Originally Posted by
crimson12
I don't disagree that there are places where you (we!) could "do fine". But how do you identify those places? That is part of my project with the blog. I went to the 21 Club, which bills itself as one of NYC's top restaurants, and what their chef was able to "whip up" was a bunch of sides thrown together.
http://withoutbacon.wordpress.com/20...-club-2-stars/
Other times, I've been to places as, prior posters have noted, the cooks have put together something great. Some steakhouses do quite well for vegetarians -- I'm thinking here of the Hillstone's/Houston's veggie burger -- but most are very bleh. Even look at something like Top Chef: Just Desserts. these people are great chefs, and they put chicken liver or bacon in their desserts! I would not expect that if I was out looking for dessert.
The point of my blog is, how do you identify the places where you can get a great, five-star vegetarian meal? Lots of great, five-star restaurants don't accommodate vegetarians, but many do. How do we separate the good from the bad?
Veggie burgers are one of the things I almost never order, because most kitchens don't have a separate grill for 'flame grilling' veggie burgers. Sometimes when there is no other option, I will ask that the burger is cooked in a frying pan, or, on occasion (and one well known fast food chain certainly used to do this for its veggie burgers) microwave!