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salad.
Plain and simple
Most any restaraunt,from small pizza shop,to the big chains,have a decent salad on the menu.

As above! Or worst case scenario, they would have some salad as a side dish (tiny portion), so you can order 3-4 of them and be set.

if i know im going to a particular place ahead of time i call the kitchen and talk about my needs .. and quite often the chefs are really open to making me somehting super spectacular and raw vegan

think about it .. they get sick of making the same thingover and over again .. any challenge is welcome

ive had nothing but poisitive results from this way of doing things

...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist

That's a good idea! I'm going to try it

There is a little pizza shop not 5 minutes from me that has a side salad with everything on it you could want and a decent amount,for 1.99.
Its so funny because I go there twice a week,and sit there eating a salad in a place where everyone else,and I mean everyone,has their face buried in pizza,cheese burgers,and stromboli.I have NEVER seen anyone with the salad there.
Vinny

Hi eaglefly,

While most customers are there to get the cheese & wheat pleasure (2 addictive foods), you are there to eat and maybe socialize. In a way, you have broken the spell. People go shopping, dining, etc, to get pleasure because they don't know.


eaglefly Wrote:
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> There is a little pizza shop not 5 minutes from me
> that has a side salad with everything on it you
> could want and a decent amount,for 1.99.
> Its so funny because I go there twice a week,and
> sit there eating a salad in a place where everyone
> else,and I mean everyone,has their face buried in
> pizza,cheese burgers,and stromboli.I have NEVER
> seen anyone with the salad there.
> Vinny

I look over the menu and spot any possible raw item, make a list and hand it to server to make a nice "plater" (not plate) those items over some greens

We went to an ordinary (but one of the new) British restaurant the other week, and I ordered a "Brown Salad" which was the only main salad which was vegetarian.

I wasn't expecting much, and was very surprised that the only cooked veg in the salad were french beans! And even they were steamed, as the waiter said when I asked out of curiosity. The second and last cooked thing was quinoa sprinkled on top. But the rest were veggies and they were raw!

And thats including some "real" veggies - not just lettuce and cherry tomatoes, but broccoli, turnip, and even butternut squash! Considering it's been only recently that I braved raw butternut myself, I was very very impressed

>Banana ice-cream rocks!<



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chimichanga
deep fried burrito
quesadilla
chile relleno

aren't they all raw?

just kidding

i don't know
its the same anywhere.... mexican, chinese, italian, whatevs..

you only go to those establishments if you are hanging out with a friend or its some social event

otherwise, you just expect the usual

salad

its been like that the whole time

if you want to expect anything different

you open up your own restaurant

otherwise

you make and eat your own raw vegan stuff at home

or eat before you go there

and just go to those establishments to hang out , socialize or have a change of scene

but to expect anything

else

is kind of foolish

yeah, i've asked for salad in a million different ways

its usually sub standard

but then again,
i'm never surprised

and i went for the social aspect

so that's it

don't expect too much

or anything at all even

except for scraps made into salad

and its all good if what u came for is simply
the company

if you were expecting anything MORE

well... not sure what to tell ya