I wrote this article for the Vegetarian Network of Austin Newsletter This Ain’t Austin Austin is a wonderful place to be vegetarian. There are plenty of grocery stores with vegan products and lots of vegetarian restaurants. I left Austin at the end of February, pretty sure that there would be no such convenience in Korea. In some ways this is true, but there are vegetarian options. Over here, restaurants are incredibly cheap, and Koreans love to eat meat. If you learn the Korean words for eggs, meat, and “NO”, you can enjoy a wonderful meal called bibimbap. This is a rice dish with stir-fried veggies for about $3. There is also ya che kimbop which looks like a vegetable sushi roll. You still have to ask to take out the egg and ham. I’m guessing
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