Vegetarian: Day Four
96 Hours, and it’s whole lot better.
Breakfast: Apricot Danish
Lunch: A lovely Indian meal at Roburoo. Not sure quite what is was (I had a platter of various vegetable dishes not listed on the evening menu), but no complaints, and reaonable value for money at a single crisp fiver.
Dinner: A delightful plate of freshly-made potato gnocchi at the brilliant Pane Vino In Kentish Town. My enjoyment of this luscious vegetable bounty was tempered slightly when I went to collect my dining companion to discover his wife wolfing down a delicious plate of blood-rare beef, but hey, these are the temptations us vegetarians face every single day. It’s never easy, I can tell you.
Here’s a question: If I go to the Quality Chop House in Farringdon, there are vegetarian options on the menu. When I eat at the Hawksmoor Steak House, I can dig into a Leek and Endive Gratin. Even at the temple of meat, St Johns, the Stinking Bishop & Potatoes will do the job if I’m crazy enough not to order the Roast Bone Marro. Why is it, then, that vegetarian restaurants NEVER offer a meat option?
P.S. This isn’t really a serious question.
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Reminds me of these classic Viz Top Tips:
Vegetarians coming to dinner? Simply serve them a nice bit of steak or veal. Since they`re always going on about how tofu, Quorn, meat substitute etc `tastes exactly like the real thing`, they won`t know any difference
Invited by vegetarians for dinner? Point out that since you`d no doubt be made aware of their special dietary requirements, tell them about yours, and ask for a nice steak.
By Cold Mud on 22 May 2008 at 9:10 am
Awesome, you are writing about food. Fake meat is the wrongest thing, eh. Veggie bacon is like shoe insoles. Cauldron’s mushroom burgers and chunks of halloumi goes pretty well on a barbeque, though.
Having travelled to India and sri-lanka I learned that you really dont need to make veggie food look like meat to have a great meal everyday. Curry and all its variants could be explored forever. I dont eat a lot of meat, but I do love it!
I made a sandwich reacently that I called Hippie Heaven:
sunblush tomatoes/mozzarella balls from the deli
smooth hommous with pine nuts
hot falafels
Wholegrain roll.
The most meat-like-but-not thing I have ever eaten was a banana-flower curry in Sri lanka. It was like big chunks of well-cooked tuna!
Good luck, there’s nothing like not eating meat for ages and then having a beef-rush from a steak.
By Sharyn on 22 May 2008 at 10:02 am
Hi Fraser
Asparagus is in season right now. You can eat this, be a gourmet and vegetarian.
Jane in Lewes.
By Jane on 22 May 2008 at 12:20 pm
Hey Sharyn,
you just reminded me, I had deep fried banana flower in Thailand. Sensational.
And for filling, chunky, non-meat Indian - how about Paneer pakoras… or malai kofta perhaps?
Hey Fraser - maybe after you finish your animal alphabet, we could have a veggie equivalent?
By BC on 22 May 2008 at 1:20 pm
On the off chance you are short of places in London to try for lunch I recommmend the Tai Buffet on Islington High St. I’m not veggie but I eat here whenever I’m in the area as it’s great food and great value:
http://www.veggieplaces.co.uk/list_reviews.php?place_id=1088
By dan on 22 May 2008 at 2:00 pm
Thanks Dan - that place is only a couple of hundred yards from where I work.
By fraser on 22 May 2008 at 2:05 pm
Keep it up! I’m not sure you totally understand just yet, but you are doing a really good thing.
By Chris on 23 May 2008 at 8:47 am
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