Sometimes I get asked by friends for veg and vegan food options in Singapore.
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@skinnylatte I haven't spent as much time in Singapore[*], but the number of times I've been in China and ordered something like 全素套餐 - literally "entirely vegetarian" - from a normal non-veg restaurant and it comes with pork fat rice and maybe a big chunk of sausage in it. Because who wouldn't want a chunk of sausage?
[*] although just looking at this thread has me itching to go again!
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@slothrop tofu is wonderful and everyone likes it in those places, not just vegetarians! It’s not competing with meat, it’s just.. dozens of types of very good tofu and hundreds of possible dishes, all different
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@projectgus haha Singapore is way easier than China for veg food even though Hannah Che’s work on veg food there is incredible
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@skinnylatte Yes! It's such a versatile ingredient.
And yet, most people in Europe think of it as bland, tasteless health food. Which might be due to the fact that so few people know how to work with it here. Things are improving, though.
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@slothrop health food people spoil everything for everyone. I can’t stand health food. lol
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@skinnylatte I learned this the hard way in San Francisco and San Jose in the 1990s
Most of the “Tofu House” places have a LOT of meat and nothing vegan
In fact, Tofu in the name of the place was an indicator that it’s not vegan friendly
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@peterbutler it’s not seen at all as a vegan item. Just another ingredient. Most traditional dishes in Vietnamese and Chinese cooking (and probably Japanese and Korean too) is tofu and everything on it
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@skinnylatte I once ate at a Buddhist restaurant attached to a temple in Seoul; I was more strictly vegetarian then and the local tourism authority thought I'd enjoy it. God it was bland - though that was part of the philosophy. Check out this text on the menu:
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@timrichards those places tend fo be no onion and no garlic too! I like that stuff sometimes but the ingredients have to be stellar
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Carl Coryell-Martinreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte I often really enjoyed The Whole Earth in Tanjong Pagar https://www.wholeearth.com.sg/ (helped it was very close to the office.)
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Carl Coryell-Martin last edited by
@carlcm yes! One of my faves