holy crap this is so damn good, why dont we have this back home
ive been going here so many times, and its always different food and so good, and its like standard vietnamese prices and not just a rich-people/white-people place. and such a nice communal sort of vibe as well
like imagine if this is what most people thought of when they think of vegan food, not just some sad bit of boiled broccoli or plain lettuce or whatever
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I also think that people need to let go of this weird fixation with replicating meat dishes with plant based ingredients and just let vegetables and tofu be their own delicious things.
If you look at cuisines with a long history of vegetarianism, their vegetarian dishes aren't just shitty replicas of meat dishes.
yeah when i was growing up vegetables were those things you had at the side of a meat-based lump of dinner, and were generally sad grated carrot and lettuce and tomato with too much cheap dressing, or 'steamed' broccoli and potatoes and carrots cooked in a dish in the microwave, and thats kinda what my subconscious always assumed i would be dooming myself to if i went vegan
i think a huge part of the opposition (from people who already know in their hearts that eating meat is wrong) is just fear of not knowing how youre gonna feed yourself and thinking youre condemning yourself to living a monastic life devoid of pleasures, and if more people saw and tasted good vegan food in the wild their resistance to it would absolutely plummet. seeing that vegan food isnt scary and is actually 'normal' (and often very delicious) is a huge part of the battle, i think
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but seriously, growing up white totally ruined vegetables for me.
yeah no shade on my mum, who was trying her best but just didnt know better, and has learned to make amazing salads and veggie dishes and would probably be at least vegetarian by now if not for my dad wanting meat
but yeah mayo 'culture' loves doing horrible things to vegetables almost as much as they love doing horrible things to animals
they don't even fry it... this one guy I know was complaining about the taste of tofu and when I confronted him I discovered he'd eaten raw tofu. Like no shit it doesn't taste good like that man
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it's the peer pressure of never being able to go to a restaurant with non-vegans, or a party with catering, or a visit to a non-vegan's house where you aren't bringing the food.
ymmv depending on area and friend group or whatever but ive personally found people are generally surprisingly receptive to tailoring restaurant choice to somewhere that at least has decent vegan options (if not fully-vegan places). happycow as always is a blessing for this. i realise this will definitely not be the case everywhere though
and yeah its harder for parties and other peoples places, but comrade packet-of-muesli-bars is always handy in a pinch, and going to peoples places can also be an excuse to make a big pot of vegan chili or something and start to show people that vegan food doesnt have to be sad
Mango curry sounds good.
Man, now I want some curry.
Also try massaman curry if you haven't, it's like if you couldn't decide between Indian and Thai so you just added everything
And it has crinkle cut carrots for some reason?
Massaman just refers to the paste used to make it but now that you mention it, restaurants love to do that don't they?
Sauce grooves
Mayos will bake an unseasoned chicken breast and say it's fine
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This is a cursed concept I've never actually seen made real, and I'd like to keep it that way.
Mayo-based sauces can be good, with like mustard and spices in there
british people will just cook completely unseasoned chicken breasts and gulp it down and even like it somehow
Any amount of seasoning is too much for the Anglos. Salt makes food spicy for them.