Comments on: Tips for New Vegans: Restaurants http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/ What’s “extreme” about living your ethics without hypocrisy? Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cassie http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-14584 Cassie Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:48:20 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-14584 When eating out I strive to be vegan and settle for vegetarian. Try your best, but don't beat yourself up if your meal isn't 100% veg. Veganism isn't about perfection, it's about striving to do the right thing. When eating out I strive to be vegan and settle for vegetarian. Try your best, but don’t beat yourself up if your meal isn’t 100% veg.
Veganism isn’t about perfection, it’s about striving to do the right thing.

]]> By: Stephanie Pena http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-13964 Stephanie Pena Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:35:58 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-13964 Thank you so much for the tips, they are very helpful. I've been a vegetarian for about two months now, and have been trying to find vegan alternatives to everything I eat. It's been extremely difficult converting since everyone in my family eats meat everyday at dinner. Both my parents have tried to get me to eat meat because of my diet's inconveniences. Like when we ate at my cousin's house and my dad pulled me aside and tried to convince me to eat the beef. (I didn't cave). Anyway, thanks for the one less conflict when eating in groups. ^_^ Thank you so much for the tips, they are very helpful. I’ve been a vegetarian for about two months now, and have been trying to find vegan alternatives to everything I eat. It’s been extremely difficult converting since everyone in my family eats meat everyday at dinner. Both my parents have tried to get me to eat meat because of my diet’s inconveniences. Like when we ate at my cousin’s house and my dad pulled me aside and tried to convince me to eat the beef. (I didn’t cave). Anyway, thanks for the one less conflict when eating in groups. ^_^

]]> By: Girl, I’m vegan. In a biz suit. « My Life is a Sitcom http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-13723 Girl, I’m vegan. In a biz suit. « My Life is a Sitcom Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:42:54 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-13723 [...] what happens when group dining comes a-callin’? Well. You suck it up. It just takes a little extra planning. People ask questions, but rarely are these questions offensive. Nobody has ever tried to force me [...] [...] what happens when group dining comes a-callin’? Well. You suck it up. It just takes a little extra planning. People ask questions, but rarely are these questions offensive. Nobody has ever tried to force me [...]

]]> By: Katie Miller http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-13460 Katie Miller Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:26:52 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-13460 I once pulled the waitress aside when i went to the bathroom and asked her for a plate of grilled veggies. I told her that i had been a vegetarian for a long time, and had recently gone vegan but i hadn't "come out" to my very carnivore friends. she said she was just the same way, and changed my order. it was one of the best meals i'd ever had. I once pulled the waitress aside when i went to the bathroom and asked her for a plate of grilled veggies. I told her that i had been a vegetarian for a long time, and had recently gone vegan but i hadn’t “come out” to my very carnivore friends. she said she was just the same way, and changed my order. it was one of the best meals i’d ever had.

]]> By: Marcy http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4103 Marcy Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:45:49 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4103 Aubrey, I've been a vegan for about 11 years, and veg for about 16. I also travel a lot, but wherever I am, even here in New York, I have yet to get over animal product issues and this nervousness. Even veg or mostly vegan places can mess up, and the worst is when people assume they know what is or isn't veg/vegan. To be blunt, you never get over it, you just try to find all-vegan places when you can, and you keep asking, and you keep learning. For similar reasons, I keep reading labels of food products I've purchased in past, because many brands (like Yves) decide to change their recipes or are forced to label more clearly, and either way, I don't wnat to be snookered. To end on a positive note, you do feel a real sense of achievement to be long-term about this stuff, because you manage to get both more stubborn and more creative about it along the way. ;) Aubrey, I’ve been a vegan for about 11 years, and veg for about 16. I also travel a lot, but wherever I am, even here in New York, I have yet to get over animal product issues and this nervousness. Even veg or mostly vegan places can mess up, and the worst is when people assume they know what is or isn’t veg/vegan. To be blunt, you never get over it, you just try to find all-vegan places when you can, and you keep asking, and you keep learning. For similar reasons, I keep reading labels of food products I’ve purchased in past, because many brands (like Yves) decide to change their recipes or are forced to label more clearly, and either way, I don’t wnat to be snookered. To end on a positive note, you do feel a real sense of achievement to be long-term about this stuff, because you manage to get both more stubborn and more creative about it along the way. ;)

]]> By: Aubrey http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4083 Aubrey Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:30:34 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4083 How long does it take before becoming comfortable with eating out and not worrying about if it doesn't contain any animal products? How long does it take before becoming comfortable with eating out and not worrying about if it doesn’t contain any animal products?

]]> By: Jared http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4082 Jared Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:56:06 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4082 I was a chef for 11 years, believe me, the cooks/chefs are mostly grumbling, expecially if it is busy. :) Great tips by the way. I was a chef for 11 years, believe me, the cooks/chefs are mostly grumbling, expecially if it is busy. :)

Great tips by the way.

]]> By: Brittany Jamison http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4081 Brittany Jamison Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:08:56 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4081 These are some really good tips. After reading this entry, I don't feel as much stress when going to new restaurants. It's a good reminder that you can always get the salad with no cheese and oil and vinegar dressing. Thanks a lot for the advise. These are some really good tips. After reading this entry, I don’t feel as much stress when going to new restaurants. It’s a good reminder that you can always get the salad with no cheese and oil and vinegar dressing. Thanks a lot for the advise.

]]> By: Marcy http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4073 Marcy Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:16:40 +0000 http://www.vegblog.org/archive/2007/03/27/tips-for-new-vegans-restaurants/#comment-4073 Don't forget to make sure, even in 'mostly vegan'/veg eateries, that there's no casein/whey involved. I especially say this because most commercial soy cheeses have casein, a milk by-product, in them and nobody, not even the servers, remembers about it. same goes for honey in baked goods, and egg products in stuff like commerical veggie burgers. Don’t forget to make sure, even in ‘mostly vegan’/veg eateries, that there’s no casein/whey involved. I especially say this because most commercial soy cheeses have casein, a milk by-product, in them and nobody, not even the servers, remembers about it. same goes for honey in baked goods, and egg products in stuff like commerical veggie burgers.

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