tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601121996622504506.post8369620848125276952..comments2023-10-26T01:18:41.501-07:00Comments on The Healthy Voyager: London CallingThe Healthy Voyagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04383253763110988797noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601121996622504506.post-68647144020072309152008-06-28T01:17:00.000-07:002008-06-28T01:17:00.000-07:00I'm amazed London apparently has a reputation for ...I'm amazed London apparently has a reputation for being veggie-unfriendly! May I introduce you to France!!! I can recall eating in Paris with veggies and hearing the option of a vegetarian salad being offered that featured very thin slices of ham ... Or, you could have fish ...<BR/><BR/>I'm from London and no great defender of the place; for all it's plus points it has its fair share of minuses. However, food diversity is not one of the negatives in that I can't think of many other places in such a small area offering such a stunning choice of food - including meat free foods.<BR/><BR/>I have no idea how many veggies there are in London (we don't yet count these in our census) but I'd estimate around 10% of my friends and contacts are in fact meat-avoiders. And I'm a meatie so it's not as if I associate exclusively with this sector of the population. So if that % is even only replicated at, say 5% of the population, that's a huge market to be catered for so it stands to reason you should have no difficulty finding what you want. Admittedly, vegan's have to be slightly more careful but as I think Carolyn's experience shows, there's no real problem on this front, to my knowledge, so don't be put off about coming to visit us!<BR/><BR/>(And the other myth I'd like to challenge is the one we Brits dislike you 'yankees' - we don't BUT you do need to try to get to know us first in order to get maximum benefit; we're a bit like a car engine on a very cold morning - everything's in place but needs a little coaxing to get going!!)<BR/><BR/>Great site Carolyn - keep it up, love reading about your aventures! <BR/><BR/>Love & xxx'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com