That was the approach you'd see in UK restaurants and pubs 15 or 20+ years ago. In place of a vegetarian dish they'd prepare some mash up of regular dish with m

That was the approach you'd see in UK restaurants and pubs 15 or 20+ years ago. In place of a vegetarian dish they'd prepare some mash up of regular dish with meat substitute - Quorn sausages, or mince in a lasagne etc everything else as for the carnivore serving. Or a side dish bulked up to pretend to be a main. They were usually to be avoided, unless like one or two of my friends you were vegan or vegetarian and stuck with them. Now, more of my friends are vegan, and all good restaurants have vegan first dishes, created to get the best of the ingredients rather than pretend to be something else. Many of them are incredibly nice and I might choose them over a steak with no more difficulty than deciding lamb over beef another day. As a result we are eating less and less meat - because we are discovering great vegan dishes beyond Indian cuisine - that's always been strong on vegetarian dishes. Not because we've decided to don hair shirts and "tolerate" vegetarian meals. That it's better for the environment is a bonus, but food quality and taste can stand by itself now.