”I had asked a few times, and the waiter promised the dish was just rice and vegetables. Almost as soon as I took a bite, I realised there was chicken in it. It’s fair to say I was really tired which made me emotional, but I actually cried when I realised I was eating flesh. I has been vegan for a couple of months at that point, but the whole incident made me realise that I would never knowingly eat animals or their secretions ever again.”
Ely-based teacher Jo is not the only vegan to have been served non-vegan items. In fact, a similar incident even made headlines in recent months, after a man ordered a takeaway and was sent beef ragu instead of lentil ragu. According to one paper: “James Smith, 28, had ordered gluten-free lentil ragu pasta meal for £8.95 from a new vegan menu at Zizzi using Deliveroo.