We were kept guessing sometimes; though many dishes looked like real meat, it was just clever imitation. The Vegetarian Festival in Trang is a bounty of wonder.
Throughout Trang, in numerous restaurants, stalls and at tents set up in the grounds of temples, there was a remarkable array of vegetarian fare on offer, as part of the Vegetarian Festival. Yellow flags fluttered in the streets to highlight the location of these places and they did a roaring trade during the 9 days of celebrations.
A large percentage of the dishes were made to look exactly like meat. Tofu, tempeh, rice, yam and potato were used in amazingly creative ways to imitate the meat that is disallowed for the followers of the festival rituals. There was imitation bbq pork, roast duck and even what appeared to be whole fish.
The temples provided free food all day for anyone who turned up, foreigners included. Many locals bring donations of food to these temples as a way of contributing to the cost and to gain merit.
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