Think of the difference between Indian vegetarian food vs. tofurkey, imitation bacon, etc.
There are vegetarian cultures that have refined their cuisine over thousands of years to be nutritionally adequate and delicious. Western vegan food tends to just be imitations of non-vegan Western food and it's unfortunate.
Sure, but Indian vegetarian food already exists. The GP asked for more vegan food, so I wondered what was lacking in existing non-fake-meat alternatives.
There are vegetarian cultures that have refined their cuisine over thousands of years to be nutritionally adequate and delicious. Western vegan food tends to just be imitations of non-vegan Western food and it's unfortunate.