Comments on: And This One’s For All My Vegetarian Friends http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/20080613/and-this-ones-for-all-my-vegetarian-friends.html Less Professional Every Day Sat, 29 May 2010 22:47:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zoltán http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/20080613/and-this-ones-for-all-my-vegetarian-friends.html/comment-page-1#comment-134 Zoltán Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:06:37 +0000 http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/?p=169#comment-134 Jaime, I think you might be on to something... Jaime, I think you might be on to something…

]]> By: Jaime http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/20080613/and-this-ones-for-all-my-vegetarian-friends.html/comment-page-1#comment-133 Jaime Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:03:57 +0000 http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/?p=169#comment-133 Since when ham is not veggie friendly? And chorizo??? I give you chicken, bordeline meat if you will, but have you ever seen a chorizo in motion? No? Well, there you go, it's not meat. Since when ham is not veggie friendly? And chorizo??? I give you chicken, bordeline meat if you will, but have you ever seen a chorizo in motion? No? Well, there you go, it’s not meat.

]]> By: Emese http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/20080613/and-this-ones-for-all-my-vegetarian-friends.html/comment-page-1#comment-132 Emese Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:16:21 +0000 http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/?p=169#comment-132 My favourite was the time in Spain when we asked about some potato dish being veggie and it was a definate 'yes' then arrives with a huge piece of chorizo on top. Or the time in Germany when the 'grun salat' turned out to be a pile of kebab shavings. The spanish incident was definately not a lanague thing, but the germany one probably was as I spoke better german than the staff. I assumed Japan would be easier for veggies? My favourite was the time in Spain when we asked about some potato dish being veggie and it was a definate ‘yes’ then arrives with a huge piece of chorizo on top. Or the time in Germany when the ‘grun salat’ turned out to be a pile of kebab shavings. The spanish incident was definately not a lanague thing, but the germany one probably was as I spoke better german than the staff.

I assumed Japan would be easier for veggies?

]]> By: Zoltán http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/20080613/and-this-ones-for-all-my-vegetarian-friends.html/comment-page-1#comment-131 Zoltán Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:16:30 +0000 http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/?p=169#comment-131 Hungary is improving, but vegetarian in most cases still means one cheese dish or soup next to thirty-forty other choices. At first, I thought that the menu item was vegetarian or ham and cheese, until I read the German, which is explicit in that it states Vegetarian Sandwich <b>with</b> ham and cheese. Hungary is improving, but vegetarian in most cases still means one cheese dish or soup next to thirty-forty other choices. At first, I thought that the menu item was vegetarian or ham and cheese, until I read the German, which is explicit in that it states Vegetarian Sandwich with ham and cheese.

]]> By: Mark http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/20080613/and-this-ones-for-all-my-vegetarian-friends.html/comment-page-1#comment-130 Mark Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:20:23 +0000 http://www.liberatedpaprikafront.com/?p=169#comment-130 I find that none of the usual code words for "vegetarian" carry any currency here in Japan either - "vegetable pasta", for example, almost invariably contains bacon. Even on being asked "is this dish suitable for vegetarians", waiters will often reply in the affirmative as long as there's no solid, visible meat in the dish, even if it's marinated all night in pork fat. Usually people don't advertise stuff as "vegetarian" unless it actually is, but there are a scant few places that offer anything like that. I find that none of the usual code words for “vegetarian” carry any currency here in Japan either – “vegetable pasta”, for example, almost invariably contains bacon. Even on being asked “is this dish suitable for vegetarians”, waiters will often reply in the affirmative as long as there’s no solid, visible meat in the dish, even if it’s marinated all night in pork fat. Usually people don’t advertise stuff as “vegetarian” unless it actually is, but there are a scant few places that offer anything like that.

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