The Guardian - Life & Style • Feb. 7, 2026, 6:15 a.m.

The Burns supper centrepiece is too good to enjoy on only one night a year – especially when it pairs so well with Chinese flavours I’d like to start a new campaign called Vegetarian Haggis Isn’t Just for Burns Night. Of course, the Scots know this.

They know how fantastic this genius concoction of pulses, vegetables, oats and spices is; how meaty without being, well, meaty. I began eating it because I share a birthday with Robert Burns (see haggis kheema ) but it deserves to be eaten all year round.

Here, I’ve introduced the haggis to another favourite of mine, dan dan noodles, and I’m pleased to report they get on like a house on fire. Continue reading...

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