the biggest problem when I was vegetarian/vegan was to get restaurants to tell me whether they used chicken or beef stock in their soups. It didn't take long for me to figure out that I just couldn't rely on what the waiter said, even if the waiter asked the chef. So I never ordered soup at a restaurant, with one exception.
There was one restaurant that served the best soups I've ever had, and always used vegetable stock, but then it was a vegetarian restaurant with lots of vegan options.
Peace.
~ ~ ~ All meetings end in separation All acquisition ends in dispersion All life ends in death - The Buddha