One of the things that I enjoy most about travelling is the opportunity to try new foods. Sometimes it's easy, and sometimes it's a challenge to my comfort level, but it always adds to the sense of adventure in exploring someplace new.
This meal was served in a Buddhist meditation center I visited in Seoul, South Korea. It consisted of tofu, greens, pickled radish and cabbage and bean sprouts.
The amazing thing about this meal was the ritual the monk led us through: rinsing the bowls to begin, eating silently and deliberately, rinsing the bowls to clean them, then drinking the rinse water, and any residual food that was in it. It was a lesson in not taking more than you need and not wasting anything.
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