Vegan in Disneyland Paris

Even though Disney World is our usual hangout we — we being my Dad, my cousin Kelsie, and me — decided to go to Disneyland Paris. For the first time. So much like I did when we went to Disney World, I’m going to tell you all about eating vegan there.

How Easy is it to Eat Vegan in Disneyland Paris?

Well you’ll eat. Maybe not what you want or when you want but you won’t starve.

There’s also a culture/language issue which means that you might not be able to ask the questions you want and if you manage to ask you might not get the right answers. I’ve found Vegan Disney Paris absolutely invaluable for telling me what I can eat. And very gently telling me when I accidentally ate egg.

The other issue I had was with closing times. We went to Disneyland about 6pm and one of the places that I knew had vegan options was closed and a second place was sold out, so I had to make do with French fries. my advice there is to check, check again, never assume, and check one more time.

Tell Me About Your Trip

I once again travelled with my Dad and cousin Kelsie. It was also the first trip of Kelsie’s bump who, for the moment, is called Bruce.

We stayed four nights at Davy Crockett’s Ranch. There is a kitchen in the cabins but there isn’t a large amount of vegan food in the shop, although I did get pasta and tomato sauce and olives and lotus spread. I wish I’d have bought with me some vegan butter, cheese and some Tofurky slices but that’s something to remember for next time.

Did you have some sort of meal plan?

We had two meals a day: a continental style breakfast and a buffet meal. The price of the buffet could be taken from a sit down meal which gives you a bit more flexibility.

We had a bit of an issue getting breakfast. We were told we could pick it up from the main area or book it to pick up from a hutch by the cabins the next morning. Turns out that you could just pick it up from cabin. We could also get it from Starbucks, which was closed unexpectedly, and New York Style Sandwiches which was open, happily.

This is the breakfast for all three of us. The bread, jam, orange juice, cereal bars and apple sauce were all vegan. As is tea, when it’s served black. Which is the only way to drink it.

Kelsie happily ate my croissant and Nutella for me but if you’re not travelling with convenient non vegans then you can ask for it without.

As for our other meals… well that will be another entry.

 

Vegan MoFo 2019: Wrap up day

I had three intentions this year: post everyday, cook from The Nordic Baking Book, and cook outside. Well I did manage a lot from The Nordic Baking Book but my other two intentions were defeated by exhaustion, sickness, and bad weather. Still it’s been fun.

To wrap up I cooked a meal inspired by another blog. I figured at the start of the month that I was probably going to cook something from Herbivore’s Heaven and her trip to Japan but until yesterday I wasn’t sure what I wanted it to be. I mean ideally I’d have gone to that dog friendly theme park with my Dad and Watson but that wasn’t in the budget. I made Curry Udon instead.

I used the recipe from Just One Cookbook veganised by using kombu dashi and chickwheat shreds in place of the meat. It was a perfect way to end Vegan MoFo 2019.

Vegan MoFo 2019: Hearty breakfast

Last year I made a bacon sandwich so this year I thought I’d make another one. Only up my game a bit. To start with I made my own rolls. These are pretzel style burger buns from Vegan 100 which are pretty yummy if not entirely pretzely. I also made my own seitan bacon!

This recipe was recommended to me on Twitter and I went for it purely because it didn’t feature a fake vegan rind. Because being forced to eat bacon rind as a kid still traumatises me. It’s delicious but I would have liked a less soft and chewy texture. Still it was a fabulous sandwich.

Vegan MoFo 2019: Cocktail/mocktail

I never know if I should call myself Straight Edge or not because honestly I’m just not that cool. I mean I haven’t been to a gig since my early twenties. Unless you count escorting my Guides to Wellies and Wristbands or Big Gig. Last time I went to Big Gig I actually fell asleep during it. So I don’t have the hardcore thing down but I don’t drink so I’m making mocktails today.

The other thing that’s inspiring my post is my fabulous collection of souvenir mugs! I was inspired by my pineapple to google pineapple mocktail and find this recipe. And then I put my serving into my favourite gaudy goblet from Be Our Guest. It lights up. It’s awesome.