素食 (Buddhist Vegetarian Meal)
Lunch @ "Buddha's Light Mountain" (佛光山), a monastery super-complex outside Gaoxiong.
It is quite customary to have soups in Asian meals, so it is not exception, even for a vegetarian one.
Mock meat (made of gluten to resemble meat), in soups with a medley of vegetable (Shiitake mushrooms, celery, bamboo shoots etc).
The soup tasted almost like the real McCoy. The Shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots added a great umami blast, boosting the soysaucy taste.
A little oily for my taste though.
素食 (Buddhist Vegetarian Meal)
Lunch @ "Buddha's Light Mountain" (佛光山), a monastery super-complex outside Gaoxiong.
It is quite customary to have soups in Asian meals, so it is not exception, even for a vegetarian one.
Mock meat (made of gluten to resemble meat), in soups with a medley of vegetable (Shiitake mushrooms, celery, bamboo shoots etc).
The soup tasted almost like the real McCoy. The Shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots added a great umami blast, boosting the soysaucy taste.
A little oily for my taste though.