Vegans targeted by new menu at The Phantom...

VEGANS are being targeted by a new menu launched at The Phantom in Loughborough, which features ‘the next big food trend’.

New dishes include a vegan burger - a spicy bean burger topped with mixed leaves, vegan mayonnaise, a vegan cheese slice and BBQ pulled jackfruit, served in a toasted bagel.

Described as ‘pulled pork for vegetarians’, jackfruit is being hailed as the next big food trend - a large, green spiky fruit originating from India, South America and South-east Asia, with a meaty texture and appearance.

Jackfruit features in other new dishes on the menu, including jackfruit bao buns - a lotus style steamed bun filled with pulled BBQ jackfruit.

Other vegan-friendly dishes include macaroni grilled cheese sandwich, chilli and salad (black bean and butternut squash quinoa chilli with spicy rice finished with vegan cheese and vegan mayonnaise), falafel salad, mac and cheese, nachos, chilli fries, avocado fries and halloumi fries.

There are still offerings for meat eaters, such as a chicken curry burger, maple bacon burger and double decker burger.

General manager Laura Green said: “We have lots of demand for vegan and vegetarian dishes, so we wanted to ensure we had plenty of options to choose from. The jackfruit dishes are really amazing, even meat eaters will love the flavour and texture as it really does taste like pulled pork!”