Zen Cuisine

Blue Lotus Cafe

Temple Cuisine is known as pure vegetarian food, “lent or fasting food” in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan; shojin ryori or “devotion cuisine” in Japan; “temple food” in Korea; “jay” 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.