Saturday, 12 September 2009

lotus lanterns, mountain vegetables

Sanchon Temple Vegetarian Restaurant, in Insadong district, about a 50 minute subway journey from my place. Lots of Buddhist-inspired stores and restaurants and temples in this area.


Lotus lanterns!

Tofu, potato, zucchini, onion soup. Warm and savory.

Teapot, tofu and seaweed. Bland.

Breaded mushrooms. Like french fries, only chewier.

Breaded zucchini and squash.

Seaweed, mountain vegetables, radishes, unnamed things.

Mountain vegetables, mountain vegetables, mountain vegetables. Spicy mountain vegetables.

Top: vegetarian kimchi; left: potatoes; bottom: celery? rhubarb? some type of root? cooked in sesame sauce. Very tasty.

Top: bland rice pudding; left: seaweed soup; bottom: woody-tasting tea.

While we ate, there were various dance performances going on in the center of the room. Above: chicken walk (?) made creepy and ghostlike by blacklights.

[Here, imagine that you are watching a video of a woman wearing a dress of colorful bows and drumming while spinning in circles. Blogger wouldn't upload it. Maybe I will try it again later.]

Drumming and rhythm, I have discovered, is quite fundamental to Korean music and dance.


They made me get up in the center of the room and wave a fan about while other audience members danced and drummed around me. Anji decided it was a brilliant idea to document me looking silly.

2 comments:

Jamie said...

This post just made me feel like I can never travel because I am so close-minded about food. All of that made me want to vomit. lolz, I am so American, I need to work on that. "::in hick accent:: Can't you bastards just bring me a steak and some potatoes? And a beer too. BEER. B-E-E-R."

Also, I wants to has Skype date soon. Can has?

Jane said...

Dude, I want that zucchini tofu soup. In my mouth. Now.