Foods I tried in England

It is not difficult to get vegetarian food in UK but it is difficult in finding the right place where we get vegetarian food. Within couple of days, we could find plenty of Indian restaurants in the city but I wanted to have a balance between Indian and English food during my stay.

Vegetarian logo in food products

If we are buying some packed eatables from shop, it is better to look for this logo << 'V' - Suitable for vegetarian >> for veggi food. Food allergies are intolerable here, it is government  rule to list all the ingredients which may be causing allergy. In almost all the restaurants, I saw the board which says << If you have food allergy or special dietary requirement, please talk to a member of staff >>. 

Egg is considered as vegetarian food here, if we don't want to be served with egg then we should ask for vegan food; which do not include egg and dairy products.

Quorn & mushroom pie with fresh vegetables

Quorn is a meat substitute for vegetarians and very popular among people in UK, Ireland and USA. I do not know this before; after eating a little, I was afraid whether I was eating vegetarian food. I did quick google check to satisfy myself that it was a vegetarian food. They stuffed this quorn and mushroom inside the bread and served with boiled potato and cabbage.

Spinach & Mozzarella pancake with Smashed potato and salad

The preparation of pancake is similar to Indian masala dosa but the flour for batter is different. They folded to make it like a triangular pancake and stuffed it with spinach and mozzarella; mozzarella is a cheese from Italy and it was so delicious. Along with the pancake two scoop of smashed potato, green peas and salad were server.

Wild mushroom stroganoff with boiled rice, chips and garlic bread

Stroganoff means a dish in which the central ingredient is cooked in a sauce containing sour cream, here the main ingredient is wild mushroom. This mushroom was big and tasted differently. To be honest, I didn't like this mushroom. Along with this they served chips and garlic bread. Yeah, we call it as French fries and they call it as chips.

Roasted vegetables frittata with potato wedges & beans

Frittata is an Italian dish and the word 'Frittata' means fried. They added roasted vegetables along with it and served with potato wedges and beans.

Brie and roasted red pepper quiche with bean, peas and mushroom

Brie is the best known French cheese and has the nick name "The Queen of cheeses". Quiche is a pastry crust with fillings of cheese, vegetables, meat or seafood; here they filled with brie cheese and red pepper. Along with quiche, I had beans, green peas and mushroom. The mushroom was bland and we need to add salt to taste better. Not only mushroom, even the chips they served do not have salt, we need to sprinkle a little salt before eating.

Pilaf rice with chickpeas curry and chips

Pilaf is another name of pulao, I am not able to identify the spice they added to make this pulao with the taste. Along with this they gave chickpeas curry and chips.

Quorn and lentils pie with sweet potato toppings

Mixed the quorn and lentils and prepared a pie with sweet potato toppings.

One of the Indian restaurant which serves only vegetarian food

This restaurant is located in High Street, Southampton and to my surprise they serve only vegetarian food. All south Indian dishes too was available. There were few more Indian restaurant in the same street; Coriander Lounge, The Everest to name few of them.