Aussie Restaurants Serving Up More Vegetarian Fare
National Vegetarian Week, 28 September - 4 October 2009
Australian restaurants are heeding customer calls for tasty vegetarian menu options according to a recent survey of food service businesses, which showed 56% are cooking up more plant-based options than they did a few years ago and nearly a third saying over 30% of their main dishes were vegetarian.
The survey, conducted by Restaurant and Catering Australia, in collaboration with National Vegetarian Week, aimed to gauge the extent of vegetarian and 'healthy' options on menus and whether this had increased in recent years.
Respondents said that delicious fare like pumpkin and spinach lasagne and vegetarian korma are winning customers over, with three quarters of restaurant and café owners surveyed saying their patrons are ordering more vegetarian meals than they used to.
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