This temple's vegetarian food is famous, and many visitors come especially to try it.
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culture
Chinese Buddhist cooking leaves out meat and fish and also pungent plants such as garlic, onion and leek. Temple kitchens are known for mock meats made from tofu skin or wheat gluten, such as 素鸡 'vegetarian chicken'.
usage
斋 is food taken under a religious fast, and 吃斋 means keeping such a diet. The everyday word for eating vegetarian is 吃素.
