A friend is getting married. But like many non-vegetarians, she’s offering a feast of many sentient beings. Me being the only vegan in her entourage, has special arrangements prepared for. It was very nice of her to call to go through the vegetarian menu with me (as I don’t take many mock stuff). Not many people will bother at all. I had been to several non-vegetarian wedding dinners, where the vegetarian dishes were not up to standard. The last one I attended had most of its eight dishes made mainly of a few kinds of shitake mushrooms. But why? There’s certainly no shortage of vegetable varieties in Singapore. This only showed how uncreative and patronising the chef was.
I really wish it’s becoming a dying ‘custom’ for Chinese weddings to serve shark fin soup – one of the most cruel dishes in Chinese cuisine. Not only does it have no nutrition value, but how it’s derived is utterly brutal. Sharks are captured and de-finned, and tossed back to the sea to die a painful writhing death. I called up my friend the next day to dissuade her to drop shark fin if she’s having it. Thank goodness, she was aware of the issue… although it’s still not a ‘perfect’ celebration because of the number of other animals to be killed.
I guess it’s relatively rare to encounter a fully vegetarian wedding dinner… unless you have many like-minded friends. Sadly, there are some vegetarians who even choose to yield to family pressure to serve meat. It’s even rarer to have non-vegetarians doing a full vegetarian wedding dinner. It’s unthinkable that any celebration should involve intended killing. How can anyone rejoice when there is deliberate killing involved for one’s happy occasion? Please celebrate with kindness.
To learn more about sharks’ plight, please click here: www.sharkwater.com & www.abandonfear.com
Here’s a list of restaurants which we think are good enough for wedding lunches or dinners. Please do call and check with the respective restaurant for capacity and ambience.
For traditional Chinese vegetarian wedding dinner
Lingzhi Vegetarian Restaurant
541 Orchard Road, #05-01 Liat Towers
#03-09/10, Velocity@Novena Square
www.lingzhivegetarian.com
Graces Court Cuisine
Hotel Royal @ Queens 12 Queen Street #02-03
www.grandcourt.com.sg
Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant
Quality Hotel, 201 Balestier Road
www.qualityhotel.com.sg/lotus_vegetarian_restaurant.php
Eight Treasures Vegetarian
282A South Bridge Road (next to Singapore Buddha’s tooth Relic temple)
www.8treasuresgroup.com.sg
Classic Lao Difang Vegetarian Restaurant
9 Penang Road, B1-12 Park Mall
www.classicldf.sg
Greenland Vegetarian Restaurant
789 & 791 Upper Serangoon Road
Tel: 6282 8022
Miao Yi Vegetarian Restaurant
Coronation Shopping Plaza, 587 Bukit Timah Road #03-01
Tel: 6467 1331 / 6467 1511
Fo You Yuen Vegetarian Restaurant
No.155 Kitchener Road
Tel: 67448009, 62994991, 97879967
For slightly unconventional vegetarian wedding lunch or dinner (on smaller scale)
Green Room Cafe
Bishan Park II, 1382 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1
www.greenroomcafe.com.sg
Cool place for solemnisation
Original Sin
Blk 43 #01-62 Jalan Merah Saga Holland Village, Chip Bee Gardens
www.originalsin.com.sg
7 Sensations
16 Madras Street
www.7-sensations.com
LivinGreens
325 Beach Road
www.livingreens.com.sg
Whole Earth
76 Peck Seah Street
www.wholeearth.com.sg
Naive
99 East Coast Road
www.naivecompany.com
Food #03
Post-Museum 109 Rowell Road
www.food03.sg
Suggestions to add to the list are welcomed :))
the only suggestion i have is to Thank You for the suggested list of veg restaurant, will check it out! thanks again! 🙂