The Lost Hour – a Pub and Restaurant | Review

[Ad- gifted experience] We were invited to take on the new vegan options at The Lost Hour, a casual pub that has pool tables, a SNES, loads of TVs showcasing sports, and a friendly atmosphere. Offering a bunch of beers on tap and fruity ciders I hadn’t even heard of before, as well as a generously sized menu full of food, this pub is a step above your average Wetherspoons. They’ve added a few vegan specials to their menu and are encouraging those doing Veganuary by offering double points for vegan purchases made by people who sign up for their rewards card called ‘more’. They are also doing 25% off low-alcohol or non-alcoholic drinks if you are doing dry January and have a card! These reward points can add up to free food or drinks at The Lost Hour. The bar staff themselves were also really lovely, which is worth a mention. They spent time asking tables if everything was good, cleaned fast and efficiently, and had good conversations at the bar. It was just a really friendly bunch! Let’s get down to the food;

Moving Mountains B12 Burger

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A Day Out at the Guggenheim Museum

[Ad- gifted experience] Recently, I went to Bilbao, Spain and got to check out the lovely Guggenheim Museum. This three floor museum has a bunch of different exhibitions, showcases, interactive areas and more for you to explore and enjoy. Though the cafe was completely booked, myself and my friend went in to take a look at all of the art this museum had to offer! Many of the areas were no photo zones, so the only images I have here are ones that were allowed to be taken within the museum – mainly on a few of the exhibitions on the bottom floor. I am only going to talk about some of the exhibitions, as there is really a lot to see – this museum is well worth a day trip!

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Tropical Tart (The Vegan Kitchen) | Recipe

[Ad- gifted product] It’s January, which means more people than ever are experimenting with being vegan. Veganism is when an individual no longer consumes any meat or animal byproducts, this includes fish, egg, honey, cheese, and anything else that has to do with animals. It’s a big lifestyle switch if you have been eating meat your entire life, but many people take on the challenge for the month of January in hopes of living a healthier life and possibly losing weight. Having some sort of guide is a very good idea when making huge changes to you diet, even if you only plan on sticking to this change for a month.

vegan tropical tart

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Edible Pineapple and Kiwi Tea from Nim’s | Review

[Ad- gifted product] Previously, we took a look at Nim’s Vegetable Crisps, which is exactly that: just vegetables dried and packed so that you can enjoy a crispy, healthy and simple snack. Much like their crisps, Nim’s have a range of Edible Teas in both vegetable and fruit flavors. We got our hands on some of Nim’s Edible Pineapple and Kiwi Tea to try out in the new year. As January is known to be a month full of healthy eating and changes in diet as people attempt to have a healthier year, it felt like a perfect fit. We both drink tea from time to time, but neither of us were particularly cutting caffeine out of our diets, which is something this flavoured tea could really help with.

Nim’s Edible Pineapple and Kiwi Tea doesn’t actually contain tea leaves, instead, it is just dried pineapple, kiwi and apple slices. These dehydrated fruits are pre-packed in recyclable plastic, so you can put the tea itself directly in your mug of hot water and let it sit to become flavoured. Working much like a warm version of flavoured fruit water at first, over the course of about 5 minutes, the tea starts to really taste like fruit flavoured tea. The smell of Nim’s tea is also quite delicious, as you can almost instantly start to smell the fruit inside the cup.

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The Map of Everyone – Personalised Map | Review

[Ad- gifted product] Dann is a huge fan of maps. He’s got loads of them scattered about, although some have gotten a bit warn over the years. The biggest map we have, featured in the living room, is a map of the world that gets scratched off whenever we end up in a new country or state, with the hopes of it eventually being a full, colourful map. With his love of maps in mind, when The Book of Everyone reached out with a personalised map, I jumped on the opportunity.

After talking over loads of locations for The Map of Everyone, we settled on Loughton – a town quite near to us that we tend to visit regularly. Loughton train station is the one we take into London every time we want to go into the town, and it is the train station that Dann use to meet me at for tabletop nights. There is a restaurant called Wing Shack in Loughton, which is my favourite wings place and Dann’s overall favourite place to eat. Often we have little nights out at the pub in Loughton or just spent walking around the town, to see the shops and go shopping. It’s just a cute town that we always seem to end up at when we have few spare hours to hang out and don’t want to be at home. At one point, we started joking about how the town was basically ours.

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