精進・鉄鉢料理
Shojin Teppachi Ryori
薬王院の料理は、信州蕎麦など四季折々の信州食材をふんだんに使用した、”精進・鉄鉢料理”です。鉄鉢とは僧侶が食事の際に用いる丸い鉢のこと。器は食べ終わると重ねることができることから、機能的で日本の美を表しているとされており、現代では鉄鉢を形どった器を使用しています。自家栽培の野菜や天然の山菜、キノコ、岩魚、住職こだわりの品々が、鮮やかな器の上に並びます。
Yakuoin's cuisine is "Shojin Teppachi Ryori", which means it cooks with plenty of seasonal Shinshu ingredients such as Shinshu soba. "Teppachi" is a round bowl used by monks when eating. It is said that the functional bowls which could be stacked after eating are representing the Japanese "functional beauty". In modern times, bowls shaped like "Teppachi" are widely applied. The priest is particular about every dish including home-grown vegetables, wild plants, mushrooms, and chars lined up on the bright bowl.