Thai & Vietnamese food - again - generally not vegetarian

[Guest guest]

I posted something similar to this last year but some recent experiences

compelled me to again bring this up - especially for vegetarians unaware. Too

many unsuspecting vegetarians are eating fish sauces on a regular basis and have

no idea.

 

Most Thai (Vietnamese and Chinese) restaurants have either " vegetarian " or

" vegetables " sections on their menus. It is the very rare restaurant that does

not use fish sauce prepared in their " vegetarian " and " vegetable " dishes. I

learned many years ago to always make a specific request that my meals are

prepared without fish (or oyster) sauce. Some restaurants will accommodate. Some

won't. Others say they will and might, or might not. Others will tell you that

it doesn't taste good without the fish sauce. Others will tell you that some

" vegetarians " eat fish so they don't see a contradiction in putting fish/oyster

sauces in their " vegetarian " dishes.

 

I for one am really tired of this situation. I would like to ask you all to

always check with the restuarants you eat at and please inform them that by

definition " vegetarians " do not eat fish or poultry. Just becuase ill informed

people appropriate the term " vegetarian " should not allow that definiton to

become commonly accepted. It's a disservice to all vegetarians. The restaurants

need to understand this. Many thanks,

 

Steven