is it easy to find vegetarian food in your place?

Indonesia
May 2, 2007 10:10pm CST
well, i just realize that its not easy to find vegetarian food in my place. most of type food using meat and fish. not variety of vegetables. if i want to get vegetarian food, i should spend more in this food than non vegetarian food. so sad,right? what about you? let me hear from you
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@Zalvor (727)
• Turkey
3 May 07
Well, Turkish cuisine is mostly meat; that is kebap and kofte, which is delicious, but there's more to vegetarian food than only taste. Recently I turned vegetarian, but do eat meat sometimes a little, until I catch some balance in my new diet. There's not many vegetarian restaurants here either, so we cook ourselves.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
4 Sep 07
I have an organic garden so during the summer it is no problem but when winter hits and no only is it hard to get fresh vegetables, but so much more expensive to buy it organic..
• Indonesia
5 Sep 07
thats sound nice you having organic garden. so lucky you are coz i dont have any yard to do it. ya, its just sad when winter came coz it made your organic garden being dormant :(
@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
28 May 08
I stay in India and a large portion of our population is vegetarian. So its very easy to get vegetarian food anywhere. You must try out our veg cuisines - they are unique and the variety and colors will make you enjoy it a lot!
• India
3 May 07
Well where do you live? The food habits of the region you live determines the availability of the kind of food you want. I live in India so vegetarian food is not at all hard to find. You can make your own Vegetarian food easily. Just buy some wheat flour and make tortillas out of it. Or some bread and sandwiches wih vegetables like mushrooms, onion, tomato and cheese (if you prefer). There's noodles too, lotsa vegan variations. Give it a shot! Its simple.
• Indonesia
27 May 07
i Live in Indonesia. In the capital city actually. well, there are some vegetarian food here. but as i said before, i should spend more cost than non vegetarian food. so sad, right?
@naseefu (1607)
• India
26 May 08
Hello plumwish,Here in India you can get easily the vegetarian food from hotels.But the non vegetarian items are very easy to get here.Thank
@Carolyn63 (1403)
• United States
28 May 08
Here in the Southern United States they love their meat. If they can bbq it, they will, or deep fry it. The grocers do carry some vegetarian meals, soy products and such and there is a local natural market. However, you will still find the majority of southerner want meat with each meal. I love vegetables. My husband eats only a few, baked potato, fries, black eyed peas, and corn. He won't touch any other vegetables. Me, I love salads, soups, fruits and veges. I have to have protein with each meal due to my sugar issues, but I don't have to have meat. Honestly, I love all kinds of cuisine. I'm not a picky eater in the least. I do try to eat a balanced diet though.
@subha12 (18441)
• India
26 May 08
actually many people still eat veg food at our part of wotrld. so it is not that much difficult to find veg food there. we do get veg food often. its not that much difficult.
@prestocaro (1251)
• United States
6 May 07
Here in Austin, Texas there are many vegetarian and vegan friendly restaurants. Sorry to hear that you don't have many near you. Perhaps you can start one? I'm sure there are others in your area also frustrated by this gap in the market. My favorite vegetarian place here is called VeggieHeaven and they make wonderful food. I love their tangerine mushrooms, which are battered, fried, and then covered in a sweet and sour tangerine glaze. Served over brown rice and broccoli, it fills you up and is 100% free of any animal products.
@youless (112582)
• Guangzhou, China
26 May 08
It's not so difficult to find vegetarian food here. This kind of food is always available in the markets. Besides, we have the vegetarian foods and in fact they are much more expensive to eat vegetarian food. I love China
@nonew3 (1941)
• United States
3 May 07
Where I live, there is A LOT of vegetarian and vegan food! LOTS! It is wonderful! I wish you could come here! We have just about everything here: fake bacon, fake bologna, fake ground beef, fake hot dog wieners, even fake pepperoni! It is a vegetarians paradise!
@msvenzon (424)
• Philippines
5 Jun 07
Here in the Philippines, especially in Angeles City (where I live) it's very hard to find vegetarian food. Angelenos are meat lovers. We get our food in Manila (capital of Phil) whenever we have the chance to. But we mostly use vegetables, we don't rely on meat substitutes since these products are still processed.
• Indonesia
24 May 08
hi plumwish. I am surprised that you were seeking for vegetarian food. in my area, there is a vegetarian small restaurant at the front block. they also opened a stall in our traditional market for some special Chinese calendar occasion. however, I still love Hawaii restaurant's vegetarian food at Muara Karang area. well, it is rather expensive, indeed, because most people seek for meats, and would always think that vegetarian foods are not delicious.
@roi452 (232)
• Philippines
26 May 08
Here in the philippines it's not easy to find vegetarian food especially if you live in far provinces. Although, since we are an agricultural country vegetable are abundant so cooking vegetarian wont be a problem. Restaurants serving vegetarian are also hard to find , here in the city there are just a few of them. I think vegetarianism is already gaining popularity here in our country because more and more stores are including vegetarian in their menu, im hoping that a few years more it would already be easy finding vegetarian food.
• Mauritius
24 May 08
Ya thats true, when we go out its really very difficult to find vegetarian food. We dont get a large variety of vegetarian food and sometimes at some places there is not any vegetarian food itself. It really very difficult and I've seen that vegetarian food is more expensive than non-veg also.
@coolricky (137)
• India
3 May 07
I from INDIA n find it more difficult to get non-vegiterian food. There are much more vegetarians here then non-vegetarians. still at some places like lucknow u'll find it hard to get veg. food
• Kottayam, India
3 May 07
Come to India, you have a lot vegetarian food at cheap rate.You are welcome !