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W London Hotel Announces New All Vegan Menu in Latest Chef Collab | Eater London

"Beginning Monday 5 March, chef-restaurateur Ravinder Bhogal (owner of Marylebone’s Jikoni) will launch a temporary collaboration at W London running through the end of June, presenting an entirely vegan menu that melds her global culinary influences as a personal tribute to her niece, whose shift to veganism two years ago prompted her to rethink cooking without meat or dairy. The offerings include besan fritters with coconut yoghurt and curry leaf, an Asian mushroom ragout with sweet potato gnocchi, caramel tofu with garlic confit rice and chilli-smacked cucumbers; desserts feature rose, coconut and cardamom doughnuts and a lemongrass-and-lime-leaf sorbet with charred pineapple and cashew-and-black-pepper praline. Bhogal says the process allowed her to enjoy working creatively with vegetables, fruits, grains and pulses instead of relying on meat and dairy, and the hotel's beverage and food director says channeling her talent into an innovative vegan menu will add panache and excitement to Soho." - Andrew Leitch