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World's Best Vegetarian Restaurants: Eat Like a Buddhist in Shanghai

Are you ready to expand your palate? Put down that steak and look beyond the salad plate at the world's best vegetarian restaurants.

It was a monk who originally founded Gong De Lin, arguably Shanghai's oldest vegetarian restaurant. And while the menu may not look particularly veggie friendly, don't be fooled: All the meat on the menu is bean curd, sometimes meat-shaped for your amusement.

Even classic Chinese whole-animal dishes like pig bowels and chicken feet have been rendered in veggie forms, creating an experience some vegetarians actually find too real to be enjoyed. Many of the sauces include local mushrooms, which add a "meaty" flavor to dishes like shrimp balls and spring chickens. For dessert, try the fried and caramelized pineapple.

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