The first course of the macrobiotic meal was baby Cos lettuce salad with coconut vinaigrette, followed by miso-marinated sablefish, with seasonal fruit salad and sorbet for dessert.

FORBES: Vegetarian (and Gluten-Free, Diabetic, etc.) Meals That Aren't Afterthoughts

Vegetarians, on the other hand, should make for organic-heavy Healthy Spice, whose rice noodle bowls are a perennial hit, or Wishing Well, whose macrobiotic meals can frequently be accompanied by a tarot reading.

BBC: Saturday at Bangkok��s Chatuchak market