Tags: vegetarian travel, healthy eating on the road, vegetarian food in Asia, vegetarian food in China, Wendy Wu Tours, Outward Bound, tours in Asia
By Jenna Blumenfeld of Ovenzest.blogspot.com
Planning to travel with a tour company and concerned there will be nothing for you to eat?
Not to worry. Increasingly, tour companies are more than accommodating to their vegetarian guests, preparing fabulous meat-less meals. Many will ask you in advance to fill out a form specifying your food requirements. If not, be sure you let them know before you go. And don’t just assume some countries or companies are going to be heavy on meat offerings. Here are two that are quite surprising.
Wendy Wu Tours
Despite the fact that vegetarians are uncommon in countries such as China and Vietnam, Wendy Wu, owner of Wendy Wu Tours which specialize in Asian c ountries, explains how her company welcomes vegetarians on her trips. “We do a very good job of finding meals for vegetarians, including stir fries, eggs and rice. We always cook special meals for vegetarians.”
Ms. Wu adds that all of the Buddhist temples forbid eating meat within their walls, and therefore offer excellent vegetarian meals that contain meat substitutes such as tofu. “At the temple, you can have a proper vegetarian meal.” Indeed, even with the challenge of finding meat-less meals in a continent where only the most devout Buddhists choose to be vegetarian, Wendy Wu tours steps up to the plate.
Outward Bound
We often think of hotdogs, hamburgers and big slabs of rib-eye when we think of camping or grilling, but the expedition-tour organization Outward Bound focuses on nutrition when planning meals for its participants (whether teens and college kids or adults) . Trips with Outward Bound are often strenuous and occasionally lengthy. Simply for preservation purposes, meat is frequently out of the picture. Rather, group members cook meals consisting of grains, pasta, nuts, beans, cereals, and other light, dehydrated foods.” What is more, the folks at Outward Bound can accommodate those with stricter diets, such as vegan or lactose intolerance, with advance notification.
Put simply, as long as you make your needs known (best in advance), reliable companies--whether they be luxurious or down-to-earth--will do everything in their power to provide for you. So sit back, relax and eat!
Photo credit: Stacks of Chinese dumplings provided by Wendy Wu Tours.
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