Unity Diner (a London vegan carvery to help animals)

Unity Diner (London) offers a vegan carvery on Sunday (with vegan Yorkshire puddings, maple-glazed veggies, vegan cauliflower cheese and gravy), then fast food in compostable packaging through the week (including burgers and hot dogs, ‘fish and chips’, tempura prawns and vegan kebabs).

Located in Spitalfields, nearest tube stops are Aldgate East and Liverpool East (just a few minutes walk away).

All profits help support its own Surge Sanctuary (to home rescued barnyard friends). You can also help to buy bales of hay by setting the sanctuary as your choice at easyfundraising. Then anytime you buy a product or service from participating retailers, a percentage goes to them, at no cost to you.

This means that whenever you buy a product or service from participating retailers, a percentage goes to the sanctuary, at no cost to you (and does not affect loyalty points).

Note that most vegan restaurants don’t accept cash, as bank notes are made with animal fats (and plastic). Check site updates for accessibility, and dog-friendly restaurants.

It’s best to avoid fast food restaurants for chips (KFC cooks theirs in fat, as does McDonald’s abroad, and Burger King’s plant-based whoppers are cooked on the same grill as meat.

McDonald’s fries are vegan in England (but not always abroad) and their Filet-o-Fish is made with Alaskan pollock (a fish now veering towards being endangered). Experts say that if you eat  fish that has no label, it’s probably pollock.

Created in the 50s for Catholics (who didn’t eat meat on Fridays), this plain fish in a bun with tartare sauce is apparently President Trump’s favourite meal.

When he recently enjoyed a huge banquet on a state visit, apparently on the flight back home he said ‘Whatever the hell they served, I don’t know’ (it was made with British organic ingredients including Hampshire watercress, Kent raspberries and Victoria plums). As a teetotal, he was also not impressed with offerings of organic cognac, wondering where his usual diet soda was.

Chip shops can use plastic-free packaging from Vegware (which also sells biodegradable pots for mushy peas). Another good swap would be to use rapeseed oil (that helps our local farmers) instead of palm oil (causes deforestation and is imported from Indonesia).