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Probably because some families (like mine) would never even consider eating at a vegetarian or vegan restaurant.
I guess I don’t see how it’s different than any other restaurant. If doesn’t appeal to you, don’t eat there. Chances are, you would find something on the menu to enjoy, just as vegetarians are expected to in basically every other restaurant.
Flying Fish and Coral Reef need to have steak on the menu to survive. Just getting away from beef is next to impossible.
the fact that every restaurant has at least one vegetarian choice
Vegan bread...I've eaten at every type of restaurant there is, and consider it a blessing to try new cuisines...there's always something new to taste in the world. But you don't even have to stretch to accommodate this type of request...I mean how many Italian places are at Disney? How hard would it be to change one of them to vegetarian? Easy...for apps, serve a Minestrone Soup (Vegan), a Tossed Salad with Balsamic Vinagrette (vegan), a Caprese Salad, an Eggplant Caponata with Veg Dippers (vegan)...for entrees serve a Spring Vegetable Risotto, a Top-You-Own-Pasta option with either regular or zucchini noodles, sauces of Alfredo, Pomodoro (vegan), Pesto (vegan or vegetarian), or Arribiata (vegan) with add-in options of sauteed veg (vegan), fresh mozza, fresh parm, and/or chickpea and/or lentil meatballs (vegan), a Pizza or flatbread option, Gnocchi with Butter/Sage/Shaved Parm, a Cheese Lasagna, a Vegan Lasagna (vegan), and maybe a ravioli dish...and for dessert, serve Macedonia (vegan), Granita (vegan), Cannolis, and Gelato...
Kids would get app options of fruit salad (macedonia fruits just fresh) (vegan), mozza sticks, or tossed salad (vegan)...main options of the adult make-your-own pasta (vegan option), a plain cheese pizza, and the lasagnas (vegan option)...and desserts of the granita (vegan) and gelato...
Bring vegan bread to the table with olive oil sprinkled with salt and pepper for dipping and call it a day...
There's not a person in the world who wouldn't find something they liked here...the problem is that it would cost less, and Dining Plan maxers would never find "value" here...
I mean how many folks eat at Olive Garden for the unlimited pasta bowl (which now comes meatless in almost all versions) and spend their whole meal eating the meatless salad (or the meatless soup option), breadsticks, and pasta...and never complain a second b/c they like paying $9.99 + tax...
Vegan bread...
I’m also imagining Disney trying to serve people chickpea or lentil meatballs.
You seem to have put an inordinate amount of thought into this. It’s just never going to happen.
Vegan bread...
Our vegan friends don’t eat any white flour or white sugar. Something to do with the bleaching being done via animal bones. Not sure, but all the bread they eat is terrible.
Baguette, ciabatta, sourdough, Italian bread, just to name a few. All vegan.
Not sure you really have to “know food” to list off a bunch of meatless dishes but I can assure you that plenty of people would not eat a single thing on that list.Nah, that took 5 minutes...if you know food, you can make a million menus in minutes (yes, I'm exaggerating)...Disney could do the same if they were ever interested...that was just my "plain eaters" menu...I'd want more upscale than that, but as everyone says, the masses have to like it...
Our vegan friends don’t eat any white flour or white sugar. Something to do with the bleaching being done via animal bones. Not sure, but all the bread they eat is terrible.
You could be right re: health food vegans. We generally agree to disagree on food and don’t discuss it often, but I suspect your statement is correct if white flour is normally a vegan food. Bread can go back on the menu.Vegan white sugar exists. It does not taste any different from the sugar whitened with bone char.
I know some "health food vegans" who don't eat white flour, but that's more for the health reasons. White flour is vegan-friendly, as far as this vegan knows.
You could be right re: health food vegans. We generally agree to disagree on food and don’t discuss it often, but I suspect your statement is correct if white flour is normally a vegan food. Bread can go back on the menu.
I've eaten at every type of restaurant there is, and consider it a blessing to try new cuisines...there's always something new to taste in the world. But you don't even have to stretch to accommodate this type of request...I mean how many Italian places are at Disney? How hard would it be to change one of them to vegetarian? Easy...for apps, serve a Minestrone Soup (Vegan), a Tossed Salad with Balsamic Vinagrette (vegan), a Caprese Salad, an Eggplant Caponata with Veg Dippers (vegan)...for entrees serve a Spring Vegetable Risotto, a Top-You-Own-Pasta option with either regular or zucchini noodles, sauces of Alfredo, Pomodoro (vegan), Pesto (vegan or vegetarian), or Arribiata (vegan) with add-in options of sauteed veg (vegan), fresh mozza, fresh parm, and/or chickpea and/or lentil meatballs (vegan), a Pizza or flatbread option, Gnocchi with Butter/Sage/Shaved Parm, a Cheese Lasagna, a Vegan Lasagna (vegan), and maybe a ravioli dish...and for dessert, serve Macedonia (vegan), Granita (vegan), Cannolis, and Gelato...
Kids would get app options of fruit salad (macedonia fruits just fresh) (vegan), mozza sticks, or tossed salad (vegan)...main options of the adult make-your-own pasta (vegan option), a plain cheese pizza, and the lasagnas (vegan option)...and desserts of the granita (vegan) and gelato...
Bring vegan bread to the table with olive oil sprinkled with salt and pepper for dipping and call it a day...
There's not a person in the world who wouldn't find something they liked here...the problem is that it would cost less, and Dining Plan maxers would never find "value" here...
I mean how many folks eat at Olive Garden for the unlimited pasta bowl (which now comes meatless in almost all versions) and spend their whole meal eating the meatless salad (or the meatless soup option), breadsticks, and pasta...and never complain a second b/c they like paying $9.99 + tax...
Me, too.Yes there is, he's 14 years old and lives in my house. Ok, he MIGHT eat the plain cheese pizza. If it wasn't a flatbread, if it didn't have chunks of tomato on it like a margarita pizza does.
But I can assure you that if there was a restaurant that was advertised as vegetarian or vegan, my husband wouldn't even consider looking at the menu, even if there was 10 things on it that he would love to eat.
The bold is the difference between you and those who wouldn't touch the menu you describe. You are willing to try new things. So the menu sounds great to you.I've eaten at every type of restaurant there is, and consider it a blessing to try new cuisines...there's always something new to taste in the world. But you don't even have to stretch to accommodate this type of request...I mean how many Italian places are at Disney? How hard would it be to change one of them to vegetarian? Easy...for apps, serve a Minestrone Soup (Vegan), a Tossed Salad with Balsamic Vinagrette (vegan), a Caprese Salad, an Eggplant Caponata with Veg Dippers (vegan)...for entrees serve a Spring Vegetable Risotto, a Top-You-Own-Pasta option with either regular or zucchini noodles, sauces of Alfredo, Pomodoro (vegan), Pesto (vegan or vegetarian), or Arribiata (vegan) with add-in options of sauteed veg (vegan), fresh mozza, fresh parm, and/or chickpea and/or lentil meatballs (vegan), a Pizza or flatbread option, Gnocchi with Butter/Sage/Shaved Parm, a Cheese Lasagna, a Vegan Lasagna (vegan), and maybe a ravioli dish...and for dessert, serve Macedonia (vegan), Granita (vegan), Cannolis, and Gelato...
Kids would get app options of fruit salad (macedonia fruits just fresh) (vegan), mozza sticks, or tossed salad (vegan)...main options of the adult make-your-own pasta (vegan option), a plain cheese pizza, and the lasagnas (vegan option)...and desserts of the granita (vegan) and gelato...
Bring vegan bread to the table with olive oil sprinkled with salt and pepper for dipping and call it a day...
There's not a person in the world who wouldn't find something they liked here...the problem is that it would cost less, and Dining Plan maxers would never find "value" here...
I mean how many folks eat at Olive Garden for the unlimited pasta bowl (which now comes meatless in almost all versions) and spend their whole meal eating the meatless salad (or the meatless soup option), breadsticks, and pasta...and never complain a second b/c they like paying $9.99 + tax...
I actually lived 3 days with 1 vegetarian 2 lactose intollerant one gluten free and one person with nut allergies and every meal was yummyMaybe Disney should have a vegan, Gluten Free, no allergy ingredients restaurant? (sarcasm font)
Although at home I cook in such a way that I could accommodate those requests - although in a limited manner.