This is officially the best vegan restaurant in London, according to Time Out

"Plant-based eaters assemble, because there's a new best vegan restaurant in town. Time Out's brand new list of the 15 greatest vegan restaurants in London is now topped by Plates, the only Michelin star vegan restaurant in the UK. Situated on Old Street, the Shoreditch tasting menu spot only opened last year, but has become the hottest, and greenest, ticket in town. Plates is run by Chef Kirk Haworth (who you might recognise from BBC's Great British Menu) alongside his sister Keeley."

"The £109 tasting menu includes the likes barbecued maitake mushroom with black bean mole, kimchi, aioli and puffed rice, as well as Cornish potatoes with toasted hazelnut and sweet and sour apricot, and caramelised lions mane with blackberries, beetroot, gem lettuce and hibiscus. Time Out's five star review of Plates praised its 'old-world/new-ideas philosophy' and 'perfectly arranged bowls of visionary veg'."

"Other restaurants tipped in the list of the best vegan restaurants in London include creative Caribbean dishes at Jam Delish in Angel, Sichuan-style spice at Facing Heaven in Hackney, and sustainable, fermented food at Holy Carrot in Notting Hill. We've also given a nod to London's only vegan cinema, the Ritzy in Brixton, where you can get great Indian-inspired comfort food courtesy of En Root."

A new list of the 15 greatest vegan restaurants in London places Plates at number one. Plates is the only Michelin-starred vegan restaurant in the UK, located on Old Street in Shoreditch, and opened last year. Chef Kirk Haworth and his sister Keeley run the tasting-menu venue. The £109 menu features barbecued maitake with black bean mole, kimchi and puffed rice; Cornish potatoes with toasted hazelnut and sweet-and-sour apricot; and caramelised lions mane with blackberries, beetroot, gem lettuce and hibiscus. The restaurant received five-star praise for an 'old-world/new-ideas philosophy' and 'perfectly arranged bowls of visionary veg'. Other notable vegan venues named include Jam Delish, Facing Heaven, Holy Carrot, the Ritzy cinema/En Root, Coven of Wiches, LD's Kitchen and The Black Heart. A WhatsApp channel and newsletter offer further city updates.

Read at Time Out London