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• Suburban vegan wonderland (for the wealthy)

This place is out of the way! I hoped to do an evening meal but that was not on offer over the weekend unless I pre booked an entire event for myself! Aloacherie started as outside caterers and describe themselves as a pop up restaurant but it doesn't feel very temporary! In fact the Sunday breakfast buffet I managed to eventually find, no thanx to google maps pinning them on the other side of the road!, felt like walking into a posh hotel. All white table cloths and seat covers, hin n weg it was not! The buffet costs 18 euro basic with drinks on top and the clientele reflected this cost , and the fact that we had cycled out into a wealthy middle class suburb! I turned off my BS Detector and focused on the food. Three hot dishes, two potato based, a red wine soaked sietan shepherds pie and asparagus with boiled spuds both very nice. The third was a very good tofu scramble with little chunks of tasty tofu amongst the yellow "egg". Lots of bread but no marge!! Not even the lovely Ahlsan spread that is everywhere in vegan Europe but not the UK! Croissants a whole basket of them to eat as many as you want!! Unfortunately no marmalade or choc spread to go with them but three other jams. Muesli, yoghurt, salads, cheese, tofu and meat slices and creations I haven't seen before are all included. And you may "return" as often as you like. The fake coffee I had was fancy and lovely and the real coffee Andi had was equally good she said. There were two fruity deserts including a lovely light creamy mousse thing topped with a layer of red fruit compote. I would have the proper names for all these interesting creations but this is one increasingly rare place in Hamburg where they don't bother writing things in English which is a shame but fair enough I guess! So is it worth the price tag? Well yes, if you like your vegan food this is as good as anything I've had in Hamburg, it would be interesting to see how a dinner at Aloacherie compares to Leaf. But if you have no need to rush and you can "put it away" then I,d recommend this buffet!