Chiquito to expand menu with further vegan alternatives

Mexican restaurant Chiquito has announced an expansion of its vegan dishes on its breakfast and kids menu.

The restaurant attributes the menu expansion to the “huge success of Veganuary”, the extra ‘meat-free’ and vegan dishes will join the menu which has been designed to meet consumer demands for “more delicious vegan offerings and meat free alternatives”.

Chiquito has unveiled the new vegan ‘Full English Breakfast’ ,’Vegan Burrito’ and ‘Vegan Chimichangas’ to its  breakfast menu as well as vegan options on the children’s menu for the first time.

The ‘Breakfast Burrito’ consists of hash browns, tomato, beans, vegan cheddar, vegan scrambled eggs, vegan sausages, brown sauce all wrapped and baked in a spinach tortilla. 

The kids dishes include: banana blossom bites served with “Oatly creamy oat fraiche”, and the Mexican Bean Stew with vegan cheese.

Chiquito managing director Angelo Gabrilatsou said: “We are massively excited about the launch of our new breakfast menu as it adds freshness, authenticity and loads of flavour, allowing our guest to be as adventurous as they want. 

“Both the breakfast and the new kids menu stay true to our core objectives by driving innovation, accessibility and fun and as having guest choice at the heart, whilst understanding growing trends, this menu allows Chiquito to be more accessible to guests that seek vegan options.”

He added: “The last eighteen months we’ve focused on improving the quality of our food and service whilst dialling up the fun that we are famous for and believe this is our biggest improvement yet.”

The new breakfast menu will be in all 78 sites from tomorrow (25 February) with the kids menu already available to try.