A guide for healthy eating while on holiday

A VEGETARIAN friend has mastered the phrase “Is it meat?” in several languages in an attempt to navigate his way through holiday menus.

When he’s away in exotic locations, he’ll point at the menu and say, “is it meat?” If the answer is ‘no’, he’ll order it and hope for the best.

As a guide to holiday eating, it’s ingenious though not without its downfalls. In France, he was once served a dish with big hunks of ham in it.