[H-GEN] People's experience at lca.

[Nemo Maelstrom Thorx]

> [Great list of suggestions snipped]
> 
> >m) Back to food.  The 2008 conference dinner (at the market) was thebest 
> >conference dinner I've ever had - foodwise.  I know there was a large 
> >amount of "class" lost, but - as a vegetarian - it's often a challenge 
> >to get food that looks appealing yet alone tastes such.  The 2009 
> >conference dinner was the second best (buffets aren't bad), and the 2007 
> >conference dinner the absolute worst (sit down dinner with a quiche, how 
> >novel!)  The 2009 speakers dinner was pretty low on order too.  The 
> >event was great, the antipasto appetizers lovely, and the finishing 
> >cheese platters also good; but the "dinner" for vegetarians (luke-warm 
> >tofu cubes on a salad of lettuce and spring onion) was appalling.  Even 
> >though there aren't many of us, please
> 
> There might be more people interested in a vegatarian meals than you think
> (and definitely more than most caterers realise).

I was thinking of replying with similar sentiments and then saw yours...
:)

> I describe myself as a borderline vegetarian.  I view the ideal human diet
> as low in meat.
> 
> I eat vegetarian at home and normally only eat meat when out.  Part of the
> reason I do it this way is that I find it difficult to get good vegetarian
> meals when out.  I've recently been encountering quite a lot of people who
> have independently taken a similar position to mine.  I always look at the
> vegetarian offerings when in a restaurant but don't often choose them.

I speak as a vegetarian, and frankly, it's horribly tiring to find so
many places offer "green salad" and "pumpkin soup" as the sole
vegetarian options. With usually the salad being the only vegan and
gluten free option. 

Back to the 2008 market dinner - that's the only LCA I've been to, and
it was a lovely mix of formal-enough to get discussions and topics away
from the really hardcore opensource/geekery conversations that are
natural at the rest of the conference, but still relaxed and casual
enough that people felt free to mingle and talk to new people. I find
all too often that dinner that are "too" formal end up with people
sitting at a table full of people they were alloted to sit with, all in
silence. 

I'm too new to Brisbane to be able to suggest any kind of local
equivalent though!


.../Nemo
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