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[Zyzyfer]

[sojusucks]

I suppose if you knew enough Korean that you could ask for meat not to be included. But chances are it touched meat somewhere.

[isitts]

두부마을 (Tofu Village). The restaurant does serve meat products but the single serving items have no meat. Can't say for certain on the soup stock, but most everything else is vegetable or tofu (or tofu-based).

[alljokingaside]

it'd behoove you to go peksy, temporarily. life is much easier than it'd be going vegetarian or vegan. but i suppose it's not really a choice, now is it, otherwise...

yeah, the base for most all soup is meat-based, land or sea. other food that could easily be envisioned and prepared wihout meat (eg curry) generally have bits of meat included in such a way as to preclude their inclusion into your diet, even if you don't mind picking it out. if you wanna go the vegetarian route, cook at home, eat at the kimbap places, or go to the loving hut. me, I went peksy while in Korea so.

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

[Sister Ray]

I find it quite easy maintaining a vegetarian diet in Seoul, perhaps less so in the rest of Korea.

Almost never eat Korean food except at Loving Hut. Usually cook for myself, otherwise Indian, Thai, Mexican... basically any non Korean/Japanese/Chinese restaurant is pretty obliging to accommodate vegetarian diets.

[tardisrider]

[madoka]

[wylies99]

Look on Facebook for the "Seoul Veggie Club" for good information and events.

[Nismo]

Being a vegetarian in South Korea is quite easy if you aren't offended by the sight and smell of meat. If you want to avoid seeing or smelling meat completely, it's near impossible to live in South Korea.

It's easier if you go out with friends and you get to pick the location. For example, if you go to a good ssam bap restaurant, your friends can eat the meat and you can limit yourself to all the veggies and rice. There are also many sanche (mountain vegetable) set meals at specialty restaurants, though you'd probably have to go towards a popular mountain to find those types of establishments.

If you're cooking for yourself at home, there are plenty of veggies available in the markets, although perhaps not the exact variety you are used to at home. I'm not a vegetarian, but I do go meatless at least one day per week, and it's easy enough.

To avoid Koreans labelling you as 'a picky eater', you might consider a little white lie of 'I have a meat intolerance - it's a medical thing'. Perhaps compare it to being lactose intolerant.

In general, you might suffer social isolation for having a particular diet need, in much the same way that teetotalers find themselves outside of some social in-circles. I'm not saying that this is the way it should be, but simply that it's the way it tends to be.

[hallazgo]

Here are 10 great tips for vegetarians as I found it on UlsanOnline.com

http://ulsanonline.com/Culture/?p=3041

[drydell]

http://m.koreaherald.com/view.htm?20120415000379

Interesting article for vegetarians in Korea

Title "Koreans switching back to traditional meat free diet"

[cat_herder]

[sojusucks]

[cat_herder]