Vegetarians are not well catered for!

Over the last five to six weeks, i have been sticking to a vegetarian diet my energy levels have picked up so much and i am still enjoying the food, and i have also cut eggs out of my diet i only rarely use milk if i need to with cooking.

Since being vegetarian i have had trouble eating out as most restaurants do not offer a good vegetarian menu, some offered one or two vegetarian meals but i didn't feel i should have to settle for the little choice there was on the menu.

I got back from my holiday this Sunday just gone, while i was away my diet was somewhat limited leaving me with very little choice in the places we went to eat mostly having to stick to a veggie lasagna with chips or a vegetable curry. We drove around for hours each day trying to find different meals costing us a fair amount in petrol the only nice meal i had while away was a broccoli cheese bake, in most restaurants we ate at the option for a starter was merely garlic mushrooms for a vegetarian and the meals were not very varied.

With so many different vegetables and wide selection of meal ideas and spices to go with them how is it that vegetarians are not well catered for? Should we not be considered too, this makes eating out very difficult for vegetarians leaving us having to settle for a meal we are not particularly interested in making a less enjoyable dining experience.

Decent places that serve a good selection of vegetarian meals can occasionally be found if we look on the Internet but they are rare every restaurant should a vegetarian and vegan section on their menu to satisfy all customers it would not cause all that much hassle for the chefs to cook a simple vegetarian dish that is not limited in choice.