Fucha ryori cuisine was enjoyed not only by monks at temples of the Obaku sect, but also by civilians, especially intellectual people, and was served at restaurants as a means of savoring exoticism, rather than Shojin ryori.
こうした普茶料理は、精進料理というよりは異国情緒を味わうものとして、黄檗宗の寺院ばかりでなく、料理屋や文化人など、民間でも広く嗜まれた。