Customer Rating: Summary: Robust reviews and realistic recommendations Comment: The author presents frank food reviews of several dining establishments in various Asian countries. Being a vegetarian, I find it scary to order food in countries where I don't have a good command of the language and have trouble communicating the fact that I don't want to eat meat. This guide would encourage me. Plus, there's always the chance that a restaurant manager or owner will say there is no meat in a dish (even if there is) just to please the foreign visitor. This guide is helpful and shows off the author's wit. Plus, there are the nicely illustrated Bonus Animals which showcase the beautiful creatures in that part of the world.