Just to clarify a few things, the " soy chicken" had no description at all. The ' chicken with rice' was printed on the receipt that was handed to us when we picked up the order. Clearly, if it was called chicken with rice, i would have questioned it. The "SOY" is what through my wife and I off. Being vegetarian for 20 years, and therefore not having ordered anything off a meat related menu for 20 years, I never saw 'soy chicken'. That is why when we saw the "soy" we assumed it was made from soy. As far as the cooked in the same wok. We are not vegan. Sure I would prefer if it were in its own wok, but im not going to spray paint someones fur coat over it either. In addition, Im quite aware that many dishes use chicken broth, or other things that wouldnt be considered vegetarian. Sure I try to avoid it, but unfortunately for me, Unless the restaurant claims to be vegan, or has a separate vegetarian menu, I have to assume that there is cross contamination or ingredients i normally would avoid. I do the best I can to be vegetarian in a not vegetarian society. And really, what i guess the reason why I started this thread, was not about being vegetarian, or chicken stock, but about what was the proper way to handle this situation. And the feedback that i have gotten so far has been that I should have been smarter, asked for a more precise description, and if there was a language barrier, or i just didnt feel right, i should have ordered something else. And I agree %100. I dropped the ball on this one. As far as the vegetarian thing, different topic, different thread. Every ' vegetarian' has their own rules and guidelines what they will and wont eat, which restaurants they will and wont eat at .....and all the other crap that goes with it .
I guess while im at it , Ill touch on the subject a little . I dont feel ordering the soy chicken and expecting it to be soy was that far off base. Its not like I walked into a kosher restaurant and asked for pork chops. In my experiences, I have been to many chinese restaurants that offer these things. Being a new restaurant to me, I should have asked the questions, but, whatever .