swart@rayna.DEC (Stamp Out BASIC) (07/23/85)
In November, I will be making the first of several trips to Australia.
Mostly I will be in Sydney but perhaps side trips to Melbourne and up to
Barrier Reef. What are the prospects for finding Vegetarian meals at
restaurants? Does anyone have recommendations?
Mark Swartwout
UUCP: {allegra,decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-rayna!swart
ARPA: SWART@DEC-HUDSONgnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis) (07/26/85)
> In November, I will be making the first of several trips to Australia. > Mostly I will be in Sydney but perhaps side trips to Melbourne and up to > Barrier Reef. What are the prospects for finding Vegetarian meals at > restaurants? Does anyone have recommendations? > > Mark Swartwout > UUCP: {allegra,decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-rayna!swart > ARPA: SWART@DEC-HUDSON Don't forget! Down-under is the home of the ol' Vegimite sandwich!
mvramakrishn@watdaisy.UUCP (Rama) (07/28/85)
> > In November, I will be making the first of several trips to Australia. > > Mostly I will be in Sydney but perhaps side trips to Melbourne and up to > > Barrier Reef. What are the prospects for finding Vegetarian meals at > > restaurants? Does anyone have recommendations? > > > > Mark Swartwout I am a vegetarian and have never eaten any meat/fish/poultry. I have problems when ever I travel in Canada/USA. First of all, the airlines promise vegetarian food on board and always tell you sorry, something went wrong (and no food). (at least some times they offer bread and butter instead of the meal) I always have to look for a Pizza place or Mexican Restaurant to get decent Veg. meal (unless you are satisfied with salads and bread). One can't always succeed in finding one, especially if you are attending a conference and you don't have much time for lunch. So, when ever I travel I always carry Chapatis or Pooris and hot pickle (E. Indian food) for 'emergencies'. What do other strict vegetarians do while travelling to conferences, pleasure trips etc. ? We started eating tofu after reading articles in this news group (for its protein). We slice tofu into cubes and deep fry in oil and add to curries etc we make. There is one problem, it soaks too much of oil. Does any body have suggestions (How to add tofu to curries?). ... Rama ... UUCP: {decvax,utzoo,ihnp4,allegra,clyde}!watmath!watdaisy!mvramakrishn CSNET: mvramakrishn%watdaisy@waterloo.csnet ARPA: mvramakrishn%watdaisy%waterloo@csnet-relay.arpa
mmb@lzwi.UUCP (M.BURNS) (08/07/85)
In article <434@olivee.UUCP>, gnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis) writes: > Don't forget! Down-under is the home of the ol' Vegimite sandwich! I first heard of this stuff in the song by Men at Work, but I could not find out what it is. What is it???
dave@hplslc.UUCP (dave) (08/08/85)
On vegetarian eating in Australia:
I was in Australia last year and had no trouble maintaining
my vegetarian diet, although the only place I found a true vegetarian
restraunt was in Cairns, North Queensland. That restraunt was run
by Hare Krishna's and had fine meals, plus free food on Sunday
evenings. It was a fine place to eat after a dive on the reef.
Sydney is a very cosmopolitan city. There are quite a few
Lebanese and Greek restraunts there (which always have some vegetarian
entries) as well as Chinese and Japanese, where vegetarian meals are
assured as well. Since I only spent two days in Sydney I didn't
really look into pure vegetarian fare.
On Vegimite:
I was surprised to find that the origins of Vegimite differ
according to whom you talk to down under. Some folks told me it
was derived from ground up vegetables, others said it was the gook
scraped from the bottom of beer fermenting barrels. Judging by the
taste of the stuff, I'm inclined toward believing the latter.
Vegimite is just about the most foul tasting stuff I've ever had,
but it's worth a try so that you can say you've eaten a vegimite
sandwich.
There is another product similar to Vegimite in Australia
called Maramite that you'll probably want to stay away from.
Maramite is labelled as being a 'beef extract,' meaning cow's
blood. Vegimite and Maramite look exactly the same.riddle@im4u.UUCP (08/13/85)
Here's something that may interest the readers of net.veg: a recent list
of the vegetarian restaurants operated by the Inetrnational Society for
Krishna Consciousness (the "Hare Krishna people"):
DALLAS
Kalachandji's
5430 Gurley Ave.
Dallas, TX 75223
(214) 827-6330
DETROIT
Govinda's
383 Lenox Ave.
Detroit, MI 48215
(313) 331-6740
LOS ANGELES
Govinda's
9624 Venice Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90230
(213) 836-1269
NEW ORLEANS
Govinda's
1309 Decatur St.
New Orleans, LA 70116
(504) 522-3538
NEW VRINDABAN
Palace of Gold Restaurant (open May-Nov)
R.D. 1, Box 319
Hare Krishna Ridge
New Vrindaban, WV 26041
(304) 843-1233
ST. LOUIS
Govinda's
3926 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 535-8085
SAN DIEGO
Govinda's
1470 N. Hwy 101
Leucadia, CA 92024
(619) 942-2330
SAN FRANCISCO
The Higher Taste
775 Frederick St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 661-7290
Jagannatha's Cart
57 Jessie St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 495-3038
The Seven Mothers
86 Carl St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 753-9703
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Govinda's
Tetuan 153
Viejo, PR 00903
(809) 727-4885
My experience with Krishna cooking is that it is occasionally disappointing
but usually excellent, especially, one would assume, in their restaurants.
In addition to these restaurants, you might check out their free Sunday
evening prasad dinners, held at ISKCON houses in several dozen cities. Of
course, you have to "pay" for the food by chanting and talking with them
about Lord Krishna, but even that can be interesting once in a while.
--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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