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Vegan Kitchen · by Hana Choi · 2026-09-25

The thing nobody told me about restaurants

I tried this in Cape Town with a friend and we both noticed the same thing: the social part mattered more than the perfect plan.

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Mango Otter · 9 likes

There is probably a middle ground here. I noticed the same thing in Buenos Aires.

Narin Chai · 10 likes

Noted, and thank you.

Maja Wiśniewska · 1 likes

Can you expand on that a bit?

Hana Choi · 1 likes

Small caveat: context changes the answer a lot.

Maya Williams · 1 likes

Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes.

Marco Conti · 8 likes

The kindness in this post is lovely. A little friction removed goes a long way.

Khalid Al Zahrani · 3 likes

This sounds sensible, though I would need to test it myself. It reminds me of a very specific conversation near a trailhead.

Pablo Martín · 0 likes

Amazing how much difference one small change can make. This would have saved me a lot of trial and error.