It means that when I have a vegetarian meal, I don’t look for fake meat. I just have a dish that was designed to be vegetarian. The “as a meat eater” part sign

It means that when I have a vegetarian meal, I don’t look for fake meat. I just have a dish that was designed to be vegetarian. The “as a meat eater” part signifies that I’m not vegetarian which seems like an important distinction in this context.