I am a vegetarian since birth and we are staying here in the PHilippines. Now that I am in my 30's I got used already in this kind of lifestyle and I always make sure that I have something to eat in different occasions. I never felt shy cooking and bringing my own food everywhere and anywhere I go just for emergency purposes. Most of the time they don't cater vegetarian food and our culture is not that exposed to the vegetarian diet. We have a very strict specifications with as vegetarians. We don't eat onions, garlic, eggs, mushrooms, leechs and other same families. That is why it is very difficult to immersed with the general with regard to food.
Somehow I get used to it already so It's just a normal occurence in my daily life.

Thank you for this group and site.