Nepal: Some Shots of Food. *Burp*

Try some traditional Nepali food and more.

These are shots of some of the food we had in Nepal back in November last year outside of our Annapurna Base Camp Trek. You can find food with Nepali, Indian, Tibetan and Chinese influences in Nepal, and the beauty about food is that each chef interprets it in his/ her own way, and you probably can't find the exact same dish anywhere else. I don't remember the exact Nepali names of these dishes, but I can well tell you its generic/ Chinese name, so while I won't make a mistake with the photos, I might with the names. Here goes my best shot!

Never. Go. Hungry. In. Nepal.

Namaste. Our first night in Thamel, Kathmandu

Generic Name: Fried Noodles with Chicken

Unofficial Chinese Name: Chao Mian 炒面

Nepali Name: Google tells me that fried noodles is called "Chao Chao" in Nepal so this dish could possibly be Chicken Chow-Chow

Generic Name: Nepali Set (With rice, curry, lentil soup, and curd/yoghurt etc)

Unofficial Chinese Name: none

Nepali Name: Dal Baht - Dal (lentil soup) and Bhat (rice), with plenty of side dishes.

Lunch at a stopover from Kathmandu to Pokhara

Generic Name: Noodle Soup with Dumplings

Unofficial Chinese Name: Mee Hoon Kueh with Dumplings 饺子面粉粿

Nepali Name: Google tells me this might be Tibetan Thenthuk* with Momo

Generic Name: Noodle Soup with Chicken

Unofficial Chinese name: Ban Mian with Chicken

Nepali Name: Google tells me this might be Tibetan Thukpa* with Chicken

*We had these dishes for lunch in Pokhara with our guide and these names actually sound familiar. They might even be correct as Tibetan dishes have been brought in by the influx of Tibetan refugees to Nepal (According to Wikipedia).

Generic Name: Dumplings with meat fillings

Unofficial Chinese Name: Xiaolongbao without Soup 小笼包

Nepali Name: Momo (comes in a variety of fillings, we were looking for Cheese Momos)

These are how Xiaolongbaos (a Jiangnan, China specialty) look like

(Actually had this dish in Ding Tai Feng, Taiwan. See how similar they are?)

A candlelight drink along Fewa Lake in Pokhara, before we embarked on your trek

Probably the only KFC in Nepal, which is unaffordable for most locals

Desserts

The Diamond: Cashew Burfi (काजु को बर्फी) - most delicious diamond shape burfi made from pure ground cashew nuts, sugar, flavoring and garnished with silver varak paper.

I think this is a naan, or something similar.

More pictures are available on my Flickr (simply click any photo).