Anyways, the beginning of this challenge first started when the bread basket was brought out to each table. Let me just tell you now, that fresh buns= weakness. But I stayed strong ya'll!!! I guess I surprised myself out of what I did next. I went to one of the supervisors of the event and asked if it would be possible to find out the ingredients of the bread and flatbread? Oh yes, I kid you not! I indeed asked! Anyways short end of the story is that I ended up getting vegan, gluten-free bread which may sound disgusting but was actually delicious especially when dipped in olive oil/ balsamic vinegar! So thank you kind people at the Marriott for giving me bread- you received brownie points!
The hardest part from the experience was the main entree. While everyone else got chicken zucchini and potatoes, I got a vegetable assortment haha. Delicious don't get me wrong. But lets just say I had a midnight snack when I got home.
My experience going out as a vegan turned out to be a pleasant one, but it definitely gave me a perspective for people who live this lifestyle and go through the hassle of worrying about what food will there be for you to eat. To be totally honest, I think the potatoes probably had some form of dairy ingredient in them. But its really hard to go off the basis of " we can't guarantee if it does or does not have dairy". I definitely give props to those vegans who stay active in finding out what factories their products were made in to see if dairy/ eggs etc are in its proximity and choosing to not eat/buy the product if animals by-products are made in the same factory. For a girl who grew up eating whatever was put in front of her, I felt like a douchebag asking what the ingredients were in the bread. All in all, pretty dang proud of myself!
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