Dongpo Noodles at the Lingyin Temple
It is normal for Buddhist temples to have a restaurant in their premises, particularly the more popular ones. The restaurant at the monastery at Lantau Island in Hong Kong was probably the first one I have ever visited. Devout Buddhist tend to abstain from meat, but this doesn’t mean that they can’t look like meat. As visitors of this blog can see, I am very much a meat eater and a vegetarian place is somewhere far from my places to visit. However, in this case were already way past lunch time and we were starving.
Vegetarian Noodles My Friend Ordered
The restaurant at the Lingyin Temple serves mock meat in their restaurant. These are usually made from flour or soy and shaped to look, smell and feel like normal meat. I ordered their Dongpo noodles wondering how it would taste like. Real Dongpo Pork is actually braised pork belly, in this case, the mock meat was quite convincing upon first glance. But one bite and you will be brought back to reality as it has a certain almost rubbery texture. The noodles are all just ordinary noodles, just the ingredients were different. There was a selection of ready ingredients at the claiming counter and the staff will just scoop out some and mix it together with the noodles. I still don’t look for vegetarian food such as these but this one was still okay for me.
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