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My first ever 'cheesy' lasagne and cannoli! - Gardener's Lodge, Victoria Park

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Establishment: Gardener's Lodge, Victoria Park Cuisine: Plant based cafe and vegan cheese deli Allergy information: they offer an amazing range of dairy, egg, seafood and some nut free dishes, though do note that their vegan cheeses are either almond or cashew based so unsafe for people with those nut allergies and they do use soy Suggestions: Absolutely recommend the lasagne - amazing!! If any of you have walked around Victoria Park without actually stopping to look at the Lodge that sits at the edge along City Road then, like me, you would be forgiven for not realising that within its sandstone walls resides Gardener's Lodge , a cafe serving some delicious vegan food. They're also the reason I've now been able to enjoy the lovely lasagne pictured below.  I haven't yet had the chance to post about many Italian foods on here, aside from some of the vegan pizzas I've been lucky enough to enjoy. While there are many beautiful tomato based or olive oil bas...

All You Can Eat Vegan Pizza! - Salt Meats Cheese, Broadway

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Establishment: Salt Meats Cheese, Broadway Cuisine: Family owned Italian Restaurant Allergy information: Vegan Pizza Night has many dairy, egg, nut and seafood free options Suggestions: Potatoes Pizza! And the Truffle and Mushroom.  While there are now so many more options for allergy-friendly pizza, it can still often be a bit daunting considering the high possibility of cross-contamination with cheese, particularly at Italian restaurants filled with genuinely cheesy pizzas and parmesan shakers floating about everywhere (in the most non-literal sense of course). I've also had past experience at some places that used Notzarella which had sparked slight allergic reactions (nothing worse than some slightly swollen lips and throat itches, but still enough not to recommend at that stage) and that had rather dampened my wishes to try it again.  Then a couple of my friends brought the new All You Can Eat Vegan Pizza Tuesdays at  Salt Meats Cheese  in Bro...