Indian backpacker in Vietnam vlogs

[Nilgiri]

Thank you.
That was so very informative.
I will convey this to my father who frequents countries in Far East. Do they use the same word in China too? Any idea?

In china you can say "wo chi su" or "wo chi shucai"

This blog might help for some pointers:

http://blog.culturealley.com/tag/how-to-say-i-am-a-vegetarian-in-mandarin/

also:

http://www.vegetarian-china.info/#phrases

Fake meat?
As in? Do you mean the red meat served as that of a cow, might actually belong to some other animal?
Very recently I came across a video in which a man made fake cabbage. Fake meat is news to me.

This is the mock meat I was talking about earlier in the thread that Carlosa has now explained too.

It is mostly soy-based. You can even get what is known as TVP/soya nuggets to use in place of meat in korma and can even try more adventurous in sambhar/avial and also more mallu specifc dishes:

http://vegetarianindianrecipes.com/soya-theeya/

So you can see if it is something you enjoy/like...and if so you have opened up many options in East Asia and wont be thinking what is it etc

 

[BoQ77]

No, in China the vocabulary would be totally different and the alphabet too. In China (Where I travel all the time) I have not seen any vegetarian restaurant other than in the temples.

Fake meat as a meat look alike that is made out of vegan sources, usually soybean, mushrooms, etc. That's actually very typical in vegetarian food; in USA they have vegetarian burgers that are like that, its quite common. The vietnamese do it really well and just by the looks of it, you will think that is the real thing.

Of all the countries in Southeast Asia that I have experience with, Vietnam is the most vegetarian friendly one by far. In Vietnam Buddhism has 3 or 4 days a month where they recommend that people eat vegetarian and many people follow that.

Purified water and vegetables in Vietnam are cheap.
so is room rate.

For vegetarian, you could save much for a long trip in Vietnam.

I myself bring my wife to vegetarian restaurants sometimes, the restaurant owners almost follow the Buddism and provide meals at quite cheap price,
as I remember it costs 10,000 VND ( about 50 US cents ) each person

search for "com chay Au Lac" http://www.aulac-vegetarian.com/
below is fake meat

My mother was cook in army during war. She knows how to make fake meats to enrich the menu from vegetables.

 

[Nilgiri]

Purified water and vegetables in Vietnam are cheap.
so is room rate.

For vegetarian, you could save much for a long trip in Vietnam.

I myself bring my wife to vegetarian restaurants sometimes, the restaurant owners almost follow the Buddism and provide meals at quite cheap price,
as I remember it costs 10,000 VND ( about 50 US cents ) each person

search for "com chay Au Lac" http://www.aulac-vegetarian.com/
below is fake meat

My mother was cook in army during war. She knows how to make fake meats to enrich the menu from vegetables.

These are pretty popular in Singapore food courts when I grew up there.

 

[cloud_9]

There is a guy @Yizhi who i talked a bit with about HK culture (he is from its border town Shenzhen) when I first joined. He promised to host me if I'm in Shenzhen again so I can compare how its changed from what I remember as 10 year old boy when I went there hehe.

And @xiao qi has promised to introduce me to a vietnamese girl when i come to vietnam.

I like this forum beyond what I thought I would

I think you have better chances with a German or Israeli backpacker than a local girl.

Avoid the local girls with trendy scooter and an iPhone !

 

[Levina]

In china you can say "wo chi su" or "wo chi shucai"

This blog might help for some pointers:

http://blog.culturealley.com/tag/how-to-say-i-am-a-vegetarian-in-mandarin/

also:

http://www.vegetarian-china.info/#phrases



This is the mock meat I was talking about earlier in the thread that Carlosa has now explained too.

It is mostly soy-based. You can even get what is known as TVP/soya nuggets to use in place of meat in korma and can even try more adventurous in sambhar/avial and also more mallu specifc dishes:

http://vegetarianindianrecipes.com/soya-theeya/

So you can see if it is something you enjoy/like...and if so you have opened up many options in East Asia and wont be thinking what is it etc

No, in China the vocabulary would be totally different and the alphabet too. In China (Where I travel all the time) I have not seen any vegetarian restaurant other than in the temples.

Fake meat as a meat look alike that is made out of vegan sources, usually soybean, mushrooms, etc. That's actually very typical in vegetarian food; in USA they have vegetarian burgers that are like that, its quite common. The vietnamese do it really well and just by the looks of it, you will think that is the real thing.

Of all the countries in Southeast Asia that I have experience with, Vietnam is the most vegetarian friendly one by far. In Vietnam Buddhism has 3 or 4 days a month where they recommend that people eat vegetarian and many people follow that.

Gotcha!
I've tried soya chunks and yes it tastes like flesh, almost, or thats what my meat eating sibling says. lol

Thanks to you both. Now i know a lil more about far east and am not as wary as i was about visiting Vietnam.