With a long overdue, it’s finally time for another travel food post with some unique dishes from around the world. I also made time to select some of the more finer things in life… like eating a Chinese grade Snickers bar at Everest Base Camp and taking yak tea shots in the middle of Tibet. You just never know what’s going to be on the menu for the day and you have to make the best of it. It’s all part of the travel experience. Most of these dishes cover my travels through China, Tibet, Nepal and India. Enjoy…
Blocks of Yak Butter being sold in Lhasa, Tibet
What better way to use Yak butter than to fry it up into this yak fried rice dish in Tibet
Street vendors in Lhasa, Tibet selling all types of grains and rice and curious other stuff…
An excellent dish of chicken, rice (the staple) and curry in Nepal… and yes, it was spicy
My travels in India just wouldn’t be complete without a bag of Lay’s Magic Masala potato chips. Don’t say I didn’t branch out in trying new foods:)
Your traditional Chinese noodle dish, complete with chicken, egg and random green vegetables you may not find in other regions of the globe.
Ahh yes, authentic Yak Chai tea in a small town in Tibet… 16 of us tried it and I seemed to be the only one that loved it. Its heavy on milk and spices. I had thirds…
Ok, so this dish was too funny not to take a picture of since I didn’t order it. The food at the hut I was staying in at Nepal’s Chitwan National Forest had a pre-planned set of meals. This consisted of pasta shells, some type of egg roll and fries. I guess the aim was to fulfill a traditional Western appetite which surprisingly was quite good.
An Indian street vendor sharing his menu with us. Everything from ordering to eating was an experience in and of itself… Definitely not a sanitation “Grade A” restaurant but it was $2 USD so I wasn’t complaining.
Another random Chinese dish. I say random because, as you can see from the menu in the background, we couldn’t do anything but point to an item on the menu and hope for the best….
Anyone ever tried a Tibetan pancake? Well, there you have it…
Sometimes you just want a Nepali pizza and brownie… at the same time… believe it or not, it was really tasty.
So I didn’t only order pizza and brownies while in Kathmandu. This was very traditional, complete with some very spicy curries, all for less than $2.50 USD. I could barely fit it all in the picture.
A trip to Everest Base Camp just isn’t complete without enjoying a Snickers at 18,192 feet. Could Snickers use this for local advertising?
Chinese Dumplings on the left, another random noodle dish on the right. After so many months traveling in Asia, you’ll just have to get used to eating rice and noodles three times a day…
One of the craziest hole in the wall restaurants I ate in while in Kathmandu, Nepal. The picture doesn’t give it justice but this lady, sitting on the floor in the middle of the restaurant, was cooking all the meals. You’d just walk up to put in your order….
This was one of the dishes she served up above. A potato pancake of sorts…
These were more items off the cooking floor… some type of meat on the right, two other dishes I can’t identify and a tall glass of rice beer to wash it down.
My Nepali lunch is served… sandwich halves with egg on top, potatoes and fried onion rings with soup. Yum
Stay tuned for more unique, fun and random food dishes from around the world as I continue to look like the typical tourist and take pictures of my food in front of curious locals. As long as it brings a smile to their faces, I’ll keep right on snapping pictures…
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