[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Anyone know of any vegetarian or vegan restaurants in The Villages?

[lightworker888]

I think Sweet Tomato Comes the closest. It has egg salad I believe and some chicken soup but as a vegetarian you would have tons of other choices and the soups are amazing. Now I don't know how close to "from scratch" they cook so there will always be the additives, but it can always be part of the 20% off the path eating that makes life interesting.

LW888

[cathyw]

Originally Posted by lightworker888

I think Sweet Tomato Comes the closest. It has egg salad I believe and some chicken soup but as a vegetarian you would have tons of other choices and the soups are amazing. Now I don't know how close to "from scratch" they cook so there will always be the additives, but it can always be part of the 20% off the path eating that makes life interesting.

LW888

Here's a link to the Sweet Tomato menu. Several items listed as vegan/vegetarian/gluten free.
Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes : Locations & Menus

[Villages PL]

I didn't see anything about low sodium or sugar etc.. Usually, if food can be spoiled, restaurants will find a way to spoil it.

Sunrise cafe once avertised soup made from scratch. So I called them to find out if the soup would be low in sodium. The woman who answered the phone seemed slightly anoyed by the call: "No, we can't make it to everyone's liking! The salt is added during cooking!" And most seniors like their soups salty.

Whatever happen to the idea of having a salt & pepper shaker on each table? The Golden Corral comes equiped with salt & pepper on each table but the soup is probably still salty if it comes from a can. I never tried their soup because nothing beats the soup I make from scratch at home.

[jimbo2012]

Most Thai and Indian places can accomadte you.

Outback, Ruby Tuesday.

All you need to do is ask.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

Most Thai and Indian places can accomadte you.

Outback, Ruby Tuesday.

All you need to do is ask.

WELL............... I am just not sure of that.

I have a deadly shellfish allergy and I avoid restaurants that have a lot of staff whose English is their second language...simply because I really have to be sure they understand about the deadly part. I have had such responses as "Meesie, you try eet. you like eet." This was in Puerto Rico where of course Spanish is spoken.

But back to the topic of staff being able to change ingredients or check ingredients, most restaurants use monosodium glutimate or other tenderisers on meat and poultry and/or it is the practice nowadays to have things come to them prepared to heat and serve already seasoned with salt etc..

[jimbo2012]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

. I have had such responses as "Meesie, you try eet. you like eet."

boy howdy!!!

And even when they do all speak clear English...most restaurants use monosodium glutimate or other tenderisers on meat and poultry

Not in veggies


Seriously we never had any such problems, if we felt they didn't get it, we go elsewhere, simple.

We went to new (to us) great Indian restaurant last night, they were completely in tune with our request, food was great.

The other couple ordered fish, they were tasting our food and loved it, next time they are eating the vegan dishes not because they are on the diet, because it tasted good.

vegan food is very good when prepared correctly with seasonings and other ingredients.

[lightworker888]

My DH was checking out MSG and discovered a link to a list that I thought was worth sharing as it really is related to this. Unless you are the cook and are cooking from scratch and not using any boxed or bottled or processed anything, you cannot know what is actually in the food. Just because you have no reaction does not mean that the food is "clean". In fact most of us are just challenging our systems all the time to clean up the toxicities that we are introducing into the mix and as we get older, the system gets so overloaded from the lifetime of living that the symptoms show up more, as we have less capacity to handle the overload.

That being said, it is still important to enjoy life, so if I can go from "living to eat" to "eating to live" with a sense of joy, that will make my TV eating out occasions pleasurable.

I am sure the Sakura and Bamboo Bistro use sauces that have all kinds of additives, regardless of how "vegetarian" they are. But I still love eating there and am looking forward to Dim Sum at Bamboo Bistro, which I just heard they were serving. Very few meals beat Dim Sum for me, especially when the opportunity for accessing good Asian cooking is limited.


http://rense.com/general92/hidename.html


LW888 who is salivating just thinking about Dim Sum.

[cathyw]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

WELL............... I am just not sure of that.

I have a deadly shellfish allergy and I avoid restaurants that have a lot of staff whose English is their second language...simply because I really have to be sure they understand about the deadly part. I have had such responses as "Meesie, you try eet. you like eet."

And even when they do all speak clear English...most restaurants use monosodium glutimate or other tenderisers on meat and poultry and/or it is the practice nowadays to have things come to them prepared to heat and serve already seasoned with salt etc..

I am not sure that they really can change much in seasoning in many foods. The only person who really knows what is in the food is the person who buys it and cooks it. And then...maybe not. I wonder how anyone can know whether foods haven't been exposed to insecticides and other chemicals.

AND Villages Pl. Please give us the recipe for your soup,sir.

Gracie,
Deadly shellfish allergy, that's dangerous, to say the least.
I have a suggestion for you.
Go to the translation link below. Type a few sentences about your allergy and translate it into Chinese, Japanese and any other language you choose. You only have to type your statement once and I think they allow 300 characters.
Print out the translations and keep them in your wallet. Then you can hand the translation to your waiter and he can read it in his language. You still have to be careful, but this helps with a language barrier.

Full Text Translator, Language Translation | Free Translations from Dictionary.com

[jimbo2012]

How about this place to eat?




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[cathyw]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

How about this place to eat?




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Where is this ?

[uujudy]

Thai Ruby in Lake Sumter Landing has quite a few vegetarian entrees and they also have a macrobiotic section in the menu. I'll try to post a link to their menu: Thai Ruby Menu

They're one of my favorite restaurants!

[asianthree]

if you are vegan eating in a resturant that serves meat or dairy and cooks on the same grill is defeating the purpose...

[Joaniesmom]

I think Gracie was phonetically trying to duplicate what the restaurant employee said. Let's try to be a little less sensitive.

[jimbo2012]

Originally Posted by asianthree

if you are vegan eating in a resturant that serves meat or dairy and cooks on the same grill is defeating the purpose...

We make sure of that, and have always been accommodated, in one place they steamed the grill with water for us.

Not a big issue