100% agree. There is tons of delicious vegetarian/vegan food, but vegetarian/vegan substitutions of traditionally meat based dishes range from terrible to just okay.
Carb replacement dishes have the same problem. Spaghetti Squash is delicious when cooked as a vegetable, but throwing Ragu on it and pretending it is pasta is just sad.
Or even in Minecraft using water pumps/valves
https://youtu.be/a1JsjYLn1Vo?si=FwaHXzSSuBCHNjyH