organic veggies from Wayside Organics displayed beautifully, with fantastic bread from Bread A La Mer above. The counter is in front full of AMAZING looking cakes and goodies. To the right is an equally beautiful seating area:

 

We decided to sit in and have a drink and cake. They had a great choice of items for vegetarians and vegans. I had a soya latte and a vegan cinnamon bun. My Husband had a hot chocolate and his favourite new york style, baked cheesecake.

 

My latte was gorgeous, it was made with organic soya milk which was a bonus and the coffee tasted beautiful. My cinnamon bun was phenomenal!! It had an absolutely gorgeous taste, really cinnamony (is that a word?) and the glaze was sweet and perfect.

My Husband said his hot chocolate and cheesecake were really lovely too.

I also picked up some other goodies to take home. I wanted to buy all the vegan friendly items but had to draw a line somewhere haha. So I came away with a gorgeous loaf of walnut and pumpkin seed bread (which is all gone now!) a vegan chocolate cupcake each for me and my husband and their last vegan macadamia nut and caramel slice.

This was absolutely gorgeous! I could eat a million of these (ok, slight exaggeration, but a lot anyway)

and the beautiful chocolate cupcake (please excuse the top, I slightly squished it on the way home) I've eaten my fair few vegan chocolate cupcakes and these are one of the best! Really REALLY tasty!

I cannot recommened Whipped & Baked enough. If you are anywhere near Chichester, PLEASE pay them a visit, you wont be sorry! 

Did I mention they are awesome people too?

This photo is also taken from thier Facebook page.

Please give their Facebook page a 'like' https://www.facebook.com/whippedandbaked

and make sure you support local small businesses like this ♥

Hello

Hi everyone, and welcome to the new look Hampshire Vegetarians and Vegans website/blog.

I am looking for more writers to be part of HVV, so if you are a vegetarian or a vegan living in Hampshire and are interested, please email me at vegankate@hotmail.co.uk :-)

The blog posts can be about anything vegetarian or vegan related, so I was thinking reviews of products, cafe's/restaurants in the Hampshire area (and outside the Hampshire area), animal rights information, nutritional information (sources will need to be included), and anything really that is related.

I would like to build this up to be a great resource for new vegetarians and vegans, and to be a happy friendly group. I would also like to arrange events once interest starts to rise, including get togethers, fundraising events and fayre's selling good veggie and vegan food and eco items (handmade/upcycled, etc).

I am also going to have a Hampshire Vegetarians and Vegans business listing on here, so if you are a vegetarian or a vegan in the Hampshire area and would like your business included, please email vegankate@hotmail.co.uk with a little bit of information about yourselves and your business and I will add you :-)

I received so much support from other vegans when I went from a vegetarian to a vegan (especially from Hannah at Hannah Banana Bakery (Southampton based vegan bakery) that I would like to give something back and help others as much as I can. Also where I live, I don't know many people that are vegetarians or vegans, so it would be nice to see how many of us are out there, and to also offer support to new veggies or vegans that are struggling with whatever issues :-)

It would be awesome for others to get involved :-) please email me if you are interested ♥

Any Vegans in/around Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK?

Hi everyone, we had a message on our Facebook page from a lady doing a dissertation on Vegans, looking for Vegans to interview. Is there anyone out there that can help? If so, please contact her by replying to the thread on Hampshire Vegetarians and Vegans Facebook Page and she will get back to you.

Thank you,
Kate xx

Capers - Marmion Road, Southsea

I initially avoided Capers for quite a while after they opened as they took over what used to be a Vegetarian and Vegan cafe, The Greenhouse Kitchen, which was the only completely Vegetarian/Vegan cafe in Southsea. When the new owners took it over, they changed the name to Capers and re-introducted meat to the menu.

A few months later, I decided to give it a go and was surprised at the choice of Vegetarian options on their menu. Since they opened in January, I have eaten in there countless times, and it has always been a lovely meal, cooked by clearly very talented chefs.

On my last visit, which was Tuesday 18th October 2011 and I had the Sunblushed Tomato, Rocket and Brie Quiche. Capers quiches really are fantastic, very creamy and lots of flavour, it was absolutely delicious. The Quiche came with a lovely salad with sunblushed tomatos and peppers, new potato salad, gorgeous home made coleslaw and Caper's amazing croutons (which they sell bags of on their counter). The only disappointing thing about my meal at Capers on Tuesday, was that the new potato salad was a bit too vinegary, however, it isn't normally like that, I know because I have eaten their Quiches many many times haha and have even asked for the receipe for their new potato salad before.

I also had a Latte, which came with a small shortbread biscuit, which, again, was delicious.

They have many Vegetarian options on their menu, from breakfasts, to quiches, to sharing platters.

Since my visit to Capers on Tuesday, I have started making the transition from Vegetarian to Vegan, so I am not sure what Vegan options Capers have, or whether they serve Soya milk Lattes, thats something I will have to find out on my next visit, but I know from chatting to the staff before that they are very adaptable with their menu, and have been told that they can adapt dishes, so I'm hoping that on my next visit, I will be able to have a Vegan meal and drink. I will update with how that goes ♥

Capers Menu:

My overall experience (out of 10):

Food: ********* (9)
Drink: ******* (8)
Atmosphere: ******* (7) (can get a little loud in there at times when very busy)
Friendliness of Staff: ******* (7)
Cleanliness: ******** (8)

Capers have their own Facebook page: Capers - Facebook

Smile Cafe - Marmion Road, Southsea

I've been meaning to try Smile for quite a while (ooo that rhymes haha) as I saw that they do Vegan food in their window.

I managed to get a parking space outside today, so decided to go in and try one of their Vegetarian Breakfasts.

Being a big girl, I decided on the Big Vegetarian Breakfast:

The sausages were Linda McCartney sausages (my favourite!) which are also Vegan. As you can see from the picture, I had 2 of those, 2 Hash Browns, a fried egg, mushrooms, beans and toast. All of which were very nice and arrived piping hot.

Looking at their menu, I was very impressed to see that they did a Vegetarian option for practically every meal they do! There is also a note to say that they may be able to make some Vegetarian options Vegan and to please ask. There were a few Vegan listings in their own right on the menu, the Vegan Breakfast and a Jacket Potato with soya spread, rather than butter. The fact that they are offering this I think is fantastic! You're ok to eat out in Southsea if your Vegetarian, you'll always manage to get something everywhere you go, but as a Vegan, it would be hard work! So I appreciate Smile making an effort and thinking of Vegans as well as Vegetarians. I wish other places tried harder.

My breakfast came to £5.50 and this included a cup of Nescafe coffee. It was a very tasty breakfast, served with great customer service and a smile.

For my taste, the only way it could be improved would be better quality bread and the choice of wholemeal rather than just white, and butter rather than spread. I would have also liked the choice of scrambled egg, rather than fried. Tiny little niggles though and nothing that would put me off going back there again. I'm looking forward to trying their Vegetarian Lasagne and Cottage Pie at a later date. They also make homemade coleslaw (which I love, I can't stand shop bought stuff) so I will be going back and having a cheese and coleslaw jacket potato at some point too :-)


My overall experience (out of 10):

Food: ******** (8)
Drink: ****** (6)
Atmosphere: ******* (7)
Friendliness of Staff: ******** (8)
Cleanliness: ******** (8)

Smile don't seem to have a website, or I would have put it on here. If anyone knows differently, please let me know and I will add it x