Comments on: I steered you wrong… avoid the fishy Miso soup :(

By: FoodEater

FoodEater — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:02:07 +0000

I’m lame because you didn’t actually read what I wrote? I made it clear that this is not a vegetarian restaurant and focused on one specific dish, which the owner/chef himself told me is vegan, and emphasized that people should ask about ingredients before ordering anything else. When I found out that something I’d written about wasn’t vegan I did the responsible thing and posted a follow up. There are a number of vegan things that can be ordered there- sharing of pots & pans is beyond the scope of this website. You should assume that anything you eat at a restaurant that isn’t exclusively vegan will have mixed cookware. If you’re not willing to eat from a pan that hasn’t been consecrated as vegan than you have no business eating out at any restaurants whatsoever, and this blog will not satisfy your über-vegan standards.

By: lizzie

lizzie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:33:58 +0000

This blog post, and the follow-up retraction are lame. I went to Atch-Kotch with my boyfriend who speaks fluent Japanese. We didn’t even sit down, as NOTHING in there is vegan. All sauces, marinades etc. have fish stock, chicken stock, fish flakes and eggs in them. He had to explain what a vegan was, and even after that they were confused as to why somebody would go there and ask for their food to be made without key ingredients.

At the very least, everything is cooked with the same base sauces in the same pans with no kitchen separation. Why on earth would you post on something without doing any research first? I’m not just talking about shared pans here, but real animal/meat ingredients.

This is a normal Japanese restaurant, not promising to cater for vegans or vegetarians. Don’t make it into something it’s not. You should just delete the story.

By: quarrygirl

quarrygirl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:39:59 +0000

oh shit, i know how it is! i have been burned by restaurants so many times in the past….sorry this happened! do you think we can trust that their sauce and flavorings for the tofu dish are totally vegan, or might there be animal stock in the broth?

BTW i love your graphic on this post!

By: SpankyM

SpankyM — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:13:04 +0000

Well, you didn’t say that in your post. You attributed the information to a link to someone’s twitter account with no further information.. which is why I asked ;) Anyhow, thanks for the info and thanks for the blog.

By: FoodEater

FoodEater — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:44:30 +0000

How do I know? I just explained in the post that someone asked and was told it is made with fish. I was previously told it was vegan and now found out it isn’t. Pretty straightforward.

I know that miso is often made with a fish based dashi, though it isn’t always, and I was previously told at this restaurant that this wasn’t the case. It has now been verified that it is.