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I went once a few years ago. There was nothing veggie on the menu and when I asked the waitress gave a look of incomprehension and suggested a couple of things which both had fish sauce in them. So I'd make sure what you've been eating is actually vegetarian if I were you! Having said this they could have changed their menu and suddenly educated themselves about what vegetarian food is since I went, but I would be very surprised if this were the case.

James Wrote:

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> I went once a few years ago. There was nothing

> veggie on the menu and when I asked the waitress

> gave a look of incomprehension and suggested a

> couple of things which both had fish sauce in

> them. So I'd make sure what you've been eating is

> actually vegetarian if I were you! Having said

> this they could have changed their menu and

> suddenly educated themselves about what vegetarian

> food is since I went, but I would be very

> surprised if this were the case.


TQ you can't take a comment from experience from a few years ago seriously (sorry James!)

Sounds like you're hot on the active side by contacting establishments to find out what's what in advance... good for you!

Ww use Indian Mischiefs at work suits vegans very well x not meat eaters but you can order 2 takeaways to suit both x however the vegan/vegi meal from them is lush x

at TonyQuinn Wrote:

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> We have a vegan turning up and just wondering if

> anyone knows of any eatery round this neck of the

> woods that offers this crazy food alternative?

purplebreeze Wrote:

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> Ww use Indian Mischiefs at work suits vegans very

> well x not meat eaters but you can order 2

> takeaways to suit both x however the vegan/vegi

> meal from them is lush x


Indian Mischief has closed down.

healey Wrote:

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> Tell them to bring their own food? Expecting hosts

> to meet one's dietary preferences gets my back up

> a bit.


Mmmm - the saying 'with friends like you' comes to mind. Anyway what is wrong with experimenting and trying different foods from time to time?

Call me a carnivorous bigot, but I've always wondered whether vegans are attention-seeking food faddists. Vegetarians I can understand. I had a vegan friend many years ago who came to stay, and it meant lots of preparation, stocking up on tofu and soya milk, which, by the way, is disgusting. She isn't vegan these days, and admits she was rather demanding.


For me, like the French, Spanish and of course Italians, food is a celebration of life. To forbid oneself one of life's greatest pleasures seems a shame, and an insult to those in the world who cannot pick and choose and go to bed hungry every night.

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