Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurants in China
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Vegetarianism is not highly common in China; however, in major cities like Beijing, vegetarian restaurants are slowly being established. Although Chinese food is vegan friendly by default (without the added flesh meat), it is likely that most vegetarians in China do consume either dairy and/or milk. "Vegetarian" in Mandarin Chinese is pronounced, "Chur Su," which translates to, "Eat Vegetables." The word for MSG (monosodium glutamate) is good to know when traveling to China and other parts of Asia, because restaurants there are generally accustomed to using heavy amounts of it. MSG is pronounced, "Wei Jiing," so you could say, "Wo bu yow wei jiing," which means, "I don't want MSG." See chart below for more key phrases to use when traveling to China.
Useful Chinese phrase:
Excuse me. I am vegan. I do not eat any animal products, including meat, seafood, fish, fish stock, eggs, honey, or dairy products
(such as milk, yogurt, butter, cheese, or mayonnaise). Thank you for your understanding.
我是严格的素食主义者,我不能吃以下这些东西,动物的肉(包括牛肉,猪肉,鸡肉,羊肉等),还有海鲜类,鸡蛋(包括蛋黄酱,含有鸡蛋的面包和蛋糕)，乳制品(奶酪,调味汁等),含有动物胶的甜点，还有使用蜂蜜,肉,鱼煮的汤也不行。