Hi Jesse, I am very well thank you, how are you? To reply to your points if I may please? 1) My girlfriend never used the word 'vegan' in her dialogue with the waitress. She is a Hong Kong girl and is all too aware of the pitfalls of using a word like 'vegan' when such a word does not have even a moderate level of penetration into the the local language and culture. When she spoke with the waitress she asked if any of the dishes had been made with any of milk products, egg products or honey. 2) Using the approach mentioned above seems to generate at least some success in Taiwan. We went to a place here in Jiaosi (Jiaoxi, spell as you prefer between the two) and my girlfriend asked as per above. The waitress immediately pointed to the distinction between the buffet being spread out across 2 different tables. Further it was explained to us that the solid food dishes on one table were without egg etc and the solid food dishes on the other table were to be avoided based on the criteria we had given to the waitress. 3) Based on the description you have given above, this means that all the dishes at Minder vegetarian (and maybe many other Taiwanese vegetarian buffets) are not suitable for vegans? The reason I say this is:- * your update clearly implies that there are non vegan items laid out in the buffet * customers then come along and don't serve themselves by strictly using 1 serving utensil per dish. Thus when for example a consumer uses a serving utensil to serve a dish made with dairy in the ingredients, when that same serving utensil is then used for example to serve some green vegetables on another serving plate, that dish of green veg will immediately be cross contaminated with egg cells transferred via the previously mentioned serving utensil. Your opinion please? Regards, Stevie