"Look back on yourself through Korean food"...U.S. West Temple Food Praise

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Is it the K-food effect that is spreading around the world,
Interest in our temple food is also growing overseas.

In LA, the United States, a time for temple food experience and meditation with tea was arranged with Buddhist monk Jeonggwan, a temple food master.

It was also evaluated as a meaningful opportunity to look into the inner world of humans beyond the food itself.

Reporter Kim Eun-kyung visited the scene.

[Reporter]
The lotus leaves wrapped around the lumped rice stand out.

It's a poor skill, but the participants soon fold the lotus leaves one by one to create the work one by one.From seasoned dried persimmon mixed with

red pepper paste to braised shiitake mushrooms, Jocheong, monk Jeong-gwan's signature menu, careful hands gather to complete a small table soon.

It is a temple food experience site with monk Jeonggwan and local citizens in LA, USA.

[Shiri CD / ICE University Culinary Student: I came across temple food after watching Jung Kwan's episode of the Netflix program, and I didn't know the recipe would be so rich as it looks simple and not complicated. We also use minimal ingredients. I didn't know vegetarian food would be this delicious.]

Monk Jeonggwan, who started in New York in 2010 and introduced temple food to the world.

The monk has spread not only the charm of temple food, which tastes rich with minimal ingredients, but also the philosophy of getting to know one's mind through food.

In particular, the event has also provided time to taste Korean traditional tea and experience walking meditation, further expanding the horizon of reflection given by Korean food.

[Master Jeonggwan / Master of Buddhist Monk Cheonjinam at Baekyangsa Temple, Master of Buddhist temple food: We have shared a lot of temple food through cultural centers or personal relationships for the past 20 years. At that time, people thought temple food was simply vegetarian, but now they are communicating beyond that to find their true heart through food.

The state of nature is the aesthetics of thinking, temple food, and finding something from nothing through ingredients.

Thanks to the global trend of growing interest in thinking about health in the true sense, steps to learn temple food and its philosophical meaning are expected to continue.

I'm Kim Eunkyung of YTN World in LA, USA.