The cramped confines of an old double-decker would hardly strike one as the ideal venue to dine tete-a-tete, but that's exactly what the winsomely named Rootmaster Bustaurant provides...

We took the (anti-vegan) parents to Rootmaster last night and even they were wowed by the food, wine and use of an old red Routemaster bus (good recycling!)...

It's sexy and fashionable and fits in with all those New Year resolutions about eating healthily.We're talking vegetarian food...

Rootmaster is a restaurant inside a Routemaster bus that's parked just off Brick Lane. The lower deck is the kitchen; the seating is outside in a quiet car park or on the top deck, which has been gutted and had the spongy, musty bus seats replaced with stylish tables and chairs...

THINK of Brick Lane, and images of London's most famous immigrant street, depicted in Monica Ali's novel (and soon-to-be film) of the same name, come to mind, as do the spicy smells of cumin, cardamom and turmeric emanating from the more than 50 Bangladeshi restaurants that line the historic thoroughfare...

WHAT’S red and green and lives in a Brick Lane brewery? The Rootmaster restaurant of course! Hidden just behind bustling Brick Lane, this refurbished Routemaster bus is a herbivore's haven, serving up innovative vegan meals (at low prices)...

Located in a refurbished but still atmospheric Routemaster bus, Rootmaster serves up vegetarian cuisine in what’s perhaps the most interesting venue in the capital....

Finally Brick Lane has a vegetarian restaurant and what an absolute cracker it is, gourmet vegan in a classic, nay iconic, Routemaster double decker red bus, situated in the car park of the Old Truman Brewery...

While is may not have a sexy name, this double-decker bus turned vegan restaurant tucked off Dray’s Walk is a real gem. I have walked by it dozens of times, even looking at the menu on occasion, but never actually climbed the narrow steps to try it out. This was clearly a mistake, so I have discovered it not a moment too soon!...