The French Fry Diet

Not another diet, right? But WAIT, this isn’t a diet that promises weight loss, a leaner body or acne free clear skin. The only thing it could be guilty of is helping you get rid of the old self and embracing the new.

The French Fry Diet commits to the following: longevity, conservation of precious water resources and ending world hunger. What’s more, it’s quite a simple diet to follow. I won’t bore you with a thesis, rather I just give you the nitty gritty.

3 Simple Facts

1.
It takes up to 50,000 litres of water to produce 1kg of beef as opposed to only 500 litres to produce 1kg of potatoes.

2.
We grow enough edible grain to provide 50% more than is required for EVERY person in the world. Sadly, most of this edible grain is used to feed animals for food production.

3.
Meat eaters have a 30% increased risk of death compared to people who ate the least.


You do the math.

The golden rule = substitute meat with potatoes and if that gets too difficult, the other option is just don’t eat meat.

The French Fry Diet is probably not a liver cleansing diet but it surely is moral cleansing. So the next time you’re asked if you’d like fries with your meal, how about a “Sure, why not? And lets supersize it and while you’re at it cancel the cheeseburger will ya.”

Rockpool Bar & Grill - Melbourne

Crown Casino Complex

Southbank, Melbourne

Spicy Mussels and Saffron Stew with Wood Fire Grilled Seafood and Aioli $39

Meat-free/Meat* ratio: 30/48
Just vego/Meat* ratio: 8/48
Specials: yes
Comments: I know I really shouldn't support a restaurant whose success and primary ingredient is beef but this meat-free dish is one I just can't stop raving about. Maybe it's because I'm a sucker for anything Sardinian inspired. From Italy's sunny Mediterranean comes this rustic risoni dish using fresh coastal ingredients, cooked with low complexity ensuring none of the natural flavors are lost. Damn you Rockpool.

Grain Rating: 3.5 / 5

* Meat refers to grain-fed animals = beef, pork & poultry

Creperie Le Triskel - Melbourne

32 Hardware Lane Melbourne


La Korigan Galette
French Bechamel, Swiss Gruyere Chesse, Spinach and Mushrooms. Accompanied with green salad and french bread $11





Meat-free/Meat* ratio: 3/11 BUT
Just Vego/Meat* ratio: 1/11 BUT
Specials: no
Comments: BUT... for this creperie, arrogant they are not, patriotic, oui, accommodating, oui, just plain cool, oui. All galettes can be accommodated to meet your meat-free and vegan requirements. 11 only refers to the savory galettes and then you have another page for the sweet crepes. A sweet tooth luver's paradise. Je l'aime!


Grain Rating: 4 / 5

* Meat refers to grain-fed animals = beef, pork & poultry

The Hunt (meat-free)

¨If we are brought up in a meat dependent culture, then we can also be brought up in a non-meat dependent culture.¨

Is this a difficult concept to grasp? Am I being unreasonable? I think not... obviously.

The difficulty of being a non-meat eater is that one is limited with choice. Even in this day and age, the 21st century, the idea that non-meat eaters only patron at places of their own kind continues to hold true. One obvious reason is there are just more meat-free choices. Whether you´re a meat eater or not, one will always lean towards having more choices over not having any at all. Good business sense would then be to have an even ratio of meat and non-meat offerings. While there are some restaurants who have good business sense, there are also those who do not.

Good food is good food. But which restaurants possess both good food and good business sense? Let the hunt begin.