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.

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??

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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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.

Yes, it looks made up. Thank you.