Vegans Share The Most Pathetic Desserts Restaurants Served Them On Their Birthdays
One of the biggest problems with being vegan or vegetarian seems to be that a lot of people don’t even understand what you do want to eat. This Twitter user named Yazmin recently went to a restaurant for her 18th birthday and was given a single banana slice with a candle on it – a video taken at the table shows her and her family giggling and looking awkwardly at the unusual plate as it’s presented to her.
In response to her thread, vegans shared the most disappointing things they’ve had restaurants try to pass off to them as dessert. Most of them involve fruit and not much else. I mean, fruit is great, but it’s not what we have in mind when we think of an indulgent birthday treat.
The 18-year-old vegan posted about the minimalist dessert plate on Twitter
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Her mom got a video of her reaction
so a lot of people don’t believe that the banana thing actually happened so here’s a video from my mom :) pic.twitter.com/M0yYFrFK6a
— Yazmin ⓥ (@yazisAlright) December 11, 2019
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But her adventures in navigating popular restaurants as a vegan were only beginning
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In response to her viral tweet, the restaurant chain where she had received the now-infamous banana slice sent her some vegan cupcakes and promised to follow up with vegan cheese and chocolate. Sweet gesture, but it kind of makes you wonder why the location where she went for her birthday didn’t do that in the first place!
Here’s the birthday box she received from the restaurant
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Honestly, vegan options should be the lowest bar for having an interesting and varied menu, not a novelty or something you have to go somewhere special to get. People choose not to eat animal products for all sorts of reasons, and most people have somebody in their group of friends who’s vegan or vegetarian even if they’re not themselves. At this point, appealing to people who want vegan products isn’t just polite, it’s common sense for business.
What do vegans actually want for dessert? One commenter responded to the thread with a picture of some vegan cupcakes with enviable glaze and toppings from a local deli, proving that vegan baked goods are becoming more mainstream and leaving out the dairy products doesn’t mean leaving out the fun.
While there was a time when vegan “ice cream” just meant slushy sorbets, the non-dairy ice cream market has skyrocketed in popularity in the last few years. The most popular plant base for ice cream is coconut milk, due to its sweet flavor and creamy texture, but the options just keep expanding, and popular brands like Ben and Jerry’s keep coming out with extravagant flavors to catch up to their range of dairy ice cream. Also good news if you’re lactose intolerant!
Other vegans responded to the thread with the saddest desserts they’ve encountered
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'Has very particular dietary wishes'. 'Doesn't check menu before going'. 'Is surprised restaurants can't accommodate'. Also, saying most people have someone in their group of friends who's vegan or vegetarian is untrue. In the US 2% are vegetarian and 0,5% are vegan. Seeing as this is strictly about vegans (plenty of options in restaurants for vegetarians), that means most people have friend groups of 200 people? Nah. But a tip for next time; check the menu before going! Or let them know you're coming and ask if they can make you something specific.
First of all, check the menu first. Second of all, call in advance and ask if they can get you something off the menu. Third, as I understand all the above vegans expected to get FREE vegan pudding "because it's my birthday"... Well, if you're asking for something special, don't expect that the chef will happily drop everything to make you a vegan cupcake... And if he does, have a decency to pay for it (or your friends should pay, it's your bday after all). And yes, sometimes even fruit salad might be a problem if it isn't on the menu - you just don't have fruits in stock.
You're looking too hard into this subject. This is just about vegans showing they're vegans... happens all the time.
Ops, vegans are down voting me. Lol, I'll eat a nice juicy steak for lunch, please more down votes.
Yeah, I have several food allergies and I would never expect every single restaurant to be able to cater to me. Vegans think differently there, their special diets are not for everyone and every restaurant, but they still expect it.
I'm vegetarian but I absolutely do not expect anyone to cater to me. I always check the menu before going to restaurants, and when going to a family gathering for example or a BBQ I bring my own "veggie" option so I can still enjoy a meal with them without requiring them to make me something that fits my needs. It's my choice so why should I expect others to go out of their way to make something work at the last minute??
TeeMarieTisMe, you are one of the rare ones then. I had a friend who was vegan and she expected all restaurants to cater to her dietary needs. Note the key word in that sentence, "had". I couldn't deal with her narcissistic approach to dining out.
Yeah, I agree. I don’t know why these people are upset if they didn’t check menus before hand. Two of my children and I have Celiac Disease (so no gluten or we get incredibly sick). I check every restaurant menu before hand and also explain to my children that there will be many menu items that we can’t eat—which often times are every dessert on the menu. I just make sure that on those occasions we have a suitable dessert to have at home. One time I had to attend a work event with my husband and I informed the catering company of my gluten intolerance, I was given a small pile of squash with unseasoned tomato sauce on it as it was the allergy/vegetarian/vegan meal. Man... it sucked. Lol.
I never go to restaurants that don’t service vegans in some manner. It’s just me making sure I can eat there. I’m not sure why the above stories happened. I can usually get food at MOST restaurants, even if they do not specifically provide for vegans. Certainly there’s a consistent issue with DESSERTS at restaurants, because most of them use dairy and/or eggs, but it’s also people with allergies that need service here, so it makes sense for multiple reasons.
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Good advice Demi; also you can suggest a simple and awesome vegan dessert. I make a vegan cheesecake and old time meat eaters and dairy gobblers had no idea it wasn't "real".
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Judging by the restaurant names and the posters, this is about the USA, which is why I specifically mentioned the USA numbers. And the Vegan Society themselves said the 7% in the UK was not true and that it was 1.2% in 2018.
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The stats often say that 2-5% are veggie, and 0.5% are vegan (1 in 200 like you say ) yet everyone I know knows at least one vegan, and vegetarians are everywhere. I'm one and I can't tell you how often wait staff are veggie (when I ask of a dish has any meant in it they very often get excited and tell me they are vegetarian too. I mean shockingly often). I think those stats are total BS.
Maybe you should consider that your situation is not representative of the global situation ? I mean, that is why we usually refer to statistics and not individual situations when it is about a whole country.
Everybody knows "at least one vegan" because they will always tell you that they are vegan...
"Know someone" is quite different from the friend group - that involves coworkers, neighbors, distant family you met in person once, friends of friends, etc. "People I/you know" could easily be a rather high number, especially if you allow people you knew years ago and such. Besides, "birds of a feather flock together". My parents don't know anyone in their social circle who's vegan, yet the neighbor they're friendly with feels like half the world has gone vegan because there's so many in HER social circle. Vegans aren't evenly distributed in the society. E.g. I'd expect high ratio of vegans and vegetarians in a left-leaning, artsy city, and hardly any in a redneck small town.
I know not one vegan and only one vegetarian. Anecdotal evidence is not evidence.
I just love this. "The stats say there's just a small percentage of American presidents living in the US, yet everyone I know knows at least one."
Those stats aren't reliable because vegetarians and vegans don't all register somewhere after becoming vegetarians or vegans. And anyone with specific dietary needs ought to check with the restaurant if and how they can accommodate their needs.
So, why do these people not check the menu before celebrating their birthdays at a specific location and then complain about said location to not meet their needs? It's not the restaurants' fault that they were uninformed. If I'm having, say, celiac disease, I'd choose the restaurant by their gluten-free menu, maybe even call them and ask about possibilities for my needs. Why can't vegans do that, too? I'm calling either attention wh*ring or them being too entitled to think their stuff through here.
I’d wager it’s a little of both a b c.
I, and every other vegan I know, do this. This story is pretending to be a positive vegan story for once on this site, but it really just invites all the same fucking vegan hate as usual.
How dare vegans make fun of something!
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Them being vegan is probably just another way to get attention. Idiots...
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I am vegetarian who eats vegan whenever possible and as someone who eats out more than I should I have never had a problem finding amazing vegan desserts. In many cases restaurants will offer to adapt whatever dessert is on their menu. This whole post seems pretty unbelievable.
Yes, it looks made up. Thank you.
This reminds me of the 70s when I had the idea we were the only vegetarians. Horrible. They never got it. Oh. No chicken mixed in it? You can take the meat balls out. I hated having to eat with people at a restaurant. Always dumb questions. My brother once. There was a party with only sort of meat balls and his friend said to him: you can go graze there.
'Has very particular dietary wishes'. 'Doesn't check menu before going'. 'Is surprised restaurants can't accommodate'. Also, saying most people have someone in their group of friends who's vegan or vegetarian is untrue. In the US 2% are vegetarian and 0,5% are vegan. Seeing as this is strictly about vegans (plenty of options in restaurants for vegetarians), that means most people have friend groups of 200 people? Nah. But a tip for next time; check the menu before going! Or let them know you're coming and ask if they can make you something specific.
First of all, check the menu first. Second of all, call in advance and ask if they can get you something off the menu. Third, as I understand all the above vegans expected to get FREE vegan pudding "because it's my birthday"... Well, if you're asking for something special, don't expect that the chef will happily drop everything to make you a vegan cupcake... And if he does, have a decency to pay for it (or your friends should pay, it's your bday after all). And yes, sometimes even fruit salad might be a problem if it isn't on the menu - you just don't have fruits in stock.
You're looking too hard into this subject. This is just about vegans showing they're vegans... happens all the time.
Ops, vegans are down voting me. Lol, I'll eat a nice juicy steak for lunch, please more down votes.
Yeah, I have several food allergies and I would never expect every single restaurant to be able to cater to me. Vegans think differently there, their special diets are not for everyone and every restaurant, but they still expect it.
I'm vegetarian but I absolutely do not expect anyone to cater to me. I always check the menu before going to restaurants, and when going to a family gathering for example or a BBQ I bring my own "veggie" option so I can still enjoy a meal with them without requiring them to make me something that fits my needs. It's my choice so why should I expect others to go out of their way to make something work at the last minute??
TeeMarieTisMe, you are one of the rare ones then. I had a friend who was vegan and she expected all restaurants to cater to her dietary needs. Note the key word in that sentence, "had". I couldn't deal with her narcissistic approach to dining out.
Yeah, I agree. I don’t know why these people are upset if they didn’t check menus before hand. Two of my children and I have Celiac Disease (so no gluten or we get incredibly sick). I check every restaurant menu before hand and also explain to my children that there will be many menu items that we can’t eat—which often times are every dessert on the menu. I just make sure that on those occasions we have a suitable dessert to have at home. One time I had to attend a work event with my husband and I informed the catering company of my gluten intolerance, I was given a small pile of squash with unseasoned tomato sauce on it as it was the allergy/vegetarian/vegan meal. Man... it sucked. Lol.
I never go to restaurants that don’t service vegans in some manner. It’s just me making sure I can eat there. I’m not sure why the above stories happened. I can usually get food at MOST restaurants, even if they do not specifically provide for vegans. Certainly there’s a consistent issue with DESSERTS at restaurants, because most of them use dairy and/or eggs, but it’s also people with allergies that need service here, so it makes sense for multiple reasons.
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Good advice Demi; also you can suggest a simple and awesome vegan dessert. I make a vegan cheesecake and old time meat eaters and dairy gobblers had no idea it wasn't "real".
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Judging by the restaurant names and the posters, this is about the USA, which is why I specifically mentioned the USA numbers. And the Vegan Society themselves said the 7% in the UK was not true and that it was 1.2% in 2018.
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The stats often say that 2-5% are veggie, and 0.5% are vegan (1 in 200 like you say ) yet everyone I know knows at least one vegan, and vegetarians are everywhere. I'm one and I can't tell you how often wait staff are veggie (when I ask of a dish has any meant in it they very often get excited and tell me they are vegetarian too. I mean shockingly often). I think those stats are total BS.
Maybe you should consider that your situation is not representative of the global situation ? I mean, that is why we usually refer to statistics and not individual situations when it is about a whole country.
Everybody knows "at least one vegan" because they will always tell you that they are vegan...
"Know someone" is quite different from the friend group - that involves coworkers, neighbors, distant family you met in person once, friends of friends, etc. "People I/you know" could easily be a rather high number, especially if you allow people you knew years ago and such. Besides, "birds of a feather flock together". My parents don't know anyone in their social circle who's vegan, yet the neighbor they're friendly with feels like half the world has gone vegan because there's so many in HER social circle. Vegans aren't evenly distributed in the society. E.g. I'd expect high ratio of vegans and vegetarians in a left-leaning, artsy city, and hardly any in a redneck small town.
I know not one vegan and only one vegetarian. Anecdotal evidence is not evidence.
I just love this. "The stats say there's just a small percentage of American presidents living in the US, yet everyone I know knows at least one."
Those stats aren't reliable because vegetarians and vegans don't all register somewhere after becoming vegetarians or vegans. And anyone with specific dietary needs ought to check with the restaurant if and how they can accommodate their needs.
So, why do these people not check the menu before celebrating their birthdays at a specific location and then complain about said location to not meet their needs? It's not the restaurants' fault that they were uninformed. If I'm having, say, celiac disease, I'd choose the restaurant by their gluten-free menu, maybe even call them and ask about possibilities for my needs. Why can't vegans do that, too? I'm calling either attention wh*ring or them being too entitled to think their stuff through here.
I’d wager it’s a little of both a b c.
I, and every other vegan I know, do this. This story is pretending to be a positive vegan story for once on this site, but it really just invites all the same fucking vegan hate as usual.
How dare vegans make fun of something!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Them being vegan is probably just another way to get attention. Idiots...
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I am vegetarian who eats vegan whenever possible and as someone who eats out more than I should I have never had a problem finding amazing vegan desserts. In many cases restaurants will offer to adapt whatever dessert is on their menu. This whole post seems pretty unbelievable.
Yes, it looks made up. Thank you.
This reminds me of the 70s when I had the idea we were the only vegetarians. Horrible. They never got it. Oh. No chicken mixed in it? You can take the meat balls out. I hated having to eat with people at a restaurant. Always dumb questions. My brother once. There was a party with only sort of meat balls and his friend said to him: you can go graze there.