Local Foods
In general: Tsampa (wheat flour), Chapati, Noodles, Butter tea, Milk tea, Black tea, Porridge, Dhal-bhat, Dindo and curry
Sample Menu
Hot Drinks (per cup unless otherwise specified)
| Black tea | 20 |
| Milk tea | 30 |
| Tibetan butter tea (bottomless cup) | 150 |
| Hot milk (fresh in season) | 45 |
| Black coffee | 40 |
| Milk coffee | 50 |
| Boiled water | free |
Breakfast:
| Porridge | 140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muesli | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsampa (ground roasted barley, mixed with tea, butter tea, water, sugar and/or milk and eaten like a porridge - a traditional Tibetan staple, per bowl) | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Breads & roti:
| Tibetan bread (2 pieces) | 150 |
| Plain chappatti (2 pieces) | 140 |
| Buckwheat bread (like a pancake, Tibetan staple) 1 piece | 80 |
Soup:
| Noodle soup | 130 |
| Noodle & egg soup (when eggs available) | 160 |
Traditional Tibetan/Tsum food:
| Dhiro (a nutritious alternative to rice, this is barley flour mixed with water, cooked until thick and served with a hot chili dahl) | 150 |
| Thukpa (thick vegetable and noodle soup) | 130 |
| thanthuk -similar to thukpa but with noodle squares Pak-Cha-Marku (chili barley dumplings) |
100 |
| Sweet barley dumplings | 120 |
| T-Momo (Tibetan steamed bun, slightly sweet with sugar | 150 |
| as above sweetened with molasses | 150 |
Curry:
| Potato curry | 100 |
| Bean curry | 100 |
Rice:
| Dhal-bhat-tarkari | 200 |
Desserts:
| Apple pie (recipe to come) | |
| Rice pudding (rice, milk, sugar) |
NOTE: prices are in Nepali currency and subject to change any time without prior notice.
