Zen Cuisine
Temple Cuisine is known as pure vegetarian food, \u201clent or fasting food\u201d in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan; shojin ryori or \u201cdevotion cuisine\u201d in Japan; \u201ctemple food\u201d in Korea; \u201cjay\u201d in Thailand. Temple Cuisine in each of these countries is different and influenced by the local cuisine and ingredients. Today we sat down with Joyce - our Blue Lotus instructor and Damiao - one of our students, to talk about the philosophy of Zen Cuisine and how we interpreted it in our new cooking course.