gado-gado
type: Note
content: Past time, I finally ate gado-gado. Boiled vegetables in a peanut sauce; usually comes with egg, which I swapped for tofu. This one also had tempeh. SO good. And, at Warung Nelayan, I accompanied it with hands down the best Bali coffee I've had since I've been here. It's so thick and rich it actually tempered my cake craving. I think the total price of this meal is 25k IDR (about &pound1.50), though the coffee is on the menu in two places, for 5k and 10k, so we'll see..
published: 2017-03-10T12:38:00+08:00
tag: bali
tag: coffee
tag: food
tag: nelayan
tag: travel
tag: vegan

seminyak
type: Article
content: Today I wandered from Canggu to Seminyak and back again. It takes about an hour and a half and for some reason people think that's crazy. I stopped several times for food obviously and planned my route around vegan restaurants also obviously. Roads here are narrow and fairly busy so not super fun to walk down. Sometimes it seems like it's about to come to a choice between being hit by a van and being up to my knees in rice paddy mud. Fortunately I didn't have to make that choice yet. Here's the route. I had a breakfast burrito and juice (and later coffee) at Peloton, a vegan cafe not far from Canggu, and stayed there to work for a few hours. I walked to Seminyak partly by way of the beach, and visited Seminyak Square and a market. Not really much of interest. I enjoyed the air conditioning in a mall for a while. Seminyak seems to be mostly fancy villas and tourist shops. It feels a bit less chill than Canggu even, though more going on. Didn't feel bursting with exciting vegan food like Canggu is! Maybe more upmarket, less hippie. I read about and pinpointed on Google Maps a tofu-specialist cafe. I didn't find it, but around the corner was a street cart selling tofu, so that seemed close enough. I chatted with the vendor as he fried tofu, liberally applied a pile of beansprouts and coated the whole thing in a huge layer of peanut sauce with some chopped chillis and a drizzle of soya sauce. It was super tasty, and 20k IDR. I ate it on the roadside, and while I was doing so, his friend came along with a cart of brightly coloured liquids in jars. They looked sugary, and neither of them were able to explain to me what it was apart from "ice" so I declined. But then I watched someone else get served - he spooned some of each jar into one cup - and my interest was piqued that this was more than just syrupy drinks. It turned out to be es daluman, a cincau grass jelly, coconut milk, and coconut sugar syrup dessert which is on the whole pretty nutritious. A cup was 10k, and v…
name: Seminyak
published: 2017-03-18T23:28:00+08:00
tag: bali
tag: food
tag: seminyak
tag: travel
tag: vegan
tag: weather
tag: yoga

shame
type: Note
content: Local culture/traditions aside, this is such a shame. They should be in trees, in the wild, free.
published: 2017-03-22T23:08:00+08:00
tag: bali
tag: travel
tag: vegan

vegan-cake
type: Note
content: But on a related note, now when a cafe doesn't have any vegan cake at all I'm proper offended. (Like Betelnut, where I am working from this morning. Cracking smoothie though).
in reply to: chocolate
published: 2017-03-08T11:07:00+08:00
tag: bali
tag: food
tag: vegan

trieste-more
type: Article
content: After drafting my last post from Zoe Market cafe, I was struck with the urge to see what the Trieste coastline had to offer further south. I walked to the port area, and discovered it's not really a place for wandering.. big highways and industrial buildings. Nonetheless, even the warehouses and apartment blocks were fairly aesthetically pleasing, and at one point a long park runs parallel to the coast, almost like an apology. GPS trace of the walk here. I did make it to Pedocin beach eventually though. It took a while to find.. I walked around the pier, which felt quite dead, and found the lighthouse. But industrial buildings in every direction seemed to be preventing me from accessing the coast.. though as I walked past one large wall, I could hear children, so I persisted. Eventually I found the entrance, through an unassuming concrete cabin. I think the entry fee is 1 Euro, but there was no-one there to take it. The cabin has two exits, on the left for women and the right for men. A wall divides the beach in two. The beach is pebbles, with immediate access to the sea; small and peaceful, with one vendor selling drinks and snacks. I napped until I was woken by the tide lapping at my feet. Super pretty white and purple barrel jellyfish fill the bay around here, and Pedocin was no exception. It was only 20 minutes to follow the coast around back into town. More photos here. In the evening I ate cake from Giardina Tergesteo and pizza (oops) from DNapoli. I had to add the remaining half of a Marinara to the pizza I had already accumulated from Le Agavi the day before. The next day we picked up gelato and took that and the pizza backlog to Molo Audace, a long concrete pier off Piazza Unita, for a picnic. Later in the evening I walked by myself to ErbOsteria, a charming vegetarian restaurant which uses aromatic herbs for all dishes. I was the only one there for most of the evening, and was treated to a three-course vegan meal with homemade iced tea. It was a wonderful …
name: Treiste some more
published: 2017-05-26T17:28:00+02:00
tag: beach
tag: italy
tag: sea
tag: travel
tag: trieste
tag: vegan

vegan-portoroz
type: Article
content: Portoroz and Piran are touristy parts of Slovenia, close to the Italian border. There's not an abundance of vegan options, but I did find raw cake at Caffe Teatro in Piran (a big yellow building near the port). For 5 EUR a slice, this was a one-time indulgence, but it was very good. At the other end geographically, in a Portoroz hotel spa you can find a rawfood cafe called Fresh4You. I tried some really great cakes and smoothies, and took a raw lasagne and hemp salad to go. A few hours later, they were still pretty good. The portions were decent sized, and the savoury dishes were not mind-blowing, but not bad either. The chocolate cake on the other hand did blow my mind. It closes at 6.
name: Vegan in Portoroz and Piran
published: 2017-06-02T11:30:00+02:00
tag: food
tag: slovenia
tag: travel
tag: vegan

vegan-rome
type: Article
content: I didn't make a particular effort to explore Rome's vegan offerings, but outside of pizza marinara and spaghetti pomodoro, I did eat at a couple of fantastic places worth writing about. Ecru: All raw, all vegan, with a very extensive menu. It's north-west of the city center, near the Vatican and the river. There's power and wifi, but not much seating. I spent a couple of hours there early evening, recovering from a day of walking, and it wasn't busy. I shared lassi (cashew yoghurt), smoothie, two mains: seaweed spaghetti which was salty and filling, avocado tartare which was refreshing and came with crackers and vegetable rolls; and two desserts: almond granita, which was super creamy, and a grain-packed granola bar covered in chocolate. Dharma Cakes: An entirely vegan bakery that understates it; seems like a normal bakery unless you know otherwise. Inside is spacious and a nice place to sit, with a play area for kids. While I was there, a parrot on a leash brought her two humans for lunch. I think she was a regular because one of the menus at my table had very recognisable beak marks, which I noted when I sat down, before the bird even showed up. Power but no wifi. A lunch and brunch menu, coffees with a variety of milk options, and of course an abundance of cake. I shared two to accompany an almond cappuccino, and two to go. Sugary, not the healthy kind, but delicious and varied. Wadi: Another vegan bakery, but this one is upfront about it. South of the city, near the University area. I went here a couple of times as it was convienent from my conference. They usually have wifi, but their router was broken last week. There's power though; it's small, but nice to sit. The cakes are again not the healthy vegan variety, but change every day and there's a wide selection, at good prices. I had a chocolate doughnut twice in a row.. and also tried various small cookies, croissant and cake. They have some savoury offerings, including a pizza-like quiche with vegetable topp…
name: Vegan in Rome
published: 2017-06-09T20:30:00+02:00
tag: food
tag: rome
tag: travel
tag: vegan

vegan-trieste
type: Article
content: Trieste is small, so as you'd expect pure veg*n restaurants are limited. There was nonetheless more than enough to keep me occupied for a week though. Of course, every Italian restaurant offers the chance to take vegetarian pizza and pasta dishes without cheese, and most offer pizza marinara and spaghetti pomodoro anyway if you don't feel like making special requests. Giardinio Tergesteo: a vegetarian restaurant with a lot of vegan options that I returned to over and over. They have ample seating options outside, inside, and outside-inside in a kind of mall area. There's power and wifi, and it's the sort of place you could go for a formal dinner, or to spend an afternoon with your laptop. At lunchtimes on weekdays they have a changing pasta dish, and the rest of the time they have salads, sandwiches (various breads and fillings) and a variety of vegan cake. Erb Osteria: somewhat out of the way and in an odd part of town, this is a small vegetarian restaurant where all dishes are oriented around aromatic herbs. The menu changes daily, so it isn't written down. The decor was very cute, and it wasn't busy when I was there early evening. I asked the owner to furnish me with courses of vegan dishes, and was not disappointed. I was even more surprised by the price at the end, which was 13 EUR for a starter, main, dessert, iced tea, and another dessert to go. You would have to go out of your way to pass here I think, but worth a detour. Draw Food: Draw is raw, but not all vegan. The menu is mostly meat and fish options, but one section is veg*n and some dishes can be tweaked to remove non-vegan cheese. They have their own cashew-based ricotta which I couldn't get enough of. There's power and wifi, and the decor is great. I spent an afternoon here with my laptop, as well as returning for several other meals, lunchtime and evenings. I had the aubergine ricotta dish twice, and it was slightly different but deliciously creamy both times. I also tried courgette spaghetti with m…
name: Vegan in Trieste
published: 2017-05-27T08:00:00+02:00
tag: food
tag: travel
tag: trieste
tag: vegan

vego
type: Note
content: Important announcement: Vego is the best non-dark chocolate ever, and if you get the opportunity just buy it for me okay? I particularly love the chunkiness of the bars which are perfect for just filling your whole face with chocolate. It's also made with pureed hazelnut or something so the chocolate is kind of fluffy and not as hard as normal block chocolate. Mostly available in Germany or places that import health foods stuff from Germany. Keep an eye out.
published: 2017-07-30T20:56:00+02:00
tag: chocolate
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: vego

week-in-review-2
type: Article
content: Spreadsheets. Spent a day tracking down bugs that would have taken someone else 30 seconds to fix BUT learnt a lot about Python packaging in the process. Accidentally went to a yoga class taught in Bosnian. It was fine. My oven outlet was repaired in a timely manner and is no longer a fire risk. Climbed Hum Hill. Ate at Karuzo twice. Signed a new contract with OCCRP to come back part time (3.5 days per week) until December (my initial contract was only until this month). Made some progress with converting my site and logs data to the updated AS2 namespace and reshuffling everything into useful graphs to separate content produced by me from notifications created by others, and things that aren't (b)logposts from things that are. Factory reset my phone. It works normally again! Watched a lot of DS9.
name: Week in review: 3 - 9 July
published: 2017-07-09T21:41:00+02:00
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tag: sloph
tag: travel
tag: vegan
tag: week-in-review
tag: yoga

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published: 2017-09-24T14:49:00+02:00
tag: sarajevo
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: food
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week-in-review-2
type: Article
content: OCCRP launched the Azerbaijani Laundromat investigation, a small bit of which has my name on. Flew to London from Tuzla and took the night bus to Edinburgh. Ate a haggis and tattie scone roll at Snax. Passed my PhD defense, with minor corrections. Ate curry at Mosque Kitchen. Went to Prewired. Ate pizza at Rigatoni's. Ate pizza with vegan cheese at Pizza Express. Ate cake at Henderson's. Ate pakoras at Pakora Bar. Ate pancakes and cake at The Herbivore Kitchen. Tea and chocolate tart at Anteaques. Dropped stuff at charity shops, the Bike Station, and The SHRUB. Ate a vegan burrito at Forest Cafe. Ran around Holyrood Park. Ate chips on the beach at Portobello.
name: Week in review: 4 - 10 September
published: 2017-09-10T23:50:00+01:00
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tag: thesis
tag: week+in+review
tag: food
tag: phd
tag: edinburgh

week-in-review-3
type: Article
content: Ate soup from Union of Genius. Took more stuff to charity shops. Ate giant vegan nachos at the Hoose. Tried and failed to go up the Scott Monument. At dessert at David Bann. Took the night bus to London. Ate at Vx and vegan pie and mash from Piebury Corner. Flew from Luton to Tuzla; got back to Sarajevo at 3am Wednesday. Learnt more about ElasticSearch. Surrounded myself with broken instances of aleph. Started season 2 of Sense8. Started thesis corrections. Went up the Avaz Twist Tower with bengo.
name: Week in review: 11 - 17 September
published: 2017-09-17T22:26:00+02:00
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tag: phd
tag: sarajevo
tag: london
tag: thesis
tag: week+in+review
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tag: edinburgh
tag: aleph
tag: food

ghent
type: Article
content: This month's convluted travel routing took me through Ghent, Belgium. The bus timetables didn't quite line up to let me go straight through from Boston (the original) to Sarajevo, so I figured if I have to spend a day in a city I should pick a nice one, and one that I haven't been to before. I arrived, early, at 0530. It was very cold. Thankfully one of the earliest opening coffeeshops happens to be an all-vegan one - Full Circle Coffee. Unfortunately I still had two hours to kill before 0730, which I spent shivering in a corner in the train station. It wasn't the best. When I made my way to Full Circle, it was still dark. The place is super welcoming, with sofas, comfy chairs, as well as tables, and a wall-facing bench lined with power sockets, so it's clear laptopping is welcome. I started my day earlier than usual, with an oat milk flat white, and chocolate pie (8EUR total). Their other offerings included carrot cake and chai carrot cake. The wifi was fine, and there was a power socket by a sofa. I curled up there and watched the sun rise out of the glass door which leads to their back terrace. The sun didn't so much as rise, but the sky turned a lighter shade of grey. I thought about leaving for a walking tour at 10, but just as I was making my mind up to close my laptop it started to sleet. I stayed. Just after 11 the weather had improved, and I headed to Mie Vie, a vegan cafe in the town center. I had a somehow spectacular cheese salad sandwich on crusty bread, and a danish pastry. This place was also welcoming, and also had good wifi and power options, and a decent amount of space. It didn't get busy over lunch time. I joined this walking tour at 1300. It lasted two hours, and was fun and informative. I learnt that French Fries are Belgian, there are three peeing children statues (compared to Brussels' one), and there's art in one of the cathedral's that is the most-stolen ever. It rained, hailed, and the sun came out a little, but mostly it was just overcast…
name: A day in Ghent
published: 2017-12-08T23:30:00+01:00
tag: libraries
tag: vegan
tag: food
tag: travel
tag: tourism
tag: ghent

vegan-edinburgh
type: Article
content: I lived in Edinburgh for 4 years, but the vegan offerings have ramped up in the 2 years I've been away since. On my last two visits, in September for my viva and December for my graduation, I visited old favourites, as well as crammed in as many new places as I could. The classics The Auld Hoose I went to the Hoose almost every Monday evening for 4 years. They have a 20% discount on food on Mondays. They also have a ton of vegan options in a laid-back grungy pub atmosphere. They had vegan cheese on their GIANT nachos before it was cool. The menu changed while I was away, and these days along with their vegan chilli, vegan burrito and vegan burger they also have a fried tofu sandwich and raspberry sorbet sundae. I miss the veggie haggis and mushroom pie of ye olde days though, gotta say. But you really come for the nachos. Anteaques I practically lived in Anteaques when I ran SocieTea. They were our best sponsor, and I am as unfailingly loyal as you can be to a tea shop. They also have at least one homemade vegan tart at weekends, usually chocolate and raspberry. Rhubarb apparently briefly put in a seasonal appearance last month, but I missed it. Anyway I'm happy to eat the chocolate and raspberry tart with a pot of tea every single time I go, it's fantastic. The tea is also good. Rigatoni's I used to eat at Rigatoni's a lot. It's a lovely family-run pizza and pasta joint. It's not the cheapest, but the quality is outstanding. Over the years I developed my perfect topping combo: spicy kidney beans, artichoke, and mushrooms or olives (depending on what I was in the mood for). I went so regularly they'd remind me to remove cheese from my order if I forgot to mention it. They don't have vegan cheese, but the pizza sauce is so good it holds up a pizza all on its own. The XL is best value for money, and would usually last me one and a half to two meals. It's great cold the next day, smothered in hot sauce. Henderson's An Edinburgh veggie institution, there are now about t…
name: Vegan in Edinburgh
published: 2017-12-10T14:24:00+01:00
tag: travel
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: edinburgh

week-in-review
type: Article
content: Finished Nanowrimo at 30,413 words, which is a new second place. Went to Edinburgh (via a nightbus to Munich and a flight). Climbed the Scott Monument finally. Graduated. Saw my parents and lots of people I haven't seen for a while. Ate at many of the new vegan establishments in Edinburgh.
name: Week in review: 27 November - 3 December
published: 2017-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
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tag: travel
tag: phd
tag: nanowrimo
tag: vegan
tag: edinburgh

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