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Thursday, July 17, 2008

I shouldn't have looked

I somewhat reluctantly agreed to go to a Chinese restaurant the other day. I like Chinese food, but the vegetarian options are generally limited to plain vegetables, with none of the yummy sauces. This time, however, I was happy to discover a delicious tofu dish I hadn't tried before. It was so good, in fact, that tonight I looked for recipes online, thinking maybe I would make it myself sometime. The only problem is, all the recipes I found have meat in them. I didn't notice any meaty taste in mine, and the waitress didn't mention it when I asked what the dish was, but now I'm wondering whether it's safe to order again. At least the recipe looks fairly simple, so I can make my own definitely-vegetarian version.

1 Comments:

At 1:51 AM, Blogger Inside the Philosophy Factory said...

I think the limited veggie options depends a lot on both where you are in the US and the region the Chinese folks are from. I've seen many Chinese restaurants with lots of veggie options -- but some regions use meat stock for their sauces while others don't.

Up here we have a chain called Pei Wei -- it is kind of corporate quasi-fast food. They have lots of veggie options and more than a few vegan options.

 

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