• @ttmrichter
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    33 years ago

    Not very careful or attentive vegans, I see.

    Half the foods they mentioned are not strictly vegan. Being strictly vegan is astonishingly difficult in China, which sounds weird because China’s diet is noted for comparatively low meat consumption, because most things, even when “vegetarian” are cooked in chicken or pork broths.

    It’s possible to be vegan and live in China. But you won’t be eating a lot of street food or going to non-speciality restaurants and/or shops like the speciality shops outside of Baotong Temple in Wuhan or restaurants like the ones here.

    When I had vegan friends visiting me it was a chore to find places that I could safely take them to, and in more than a few cases they decided they’d have to just look the other way because even stir-fried vegetables had chicken broth as part of the preparation.

    • @AgreeableLandscapeOPM
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      3 years ago

      Good point. Hopefully that gets better with time since veganism is on the rise in China, especially among young people.

      It’s possible to be vegan and live in China. But you won’t be eating a lot of street food or going to non-speciality restaurants and/or shops

      Honestly though it’s the same in Canada and most of the Western world too, so I’m not that surprised, and China is by no means an outlier. It’s surprisingly hard navigating restaurants or street food over here when you’re lactose intolerant, let alone vegan. I have experience with both.