Nepali Food
Of the 4 countries we've visited, Nepal has the greatest selection of foods. Nearly every restaurant will have a continental food section, and french fries are available everywhere for those culinary cowards - for the first week, I counted myself among them. These days it's rare for me to have any dish with a name I can pronounce.
The classic Dahl Bat dish of lentils, vegetable curry, sometimes bean curry, garlic spinach, a crispy, thin bread, and many unidentifiable sauces on the side. At most restaurants, this is an all you can eat feast because they will refill your dish as often as you like. We read that it is impolite to ask for more than you can eat. The best part is that you can get all this for 1 or 2 dollars. It isn't a spicy dish, at least not the way that they prepare it for us. It actually reminds me a lot of Mexican food...always a good thing.
Recently I've been branching out to Indian dishes. I'm sure I'll have much more opportunity for this when I actually go to India, but for now I'm enjoying various khorma and papad dishes. I haven't yet mastered the art of eating with my hands. This mostly stems from a desire to avoid illness...ok I'll just say it...I'm germ-phobic, and washing your hands in water that will give you diarrhea is simply not a comforting thought.
In any case, our low key schedule means that eating is a big part of the trip. I'll definitely pick up a Nepalese cookbook while I'm here!
