Won Buddhist Temple Bazaar

Stopped by the bazaar today to benefit the Won Buddhist Temple where I attend Saturday group meditation; a previous post showed some of the baked goods I donated. I primarily went for the food; they served lunch! I've had Korean food before but never knew whether it was authentic; this definitely was. Members of the congregation prepared it over the past several days, including harvesting vegetables from their garden behind the temple.

It was very interesting. There was lots of food for sale which I understood people took home with them to eat later; they also served hot food for those of us interested in eating lunch at the bazaar. All signs were in Korean; thankfully, people were very friendly and helped me pick out lunch. Several people I knew from Saturday meditation were there and I met others, including a reporter who is in the states for 3 years reporting relevant US news back to South Korea.

I had a sushi roll and fish cake soup; unlike a lot of sushi I've had, ingredients of these rolls were cooked - no raw fish. My entire meal only cost $4; I gave them $5.

Lots of containers filled with food for purchase and consumption at home.

My sushi roll perfectly prepared!

Sushi roll (note 2 ends displayed on top) and fish cake soup.

Preparing fish cake soup.

I really appreciated how the chef presented the two ends of the sushi roll on top of the middle pieces. My sushi rolls never look this good and the ends are something I never something I would be proud of enough to display:) These are beautiful!

So you eat the fish cake off of this stick and drink the soup.