Saturday, May 9, 2009

Veging in Taiwan

Yes it's been quiet here of late. As you might have seen over at http://aroaming.blogspot.com I've been spending some time in Taipei. One of the better places to be for a vegetarian...

As always, http://happycow.com is great resource for worldwide travelers and you'll find many venues. A more personal insight is how Taiwanese 'get' vegetarianism perhaps due to the high number of budhists.

I was taken to a side street 'Shabu Shabu' restaurant and when explained that I was vegetarian, they even brought me a tomato based broth (in contrast in China, I'd been given a mushroom soup that smelt of chicken).

Another instance was at the hotel when I was ordering room service (thanks to jetlag). Having ordered a soup and then asking for vege fried rice, they asked, so do you want the vegetarian version of the soup or regular?

All in all, very enlightened I thought - a true respect for our morals.

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