East London’s best artisan ice cream (with vegan options)

East London’s ice cream scene is nothing to frown at. Unlike the earlier south London round up, none of the spots below are fully vegan operations – but all have vegan options, and the sorbets in particular are worth knowing about. You’ll also find inventive flavour combinations alongside the classics, and some of the best Italian-style gelato outside Italy. From Stratford to Hackney, from Spitalfields to Stoke Newington, these – in no particular order – are the artisan ice cream spots genuinely worth making a detour for. Chunk Provisions (Leyton) Address: Arch 151, Tilbury Road, E10 6RE Transport: Leyton Midland Road (Suffragette Line) Website: https://www.instagram.com/chunk_provisions/?hl=en Chunk Provisions does small-batch gelato with a menu split into “purist” and “curious”. The “Purist” menu covers the classics such as vanilla, strawberry or chocolate, as well as some slightly less classic flavours: caramel almond chocolate or a vegan mango elderflower sorbet. The “Curious”…