Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 1/4/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!bhaskar From: bhaskar@fluke.UUCP Newsgroups: net.veg Subject: Re: Veggie Restaurants Message-ID: <942@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 20:26:50 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.942 Posted: Tue Feb 14 20:26:50 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 07:07:09 EST References: <1289@vice.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 25 I have rarely had problems finding ovo-lacto vegetarian food anywhere in the US (only in Minneapolis have I encounter a place where they would not even give me a salad or an omelette). I am not implying that I am satisfied by a leaf of lettuce or a fried yolk -- only that I have gone hungry only once in four years of strict vegetarianism. But starvation aside, I rarely have problems finding a reasonable selection of food even though I eat out every day. I eat mostly at hole-in-the-wall ethnic restaurants, and can always ask for something vegetarian not on the menu -- I know enough about different cuisines to suggest things they can fix me that are not on the menu. Of course, there are some cuisines to avoid: the (North & South) American and West European ones being the primary culprits -- even Mexican is occasionally a tough one, since lard is popular. Perhaps I have been spoiled by living in Seattle!!! Anyway, rather than list the good restaurants here, I hereby offer to make recommendations to anyone who plans to visit our backwaters... (I wish we had a seattle.restaurants newsgroup.) A noteworthy place: Lotus Garden in San Francisco Chinatown. It is a 100% vegetarian Chinese restaurant (they're Taoists) with a multi-page menu of delicious food. -- Bhaskar {allegra,lbl-csam,microsoft,sb1,uw-beaver}!fluke!bhaskar