Some good some bad food experiences

Strange that almost no hotels have a buffet system here for breakfast, instead they have a set a la carte breakfast menu from which one can select, and in all my travels this is the only place (Philippines) that won't make some changes in their cooking or alter their dishes to curate to a vegetarian.
Literally everywhere I've visited, specifically nations that have zero to none veg dishes on their menu, from Japan to Korea to Vietnam have happily circumvented their set menu and created something easy by either replacing the meat protein with tofu or making something absolutely new by altering the meat broth with seaweed and mushrooms to come up with a something more vegan friendly, but not here. No sir!

They are very set and absolutely stubborn in what and how they make it and any expectations regarding just omitting the dead items on their dishes is an absolute no go, almost everywhere which creates a few problems.

I have stuck to eating only and only clams, mussels, oysters and though some places I can get by with a few seafood items in their default food most places that have meat galore I try to avoid and so lunches are in places where I can eat my weight in clams and oysters and dinners are mostly Italian places where others can eat something too.

Phew I tell you.