I just discovered that the bistro I work in is using meat products in vegetarian dishes.
Oh boy does this place keep causing me problems. You can look at my post history and see some of the other problems I've had.
Full disclosure I am vegetarian so this does hit close to home for me. This may be a controversial post but I would like to start off by saying I don't despise, judge, or hold any ill-will towards people who eat meat, its just not for me.
One of the reasons I started this job is because they catered so well to vegetarians and even vegans. They offer tofu options for everything and we serve a large number of vegetarians and vegans. That was actually one of the things that helped me stand out as a server because I could help meet and dietary restrictions.
Well, I was trying to improve my skills and learn exactly what goes in every dish here. That's when I discovered that many of the dishes I order and suggest are made with oyster sauce. I double and triple checked the brand and ingredients. It definitely has both oyster products and fish products. In hindsight it makes sense these dishes always mess with my stomach but assumed it was the because they are rich or have a lot of oil. But I'm very upset that I was misled and served meat and I'm even more upset that I served it to other vegetarians.
I don't think it's intentional. 201
I once went over to the owners house and they know I'm vegetarian and they made me a dip made with imitation crab (they thought because it was imitation is was vegetarian, it's not). I assumed they messed up because this was a chill environment. But I had confidence that they knew what they were doing in the kitchen.
Obviously I should talk to them about it. I've waited a couple of days since discovering mostly because I had such a visceral emotional reaction and I didn't want to do anything rash. But I am not confident that talking with them will do anything. They shoot down every idea, plan, and criticism. For example they opened a bar for the restaurant and they refused to even order lemon juice because it's "unnecessary" for drinks.
I'm just at my wits end here and I don't know what to do. I honestly want to quit. This isn't the main reason it's just the straw that breaks the camels back. I mean best case scenario is that they are just grossly incompetent. What would you do? Am I overreacting? Thanks for once again listening to me rant lol 951