Many people who visit famous temples come to escape from their busy daily lives and enjoy the beauty of nature in a pure atmosphere. Therefore, when they go there, they want to try Korean food instead of the foreign instant food they are used to eating.
Perhaps for this reason, there are many restaurants around famous temples that serve vegetarian cuisine such as wild vegetable dishes and bibimbap. The taste is unique, and many of them attract many customers on holidays and weekends, and you have to queue to get a meal.
There are also more than ten restaurants where you can enjoy this authentic bibimbap near the main gate of Tongdosa Temple in Habuk-myeon, Yangsan, one of the three major temples in South Korea.
These include Busan Restaurant, Tongdo Restaurant, Changnyeong Restaurant, Obok Restaurant, Daega Restaurant, Gyeonggi Restaurant, Park Restaurant, Hyangchon Restaurant, etc. Some of the restaurants have been around for over 20 years, and each one delights the palates of customers with its unique flavors.
A layer of homemade gochujang (chili paste) and a namul made from bean sprouts, radish, cabbage, and seaweed (a type of seaweed) dressed in soy sauce is placed on top of slightly firm rice, and then drizzled with fragrant sesame oil.
(Wild vegetable bibimbap is 7,000 won, wild vegetable set meal is 8,000 won.) The doenjang-guk and seongji-guk served with bibimbap are also excellent.
Seonjiguk is made by adding thickly sliced radish, bean sprouts, and green onions to a soup made by boiling seonji (coagulated cow's blood), finely chopped beef, and innards. When eaten with bibimbap, it washes away the spiciness of the bibimbap, leaving a spicy yet refreshing aftertaste..
The owner of Gyeonggi Restaurant, which has been running a wild vegetable bibimbap restaurant here for over 20 years, proudly says, "The flavor of bibimbap depends on the balance of rice, namul, gochujang, and soy sauce. The unique flavor developed through the long experience of bibimbap restaurants in Tongdosa Temple cannot be found in restaurants in other regions."
The restaurants around Tongdosa Temple are heavily influenced by the temple's cuisine, which is why they don't use any synthetic seasonings.
The owners of the restaurant go to the faraway markets of Ulsan and Eonyang to buy fresh vegetables, and in spring they even go to the mountains to pick them themselves, showing their commitment to taste. They also cook the rice to the perfect firmness for bibimbap, and pay special attention to the bowls they use.
However, 10 years ago there were over 20 restaurants, but now the number has dropped to half as customers have flocked to new tourist spots. So the remaining restaurants try to protect the reputation of this tradition by holding monthly meetings and exchanging cooking tips. As a result of these efforts, most foreigners who visit Tongdosa Temple now order bibimbap.
Its reputation for pollution-free cuisine has spread, and it is said that Tongdosa Temple's bibimbap is considered the best way for foreigners to experience traditional Korean cuisine.
Tongdosa TempleIt has the largest collection of tangible Buddhist cultural assets (43 items) of any temple in Korea. The Tongdosa Seongbo Museum, newly opened in April 1999, is the only museum in Korea that specializes in Buddhist paintings, and there are few places in the world that have such a rich collection of Buddhist relics.
In addition, there are 20 small temples at the foot of Yeongchulsan Mountain where Tongdosa Temple is located, and the cliffs with their oddly shaped rocks and bizarre stones are a beautiful sight, so it would be a good idea to visit these places while eating bibimbap.
| spot name | Wild vegetable bibimbap around Tongdosa Temple in Yangsan I want to know what I want to say |
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| Address | 204-8 Yeongji-ri, Shimbuk-myeon, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 537-2 XNUMX-XNUMX |
| Phone | 055-382-7772 |
| Time | 09:19 AM to XNUMX:XNUMX PM |
| Holiday | every Monday |
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