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Temple food is a must-try in S. Korea

사찰음식의 대중화, 국내 넘어 세계로 뻗어 나간다 In our newscast yesterday we highlighted the importance of a mindful approach to cooking and eating as encouraged by a Buddhist monk. Well today we share with you the growing popularity of Korea's temple food among foreign diners. Our culture correspondent Park Kun-woo files this report. Long preserved for centuries, Korean temple food is no longer enjoyed only by monks but by food lovers from around the world. This growing interest can be partially seen at a temple cuisine restaurant in Seoul operated by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, where reservations are often fully booked, including by visitors from abroad. "It’s a little bit similar to Japanese traditional food.It tastes more some taste of Kimchi this spicy food, it was really delicious and, yeah, I love this delicate taste of this temple food." Temple cuisine is also drawing strong interest from visitors outside of Asia. "What I think about is that everything is made with a lot of consciousness. I think the idea of food and also of the connection to the rest of the world that everything is connected. This temple food was first time, but we will take it with us, of course, this idea, and we'll look for any opportunity also in Germany." "It might seem like a lot of food and different from what monks would normally eat in a single meal. But what we have here is a variety of traditional temple dishes. One standout feature is that they don’t use pungent vegetables, such as garlic and green onions, nor do they use artificial seasonings." A wide variety of temple food includes white water kimchi, believed to aid digestion, winter spinach with sweet persimmon, crispy glazed mushrooms that surprisingly taste like meat, and buckwheat jelly with spicy kimchi. Bite after bite, slurp after slurp, diners keep tasting, some even lifting their bowls to finish every last drop. Thanks to its global popularity, temple food is also attracting more visitors from abroad, many traveling to Korea just to learn more about it. Building on this momentum, the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism is preparing to sign collaborative agreements to introduce temple food at prestigious culinary schools overseas, including the Culinary Institute of America. "Temple food is becoming so important because people recognize simplicity and the power of it in a world full of industrial Western processed food. We want a healthy body and a healthy spirit with a healthy community, so that we can co-create a healthy world, and I would hope that all types of cuisines in culinary schools work towards that objective." The Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism even says reservations for temple food–making classes are often fully booked weeks in advance. At the same time, the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism is pushing to have temple food listed as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. With tradition, philosophy, and growing global interest coming together, Korean temple food is now stepping onto the world stage. Park Kun-woo, Arirang News. #Global #SouthKorea #Buddhism #Temple_Food #Temple #Food #불교 #사찰 #음식 #사찰음식 #대중화 #세계화 #Arirang_News #아리랑뉴스 📣 Facebook :   / arirangtvnews   📣 Youtube :    / Канал   📣 Homepage : https://v2.arirang.com/ 2026-01-30, 17:00 (KST)