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Japan is still very late when it is about animal considerations and welfare. When you see their very tiny cages in animal shops, or eating octopus alive (“but

• theultdev 2y ago
  I feel like they take fine care of animals, I'll aside that point though for the sake of continuing the discussion. But my point was that pretty much all asian countries love meat. I mean, food in South Korea and the Philippines is 90% chicken. Meat consumption is everywhere, because it provides the calories people need, easily, and tastes delicious. People don't want to (and sometimes can't!) eat the stuff we feed to cows and chicken, anywhere.
  • Al-Khwarizmi 2y ago
    I would say they eat a smaller proportion of meat. Many Asian dishes do have meat but it's just one out of many ingredients, including rice/noodles, vegs, spices, etc. While in the West sometimes we just eat meat with a side of potatoes or whatever, maybe some spices but the majority of the dish by mass is meat. I agree that it's not necessarily easy to find dishes with no meat at all in Asian countries, though. It's probably a better strategy to try to convince people to eat less meat per dish (as in many Asian preparations) than to go vegetarian, anyway. At least it would be easier to convince me, that's for sure... if my country had the hawker stalls that they have in Singapore, I would already be eating less meat.
    • theultdev 2y ago
      It depends on the country. In Japan many dishes are what you describe. In Korea and the Philippines, many dishes are pure meat. I have no strategy or intent to control peoples diet though.