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There's a new Vietnamese restaurant opening in my town and I got a copy of their menu. They have a fabulous selection of non-alcoholic drinks, including smoothies and "jelly pearl" drinks. The avocado, sour-sop, and jackfruit smoothies, and the various jelly pearl drinks sound very intriguing... The durian smoothie sounds intriguing too, but based on my experience with durian-flavored hard candies, which tasted like onion, it wouldn't be my first choice. I just wish I knew what ingredients they use... I doubt they are vegan.
I found a website of a same-named restaurant in California (perhaps it is a chain) with the exact same menu. It has photos of the drinks (smoothies here and pearl drinks here) and they look like they probably contain dairy. If they are fresh-made, and I knew the ingredients, I could request one made with soymilk instead of milk, for example, since they also have soymilk on the menu. But having to first ask what the ingredients are, then interpret the results, then request a customized version, to someone who might not even be fluent in English.... it seems too much of an ordeal. And if they contain ice cream, or if they are made from powder-mixes, they couldn't be easily veganized anyway.
I found a website of a same-named restaurant in California (perhaps it is a chain) with the exact same menu. It has photos of the drinks (smoothies here and pearl drinks here) and they look like they probably contain dairy. If they are fresh-made, and I knew the ingredients, I could request one made with soymilk instead of milk, for example, since they also have soymilk on the menu. But having to first ask what the ingredients are, then interpret the results, then request a customized version, to someone who might not even be fluent in English.... it seems too much of an ordeal. And if they contain ice cream, or if they are made from powder-mixes, they couldn't be easily veganized anyway.