A Journey Through Asia’s Temple and Vegetarian Food

ComChay follows Asia’s vegetarian and temple-food cultures through food, temples and the people we meet. This page gathers the route ahead and what you can already read.

Vietnam: Cơm chay

Start with What Is Cơm Chay? and how to find it. In Ho Chi Minh City, see Hum.

Taiwan: sùshí

Taiwan’s vegetarian food. In Taipei, see Little Tree Food.

A takeaway tray of noodles, glass noodles and fried items from a vegetarian shop in Shipai, Taipei — A takeaway plate of noodles and side dishes sold at a vegetarian shop in Shipai, Taipei. Photo: Allervous / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Cover image: The interior of a cơm chay (vegetarian rice) eatery beside Cam Lộ Pagoda in Vietnam. Photo: Phương Huy / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons

Japan: shojin ryori and temple stays

Shojin ryori, shukubo and how to experience them. In Kyoto, see Shigetsu and Izusen Daijiin; on Koyasan, Fukuchiin.

Eat slowly. Travel deeply. We will add more over time.

The appetizer course of a shojin ryori dinner at Fukuchi-in temple on Mt Koya, Japan — The appetizer course of a dinner of shojin ryori at Fukuchi-in temple on Mt Koya. Photo: Jpatokal / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons