• riodoro1@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Thats so true. Thankfully asian restaurants usually have options because european cuisine sucks when it comes to vegans or even vegetarians.

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      1 year ago

      asians know their spices, you can eat a shoe if you spice it right.

      european vegan food is a bunch of canned stuff mixed up in a bowl

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        1 year ago

        I love american chinese food so much, but the last place I got Buddah’s delight was definitely a bunch of canned stuff mixed in a bowl with the saddest fried tofu ever. I have messed up some tofu and this was worse.

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      Although, you do have to watch out sometime. Egg and fish (sauce) could be used for some dishes without explicitly telling you about that beforehand.

      Apparently that is a problem with kimchi, for example, where the animal-derived ingredients are not considered to be part of the “main ingredients”, like nappa cabbage or radishes, so they can sometimes be forgotten when asked if it’s vegan.

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        Yes, same shit with genuine parmesan not being vegetarian because of animal rennet. Lots of cheeses are like this

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      Tell me you know nothing about European cuisines without telling me you know nothing about European cuisines.

      Vegan is going to be a bit harder in the northern parts because butter but there’s a fuckton of traditional naturally vegetarian dishes. Peasants back in the days had maybe a pig that they raised for food and another to sell, that’s not a “meat every day” type of supply. Eggs are a different matter.