i think east asian and indian food is some of the best for veganism, as its generally so easy to switch out small pieces of meat in a dish thats a mix of stuff like a stirfry or a curry for non-meat like tofu or mushroom or bits of fake meat or whatever. though yeah i agree theres that extra bit of worry that there might be actual meat mixed in (and also the worry about stuff being labelled 'vegetarian/vegan' with fish sauce/oyster sauce)

i think one of the difficulties for veganism in mayo countries is that white people food is so often one giant lump of meat with veggies just as a side, and its much harder to veganise a standard mayo diet, hence why there seems to be so much focus on fake chicken nuggets and burger patties and stuff like that