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Dining Guide
/ Vegetarian Cuisine
Because there
is no religious prohibition on meat Thailand doesn't have
a vegetarian tradition as does, for example, India. Therefore, there
are not many purely vegetarian, or lacto-vegetarian, restaurants
in Bangkok or the kingdom.
Of course,
one can always order a mixed salad or a dish of vegetables at any
restaurant and then one has a vegetarian meal. But explicit health
food restaurants go further than banning meat from their kitchens.
Cooking in
health-food restaurants always is as fast as possible in order not
to destroy nutrients. And it includes ingredients normally
used to a much lesser extent in ordinary restaurants that, of course,
also serve vegetables. Among these ingredients ranking high in health
food restaurants but hardly used in others are nuts, cereal mixtures
like granola, and oats.
Health food
restaurants, however, are not only an alternative for those more
concerned about health than the average person but also for those
who want to lose weight. As health food is always higher
in fiber than other foods one can eat larger, filling portions without
a high calorie intake.
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