Okay, today's ramblings...food

The food in Nepal is very similar to Northern India. It is curries mostly. They have some meat but do a lot of vegetarian food because they are hindu and some buddhist so it works well for me. Things like aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower) and chana masala (chick peas) and others. Dahl (lentils) is extremely common and eaten most people and can be served for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And of course they have rice and Naan bread.

The one unique food that the Nepalis have that they don't have in India is mo-mo. It is Tibetan in origin but there are so many Tibetan refugees living in Nepal (from the Chinese occupation) that mo-mo is now an accepted Nepali dish. It is dumplings. They can either have meat: chicken or pork, or vegetables. The dumblings are a little bland but are served with a spicy tomato-based dipping sauce. The combination is delicious! I really like mo-mo.

Mmm...must stop talk about food. I will get hungry again. I am eating breakfast but we bike to work every day and the office and the apartment are on other sides of Kathmandu. Needless to say, my appetite has improved!