MASSIVE Bhutanese Food Dinner - 15+ Spicy Dishes! + Sightseeing in Thimphu | Bhutan
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My fifth day in Bhutan continued with another outstanding afternoon and evening in the capital city, Thimphu. Come along with me as I enjoy a massive, mouthwatering Bhutanese food dinner of over 15 spicy dishes after I do some sightseeing around Thimphu, Bhutan!
My guide from MyBhutan, Tsheten, started at the National Memorial Chhorten, which was built in the memory of His Majesty the Third Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuk.
The stupa is surrounded by green grounds and there are 10 prayer wheels to the left. Mostly elderly people come there to pray. The stupa is beautiful and has five golden spires on it. I could hear chanting inside as we walked in a circle around it.
From there, we hopped back in the car and headed to a field where they practice archery. Here, they shoot at targets from 140 meters away using professional compound bows. There was a sharpshooter there who hit the target from that distance!
Then, we headed over to the post office, where you can customize your own stamp and buy postcards. It costs 500 Nu/$6.67 USD to make your own stamp from any photo on your phone. The postcards cost 30 Nu/$0.40 USD each. For 40 Nu/$0.53, you can send the postcard anywhere in the world! I sent three: one to my wife and one each to my two daughters.
Next, we headed to Coronation Park, which is home to a tall, gilded, standing Buddha made in the Thai style. It’s right next to the Wangchu River and stands on a golden lotus.
Then, we headed to the downtown area. The buildings were mostly shops on the bottom floor, with restaurants, bars, and other businesses on the second floors. The third floors are mostly residential.
Next, it was time for dinner at the Folk Heritage Museum Restaurant. They give you starters before the main meal, including suja (butter tea), ara, cucumber salad with cow cheese, veggie momos, pork feet, ezay, and puffed rice.
I started with the suja with puffed rice in it. I liked this butter tea because it wasn’t so buttery, and I really enjoyed the puffed rice!
Then, I went with the phenomenal veggie momos with spicy ezay, a sip of ara, and cucumber salad with the ezay. Then, I had the gelatinous, fatty, and bony pig feet with ezay. The alcohol helped temper the heat. The cucumber salad and cow cheese reminded me of a Greek dish with feta. I also loved the cabbage inside the momos.
Next, we had some light mushroom broth, red rice, 9 grain salad, bitter buckwheat pancakes, mixed vegetables, ema dashti made with dried red chilies and cheese, dried pork, chicken, dried beef with radish, kewa dashti (potatoes with cheese), French beans, and chili salsa. I couldn’t wait to dive in!
Tsheten made my plate for me. I tried the buckwheat pancake with some ezay in it. It was like a Bhutanese taco. It was so good and spicy and opened up my sinuses! It wasn’t that bitter. Then, I went for the radish, which was nice and spicy as well.
The cauliflower in the mixed vegetables was good, as were the long beans. The chili salsa was great, and the ema dashti was made from bird’s eye chilies from India. The cheese melted throughout was so amazing!
Then, I went for the kewa dashti, or potatoes with cheese. I tried it with the ezay on top. It was hot! Next was the chicken and buckwheat. The buckwheat was great! The dried beef was like a super dense beef jerky. But the ema dashti was the best! I also loved the fatty pork! What a meal! It was the best I’d had so far in Bhutan!
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Bangkok to Bhutan - AMAZING First Bhutanese Food Meal in Thimphu! (Day 1)
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Bhutan Food and Travel Guide - Day 1: My wife and I flew from Bangkok to Paro, Bhutan on Druk Air. We landed in Paro, and it was about an hour taxi ride to get to Thimphu, which is the largest city in Bhutan, and where we were going to base ourselves.
After getting settled into the My Bhutan house, we headed out to the Thimphu Farmers Market, a local produce market.
Bhutanese food lunch at Kalden Restaurant - For my first ever Bhutanese food meal, we headed over to Kalden Restaurant, a local restaurant in Thimphu. We ordered ema-datse, which is the Bhutanese food national dish of chilies and cheese, plus a number of other cheese dishes, which we ate over rice. It was an amazing first Bhutanese meal.
Indian vegetarian food dinner at New Grand Restaurant - We ordered a spread of dishes including aloo ghobi, and one of my personal favorite, chili paneer.
It was an amazing first day, flying from Bangkok to Paro, Bhutan, and then on to Thimphu. I was blown away by my first Bhutanese food meal!
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Folk Heritage Museum Restaurant serves some of the best Bhutanese food you’ll ever eat.
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If there’s one Bhutanese food restaurant you have to eat at when you’re in Bhutan it’s the Folk Heritage Museum Restaurant. This was probably the best Bhutanese food meal that I had in all of Bhutan. The food and the knowledge of Bhutanese culture was amazing.
Folk Heritage Museum Restaurant - They also have a museum, but the best reason to come here is for their restaurant. They aim to really preserve traditional Bhutan culture and food. Even though I had been in Bhutan for almost two weeks already, I tried some very unique Bhutanese dishes at Folk Heritage Museum Restaurant and also got a lesson on how to eat traditional Bhutanese food. This is one of the world’s greatest Bhutanese restaurants and preservations of Bhutanese culture in Thimphu.
Here are some of the main Bhutanese dishes we ate:
Suja - herbal butter tea
Sweet buckwheat
Bitter buckwheat noodles
Dried fiddlehead ferns
Roasted barley dough
Bamboo shoots and fermented beans
Dried beef with fermented yak cheese
Sikam paa - dried pork with chilies
Chanterelle mushrooms
Ema datshi - chillies and cheese
Bhutanese chicken curry
Kewa datshi - potatoes and cheese
After our huge Bhutanese food lunch we had some Indian food with Matt including some momos and paratha for dinner.
It was a great day of food in Thimphu, Bhutan!
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Welcome to Thimphu, Bhutan! This historic capital in the heart of the Himalayas is a must when you visit this mysterious country.
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In this video, I’m taking you to ancient monasteries in the mountains, and even to the largest sitting Buddha statue in the world! We’re even going to learn about ancient prophecies and meet a rare animal!
And of course, were eating the best Bhutanese food in Thimphu! Spicy momos, fiery tripe, cheesy ema datshi…if you love spice, Bhutan is the country for you! Just make sure you have an iron stomach! Are you ready? Let’s go to Thimphu, Bhutan!
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Traditional Bhutanese Food and Attractions in Thimphu, Bhutan! (Day 6)
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On Day 6 in Bhutan we had a Bhutanese Chinese meal for lunch, then visited some attractions in Thimphu, and finished the day with an amazing traditional Bhutanese food meal at Simply Bhutan.
Zombala 2 Restaurant - This restaurant is located right in the heart of Thimphu and they serve some very unique and quite delicious Indian Bhutanese Chinese food. The fried rice in particular was quite impressively good.
Buddha Point - One of the famous attractions in Thimphu is visiting Buddha Point. The views from up on the mountain were wonderful. We then took a short hike.
Bhutan Takin Preserve - Another interesting attraction you can visit in Thimphu is the Bhutan Takin Preserve. I had never seen a takin before, but there were very cool to see.
Simply Bhutan - For dinner we went to a traditional Bhutanese food restaurant called Simply Bhutan. The restaurant is set up as a traditional cultural house and you can walk around and do various activities. The highlight is the traditional Bhutanese food and they served a huge amount spread of traditional dishes.
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Crazy SPICY BHUTANESE FOOD + Buddhist Monastery Hike | Thimphu, Bhutan
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My adventures in Bhutan continued on the morning of my sixth day in the country’s capital city, Thimphu. Join me as I dive even further into the world of crazy spicy Bhutanese food and go on a Buddhist monastery hike in Thimphu, Bhutan!
My day began at Typical Bhutanese Restro & Bar in the center of the city to have a traditional, local breakfast. I met up with my guide from MyBhutan, Tsheten, and entered the small and cozy restaurant.
On the table, I could see some ezay (spicy chili salsa), dried beef, rice, scrambled eggs, and ngaja (milk tea). The dried beef was tough but really nice. I also liked the rice with chilies, which was super spicy! I used the milk tea to calm down the heat. I like it a lot more than the suja, which is traditional butter tea.
The eggs were oily and the heat from the ezay really hit me hard. It was the spiciest ezay I’d had in Bhutan so far! The rice and ngaja helped to cool it down. The trick to getting through the beef is letting it sit in your mouth and letting it soak up your saliva to soften it up.
Then, we packed up some food from the restaurant to have for lunch later, and left to go on our hike! We drove 30 minutes north to Jigme Dorji National Park. Along the way, we saw a huge, beautiful, colorful Buddha that was painted on the side of a huge rock.
Then, we crossed a beautiful wooded bridge over the river, passed a temple, and began our hike up the mountain! It was intense and the path was really rocky. Halfway through out hike, we reached a stupa, which marks the halfway point of the hour-long hike.
We made it to the monastery in just 45 minutes! The monastery was under renovation. In the area, there’s a small hut that’s used as a meditation house.
You can’t film in the temple, but you can film the amazing views over the valley! Near the rooms for the monks were 108 prayer wheels. Further on, we passed the place where the monks were meditating, so we had to be quiet. We continued on up a steep staircase to the very top of the monastery.
Inside the building at the very top is where Ngawang Namgyal, the unifier, meditated for three years, three months, three weeks, and three days. We admired the view of the valley, river, university, meditation huts, and the monastery before taking a quick, 15-minute trip back down the mountain.
From there, we’d drive 3 minutes to a spot along the river for a Bhutanese picnic lunch.
We arrived at a small stupa with a little, covered picnic area by the river. It was super relaxing and had prayer flags fluttering in the wind all around.
We got some rice, ema dashti made from Indian chilies, cabbage, dried beef with squash and chilies, wet beef, and beans. I used some hand sanitizer and dug in with my hands for a more traditional feel.
The beans were light and creamy and the dry red chilies were great but not spicy. Then, I went for the dried beef, which was dry but a little moist on the outside, almost like beef jerky. The wet beef with chilies was a little too tender for me. The chilies weren’t hot at first but I started felt it later. But it was nowhere near as hot as breakfast!
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Thimphu, Bhutan’s capital, occupies a valley in the country’s western interior. In addition to being the government seat, the city is known for its Buddhist sites. The massive Tashichho Dzong is a fortified monastery and government palace with gold-leaf roofs. The Memorial Chorten, a whitewashed structure with a gold spire, is a revered Buddhist shrine dedicated to Bhutan’s third king, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. In this video, we are going to discuss top 10 restaurants in Thimphu and the finest places to eat in Thimphu. Our esteemed viewers are in for a treat today, and they must dine in these best restaurants to visit in Thimphu to get the real taste of some of the most delicious dishes ever cooked.
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Bhutanese Tibetan Street Food in Thimphu, Bhutan - TIBETAN UNCLE! (Day 11)
Well, Bhutan doesn’t really have much street food, but Tibetan Uncle is about as close to the street food atmosphere in Thimphu as you can get, and it’s amazing.
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On Day 11 of our food and travel trip to Bhutan, we were in Thimphu. We met up with Matt for breakfast and he took us to a place he named Tibetan Uncle, a friendly uncle who makes an assortment of Bhutanese and Tibetan food. The little restaurant is as local and street food style as you can get in Thimphu, tucked in a tiny little room at the back of a strip mall.
Tibetan Uncle (Peace Restaurant) - Order anything he has for the day, everything is good at Tibetan. The momos and chili sauce were amazing, and the beef phingsha and Tibetan food curry and ting momos were delicious.
Zombala Restaurant - One of the first restaurants in all of Bhutan is Zombala restaurant, located in the heart of Thimphu. They specialize in light meals like momos, fried rice, and chow mein. The momos were again excellent.
Bhutan Kitchen Restaurant - For dinner we went to Bhutan Kitchen restaurant, another traditional Bhutanese food restaurant in Thimphu. For traditional Bhutanese food, I thought this was one of the better sit down restaurants in Thimphu.
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Bhutanese STREET FOOD at Farmers Market - Chili Momos, Honey & Dry Chilis | Thimphu, Bhutan
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Day four of my epic trip through western Bhutan continued with me trying some out-of-this-world Bhutanese street food at a farmers market in Thimphu, Bhutan! Come along with me as I dive even deeper into this magnificent country’s culinary scene!
I arrived at Centenary Farmers’ Market with my guide from MyBhutan, Tsheten, to start my evening. This is a weekend market that sells fresh fruit, vegetables, cereals, chilies, and more.
Because it was Sunday, there weren’t that many people there. We first saw some different types of rice grown in Bhutan, including red rice, white rice, and roasted rice. The red is the most common in the country. There’s also some delicious puffed rice. Then, I tried some dried apple, which cost 30 Nu/$0.40 USD for a bag.
We passed by more rice and dried corn as we continued. Then we moved on to the massive produce section, where we saw onions, tomatoes, lettuce, chilies, carrots, potatoes, and more! Most of them came from India.
In the fruit section, only the mandarins, apples, and bananas were grown in Bhutan. There was also some massive sugarcane and papaya from Punakha. Upstairs, we saw some cabbage, garlic, ginger, and more. We also saw the cow cheese that’s used to make ema dashti.
As we continued, Tsheten pointed out dried pumpkin, dried green chilies, dried turnip leaves, dried white chilies, and dried red chilies. The red chilies are more expensive than the green. I tried one, which wasn’t hot at all. Then, we found some local honey! A small bottle costs 300 Nu/$3.98 USD. It was so rich and wasn’t very thick. It was so good!
Then, we found some street food, including some veg momos with chili sauce. It was so mouthwateringly good with nice spice. The cabbage inside was so good and I didn’t find the chilis that spicy. Maybe I was becoming immune to the heat! I made sure to soak up all of the chili sauce for my final bite. The momos were so good and only cost 40 Nu/$0.53 USD.
Then, we took a 3-to-4-minute ride downtown The buildings had shops on the bottom and residential on the top. I loved the architecture!
We saw some statues of gods and a jeweler blowing fire to make a ring, before we reached a peaceful town square. Then, at an intersection, we saw an officer monitoring traffic from a booth in the middle of the road. There are no traffic lights in Thimphu, but there also aren’t many cars either. It’s busier in the mornings and evenings.
Then, we headed to my hotel, Pedling Hotel & Spa, which was across the street. Inside, they gave me some sour, lemonade-like lemon tea. Then, I headed to my room. It was in the traditional Bhutanese style with wood furniture, two low twin beds, a fridge, a spacious bathroom, a closet, and a TV. There was also a table with water, cups, tea, and coffee.
I relaxed for two hours and then headed downstairs to dinner at 7 p.m. I started with a local craft beer, a Bhutanese dark ale. It’s called Red Rice and is made by a brewery in Paro. It tasted similar to a dark German beer.
I ordered some red rice, mushroom curry with spring onions, and beef with glass noodles and spring onions. The delicate glass noodles and beef were fantastic. The beef was tender and juicy, and the curry also contained some Szechwan peppers.
The mushroom curry was also really tasty and creamy and contained a bit of cheese. I had had the mushrooms before in the ema dashti, which was an amazing combination.
What an awesome experience trying Bhutanese street food at the farmers market in Thimphu, Bhutan!
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Exotic BHUTANESE FOOD & Buckwheat Pancakes + Hike to Buddhist Monastery | Thimphu, Bhutan
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With four days in Bhutan already under my belt, day five started off with a bang! Come along with me as I enjoy some exceptional and exotic Bhutanese food and buckwheat pancakes and go on a hike to a Buddhist monastery in Thimphu, Bhutan!
My day began bright and early on a cold March day at the Pedling Hotel & Spa, where I breakfast!
In the dining area, I had some buckwheat pancakes with honey. They were light and buttery, with an earthy flavor. I needed to fill up on some carbs before my hike!
After breakfast, I met up with my guide from MyBhutan, Tsheten. We and drove back through Thimphu to the Buddha Dordenma, the largest sitting Buddha in the world. From there, we’d take a 90-minute hike through the forests of Kuenselphodrang Nature Park to Changang Lhakhang, a 12th-century monastery.
We passed lots of prayer flags on the mountainside and got amazing views of Thimphu and the distant Buddha Dordenma, which looked even more massive from far away.
We then passed a picnic area, where we could see the city and the temple we were heading to, as well as higher, snowcapped mountains in the distance. After gradually heading uphill and walking through more prayer flags, the path narrowed as we headed into the forest.
The hike wasn’t bad. There are some super steep drops on the right side of the narrow trail, so I advise sticking to the left side!
After 90 minutes, we reached the monastery. I took off my hat entered the courtyard. People come there with their kids so they can be named and blessed. They don’t have family names in Bhutan, so the names come from the temple.
I couldn’t take photos or videos inside. Inside is a small room with many monks, the god of compassion, and people coming in with their children to be named. There are 108 prayer wheels to turn outside.
Before we left, we saw a colorful display that’s meant to wash away evil spirits. Then, we hopped back in the car to go to a local restaurant to have some exotic Bhutanese foods! We passed by some beautiful buildings in the capital, which is pretty dense and congested, but it only takes 10-15 minutes to cross it.
We arrived at Kalden Restaurant, the only restaurant that only sells traditional food in Thimphu. There, we ordered spareribs, cheese and egg butter fry, spinach and cheese, white chilies and cheese, pigs feet, red rice, creamy spinach soup, and tripe (beef stomach).
The creamy spinach soup was spicy, light, creamy, and tasty. It’s a common dish you’ll find throughout the country. The tripe was phenomenal. It contained chilies and was so flavorful! It was a little rubbery and spongy with numbing and spicy Szechwan peppers.
Next were dried red chilies with red rice. The rice tempers the heat a bit. The chilies were oily and numbed my mouth! Then, I went with the cheese and egg butter fry, which tasted like melted mozzarella cheese!
The white chilies with cheese were nice, meaty, and full of flavor. They weren’t too hot and were nothing compared to the red chilies. The flavor and texture were similar to mushrooms due to their thickness.
Next were some gelatinous pig feet and the spareribs, which had a glazy sauce on them. They were similar to Chinese ribs and drenched in a spicy chili sauce!
Then, I went for the spinach and cheese, which looked like cream of spinach. It contained chilies and had a similar texture to all of the other cheesy dishes. The tripe was my favorite, though. I love organ meat, so I got another order of it!
What a meal!
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Sikkimese Food in Thimphu, Bhutan - Incredible Beef and Fireball Chilies! (Day 5)
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On Day 5 of our trip to Bhutan, we had a huge Sikkimese food lunch, and it turned out to be one of the best meals I ate in Thimphu.
The Art Cafe - For breakfast we first stopped off at The Art Cafe to have breakfast and some Bhutanese fried rice. The coffee was served in a huge mug.
Musk Restaurant - Musk restaurant is located right in the heart of Thimphu, Bhutan. The owner is from Sikkim in India, and she serves home cooked style Sikkimese food that has Nepali and Bhutanese influence. She’s an amazing lady, and her cooking shines. All the dishes we tried at Musk Restaurant were delicious, but I especially enjoyed the chili filled dishes and the home-made chili pickle.
Bhutan Orchid Restaurant - For dinner we went to a Bhutanese food restaurant called Bhutan Orchid Restaurant. The food was quite typical Bhutanese food but overall quite good.
The highlight of the day for me was the amazing Sikkimese food at Musk Restaurant.
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Bhutanese VILLAGE FOOD in the Capital + Archery, Ara & Cultural Performances | Thimphu, Bhutan
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My incredible fourth day in Bhutan continued in the capital city, Thimphu. Come with me as I enjoy some delicious Bhutanese village food in the capital, try my hand at archery, drink some ara, and enjoy a cultural performance in Thimphu, Bhutan!
I began my afternoon by heading to Simply Bhutan, a museum that shows how locals lived in remote areas of the country back in the day.
My guide Tsheten and I went inside and met the woman who would be showing us around. We made our way to a stone hut, where we enjoyed some ara. It had a smoky flavor and was different from other ara I’d had.
We also saw photographs of all of Bhutan’s kings, and then saw how they build mud houses, which includes a prayer song. Then, we saw a stone tool that turn to grind rice flour and a stone bath.
Next, we saw some colorful phalluses similar to the ones I saw at the temple of fertility Punakha. I also saw some dried red chilies hanging on the walls outside and a traditional kitchen.
Then, we visited the souvenir shop, which sells the Bhutanese gho, which is traditional clothing for men. They cost 2,000 Nu/$26.38 USD. It cost an extra 500 Nu for the belt, so it was $32.97 USD total.
Then, we went to play some archery! They do a dance and song whenever someone hits the target. I hit the target and joined the guys in their victory dance!
Next, we headed to the dining hall to have lunch, where we saw another traditional performance. Our meal consisted of ema dashti, pork, ezay, chicken, rice, puffed rice, buckwheat noodles, and cabbage. We started with suja with puffed rice. I’m not a huge fan of the amount of butter in it, but it was better with the puffed rice in it.
Then, I tried a creamy spinach soup, some fresh and delicious cabbage, and a mild ezay.
The ema dashti was spicy and creamy, and I loved the chicken and buckwheat noodles with the ezay. The gravy from the chicken was great with the rice. I also had dried chilies, which tasted sweet, almost like they were caramelized.
I also loved the juicy, oily pork. The ema dashti and the buckwheat noodles together was like a creamy pasta dish!
I also enjoyed some more smoky ara, which is mixed with sandalwood.
Then, we left for a Tashiccho Dzong, a 17th century fortress built by the unifier, the Tibetan scholar who arrived in Bhutan that century. After the capital was moved to Thimphu in 1962, the fortress was enlarged and the new complex was consecrated in 1968.
I had to take off my gho because it has to be 100% traditional when you visit the fortress. The fortress was massive with a huge flag out front with two royal guards below it. The fortress was super impressive, beautiful, and colorful.
Inside were gorgeous paintings and depictions of the walls of dragons, the god of energy, and many others. There’s also a huge courtyard where they used to perform the festival that they now do in Punakha. There’s also a temple. The fortress is divided into two sections: the religious and administration areas. Visitors can only visit the religious area.
There are over a dozen beautiful monasteries inside the fortress. You can see elephants, tigers, Garuda, and snow leopards depicted on their exteriors. I couldn’t take photos or videos inside the temple, where we saw about 50 monks chanting inside as well as the Buddha, the unifier, and the second Buddha.
What an amazing Bhutanese village food experience in Thimphu, Bhutan!
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Best Momos in Thimphu, Bhutan, and Bhutanese Archery! (Day 10)
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On Day 10 of our Bhutan food and travel trip, we were back in Thimphu for a couple days. For lunch we headed to Momo Corner, a famous restaurant that serves some of the best momos in Thimphu, Bhutan.
Momo Corner - This restaurant is one of the most famous restaurants in all of Thimphu, and His Majesty the King of Bhutan is even known to come by for some momos every now and then. Momos are the Himalayan version of dumplings, available from Tibet to Nepal to India and they are very popular in Bhutan. The momos and the atmosphere at Momo Corner was fantastic.
Bhutanese Archery - Did you know the national sport of Bhutan is archery? After eating momos we had a chance to watch some archery competitions at the archery grounds in Thimphu.
The Bhutanese - For dinner we ate at The Bhutanese for traditional Bhutanese food. Overall, the food was good, but similar to many other meals that we ate on this trip to Bhutan.
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100 Hours in Punakha, Bhutan! (Full Documentary) Bhutanese Food and Attractions in Punakha!
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Welcome to Punakha, Bhutan! This amazing Himalayan destination is a city of myths and monasteries, steeped in Buddhist tradition.
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We’re diving into the magic and mysticism of Bhutanese Buddhism with hikes to gorgeous monasteries, village experiences, and more! We’re even visiting a village that has penises everywhere. That’s right, penises!
And we’re trying some of the hottest food on the planet! Ema datshi, jasha maroo, and the spiciest liver I’ve ever had in my life! It was so hot, it made my tongue go numb! But enough talking—let’s go to Punakha, Bhutan!
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Bhutan Food at Culture at Local Farm Village in Phobjikha Valley, and a YAK BURGER! (Day 15)
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On Day 15 in Bhutan we were in Phobjikha Valley. The home farm stay was an amazing opportunity to learn about Bhutanese food and culture. Bhutanese breakfast, including mandatory butter tea, was fantastic.
Black-necked cranes - Phobjikha Valley is famous for their black necked cranes which migrate from Tibet every winter. We spent a little while browsing the Black-Necked Crane Visitor Center. Entrance - 120 BTN ($1.79)
Gangtey Goenpa Monastery - One of the main monasteries overlooking Phobjikha Valley is Gangtey Goenpa Monastery. It’s a nice place to walk around and get a view overlooking the valley.
Gangtey Goenpa Lodge - One of the only high end hotels in Phobjikha Valley is Gangtey Goenpa Lodge, and to switch up eating Bhutanese food for every meal we came here for lunch. I decided to order the yak burger.
Wangchuk Dema Farmstay - Finally, we checked into another farm home stay called Wangchuk Dema Farmstay. We walked around in the evening and had another delicious home cooked Bhutanese food meal for dinner.
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Spicy BHUTANESE NOODLE Breakfast + Largest Sitting Buddha in the World! | Thimphu, Bhutan
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My fourth day in Bhutan began as I made my way to the beautiful capital city of Bhutan! Come along with me as I have some delicious and spicy Bhutanese noodles for breakfast and visit the largest sitting Buddha statue in the world in Thimphu, Bhutan!
My day started in the city of Punakha. We had a two-hour drive to the west ahead of us to get to Thimphu and along the way, we’d grab some breakfast. Along the way, my guide from MyBhutan, Tsheten, told me that 100,000 people live in Thimphu. It’s the only world capital that doesn’t have traffic lights!
About 20 minutes outside of Punakha, we stopped at Drukdruel Lodging & Food for breakfast. We ordered some shakam dashti, which is dried beef with chilies in broth, and puta, which are buckwheat noodles with chilies. While I waited, I had some ngaja, (Bhutanese milk tea), which contains ginger and is very similar to Indian chai.
The puta was so tasty and contained oil, chili paste, chilies, and an egg. They were so tasty and oily! They weren’t too spicy at first, but then they got really hot! They made my lips tingle from the Szechwan peppers. This noodle dish was the most different thing I’d had so far in Bhutan, as it was more Eastern influences.
Then, I tried the shakam dashti, which is dried, tender beef that is cooked with chilies and onion and contains a nice, spicy broth. This was my favorite breakfast in Bhutan so far!
As we continued through more wilderness toward Punakha, it also got colder because we had climbed to about 8,100 feet above sea level. This forested area is home to Himalayan black bears, deer, wild boar, and leopards and tigers!
Then, we arrived in Thimphu. It was the first place I’d seen that was densely populated in Bhutan. It’s amazing that there are no traffic lights there! On the way to the largest sitting Buddha in the world, we passed lots of prayer flags along the road, which celebrate the third anniversary of the current king. They come in five colors: white, red, yellow, blue, and green.
The city was gorgeous, with the city in a valley between the mountains. At the top of Kunzangphodrang mountain is the Buddha Dordenma. It’s located in Kuenselphodrang Nature Park and is made of bronze but gilded in gold. It was built to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Bhutan’s fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuk. The massive statue was also built to fulfill two prophecies from the 8th and 12th century, which said that a giant Buddha statue would be built to bless the world with happiness and peace.
The Buddha Dordenma is 169 feet tall. It was mostly funded by a Singaporean businessman. Construction began in 2006 and finished in 2015. It’s located in a massive square that reminded me of squares in China. You have to climb down 186 steps, but they’re not complete yet.
To go inside, I had to take off my shoes, but I couldn’t film or take pictures. In addition to thousands of smaller Buddha statues, there are also images of the Bhutanese kings and the royal family.
Then, we headed into the city to get me a scarf. I was freezing! There are lots of shops in town. My hotel was in the center of town. But we stopped at Yeti Handicraft to get a traditional wool scarf for 950 Nu/$12.52 USD. They also had other souvenirs, including teacup covers, tea sets, and huge, expensive masks.
What an epic morning, starting with the Bhutanese noodle breakfast and the trip to the largest sitting Buddha in the world in Thimphu, Bhutan!
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Hiking to TIGER'S NEST Monastery + Spicy BHUTANESE FOOD | Paro, Bhutan
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After spending a day exploring the beautiful Haa Valley in Bhutan, I began my eighth and final day in Bhutan with a trip to Tiger’s Nest Monastery! Come along with me as I hike to Tiger’s Nest and enjoy some hot and spicy Bhutanese food in Paro, Bhutan!
Tiger’s Nest is a Buddhist Monastery that clings to the side of a cliff near Paro. It’s the number one tourist attraction in the country and is the main thing I wanted to see on my trip. But first, I had to have some breakfast with my friend and guide Tsheten from MyBhutan!
My traditional breakfast consisted of a large, dense wheat ball, super spicy ezay, and chicken curry with chilies. It was a dense and hearty meal perfect for the weather, but it wasn’t my favorite breakfast overall.
Next, we had a two-hour drive ahead of us to Paro. We took the same road we came in on because the only other road in and out of Haa was under construction. Along the way, I saw the second-tallest mountain in Bhutan, Jomolhari. After an hour and 45 minutes, we entered Paro Valley and eventually the city itself.
In town, we stopped at the same shop I stopped at on my first day in Bhutan to buy a mask. I bought a beautiful blue one with skulls around its crown for 8,500 Nu/$112.57 USD. It was so worth the price! Then, we drove 20 minutes to the trail to Tiger’s Nest.
You have to hike the path through a forest to get there. It was brutal and the sun was scorching. I made it to the halfway point 50 minutes in and stopped at Taktsang Cafeteria to have a quick lunch of red rice, scrambled eggs, chili, potato, radish, and dal.
The potatoes were good and hot, while the radish was nice and creamy. I added some of the gravy from the radishes to the rice. I decided to leave the chilies alone and give myself a break from the heat. The scrambled eggs were nice and oily.
It was a lot steeper going forward. I could see Tiger’s Nest and a couple of other monasteries. I got a closer view of three or four of the monasteries I saw earlier. At the viewpoint, I got a gorgeous view of Tiger’s Nest. I wouldn’t be able to film or take photos inside, but this was the experience of a lifetime.
Finally, we made it to the security check, where I had to pack up all of my stuff and put it in a locker.
My experience at Tiger’s Nest Monastery was one for the ages! It’s a beautiful, 17th-century monastery and is a must-visit when you come to Bhutan. I suggest starting at 8 in the morning. It’s made up of shrines dedicated to the second Buddha and is incredible. I lit a butter lamp to pray for my friends and family and everyone affected by COVID-19 while I was there.
Then, we had to climb back down to the car. The hike down was more difficult than I anticipated. You have to go super slow because it’s easy to slip. In all, the trip took 4 hours!
From there, we headed to the Rinpung Dzong, which is the fortress of Paro. It was built before Tiger’s Nest in the 17th century. The fortress was gorgeous and reminded me of Punakha Dzong Fortress. Inside are colorful paintings of gods on the walls, courtyards, administrative buildings, and the central tower.
About 160 monks live in the fortress. There was a lower level, where there’s a balcony where you can see a palace in the distance that offers the best view of Paro. You can see the main town, the rice fields, and the river.
There were also roosters roaming the fortress because in the olden days, there were no alarm clocks, so the roosters wake them up in the morning!
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Local Bhutanese Village Food and Beautiful Hike in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan! (Day 16)
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On Day 16 of our travel and food tour of Bhutan we had an amazing Bhutanese breakfast, took a hike, visited another village for lunch, and stayed at a local home farm stay.
Gangtay Nature Trail - In the morning we took a hike to see black necked cranes. The views of Phobjikha Valley were spectacular.
Yangkha Dem Farmhouse - We drove over to another village and stopped for lunch at another farm house. Some of the Bhutanese dishes we ate included lom - turnip leaves, ezay - any kind of chili sauce or chili pickle, and shamu datshi - mushrooms and cheese.
Phub Lham Farmhouse - At the end of the day, we checked into another farm house home stay in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan to spend the night.
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Exotic BHUTANESE STREET FOOD + Driving Through the Himalayas to Haa Valley | Bhutan
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My seventh day in Bhutan was the beginning of yet another incredible adventure in the western region of the country. Come along with me as I enjoy some exotic Bhutanese street food on my way through the Himalayas to Haa Valley in western Bhutan!
My day began in the capital city of Thimphu. My friend and guide from MyBhutan, Tsheten, and I set off toward Haa Valley with our driver Nidup. The valley had been closed to Westerners until 2002.
We followed the main highway to a hut-like shop that was like part convenience store, part restaurant. There, they had the outer skin of the yak, tripe, lungs, beef sausage, pork sausage, veal, and more. It was spicy, non-veg organ meat!
I started with some ngaja, or milk tea, while Tsheten and Nidup got the suja, or butter tea. Then, I dove into the most exotic breakfast I’ve ever eaten! I had beef lungs, tripe (beef stomach), two pork blood sausages, and ezay.
The pork blood sausage was super spicy and tasted like morcilla! It was nice, juicy, and dense. Then, I dug into the lungs, which was good! It had a similar consistency to kidneys. It was so soft and full of numbing spices. I loved the spice level. It was so good!
Next was the tripe. It was really tasty but a little tough. Then, I added more ezay to it. It tasted like a medium or overcooked flank steak! There was a fleshy side and a more gelatinous side.
The ezay wasn’t too spicy. It was more like a chili paste. It was made with chili powder, onion, tomato, and oil. The sausage was one of my favorite morcillas ever! Overall, the spice level was maybe a 7 out of 10. Then, I finished with some porridge made from boiled rice, paneer, and chili powder. I could feel the chilies in it!
From there, we left the stand and hit the road again. Outside of Paro, we passed through a small village called Shaba and passed some fields where they grow potatoes, chilies, and other vegetables. There was also rice fields, lots of houses, and some stupas.
We were making our way up the mountain. We passed some domesticated horses on the road. Then, we reached a viewpoint where we could get an amazing view of Paro.
The road was the windiest one I’d ever been on.
Then, we saw a cat leopard and then we began passing slushy patches of snow. I wanted to have a snowball fight! They use lots of salt on the road because of the snow, which mades the road bad. It got super bumpy and muddy with potholes. It was like a Bhutanese massage!
We stopped for a second so we could have a snowball fight! Afterward, with my hands frozen, we hopped back in the car and passed lots of yaks. To our right, we could see the second-highest mountain in Bhutan, which is 7,340 meters above sea level.
Then, we made it to the highest pass in Bhutan, Chele La. It’s 3,988 meters above sea level. The views were incredible! There were prayer flags everywhere and some prayer wheels. I could feel the altitude; it was hard for me to catch my breath. I definitely recommend wearing winter clothes there!
From there, we had less than an hour ride to get down. The road was literally cut into the mountain. I hadn’t felt the altitude like this in a long time.
We stopped at another viewpoint to see Haa Valley in all its glory. There was a military base and a town there. It’s a long valley surrounded by mountains. I could see a monastery with a red roof to the left.
We made it to the bottom of the mountain. There weren’t that many people in the town. We’d finally arrived in Haa Valley. I couldn’t wait to explore it!
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Migrationology: Bhutan Episode 5 (Spicy Bhutanese Food)
Mark Wiens fifth day begins with some coffee and a unique Bhutanese fried rice at the cozy Art Cafe. With a quick visit after breakfast to discover fine traditional fabrics at the Royal Textile Museum, and a short hike to the center of town, the couple is welcomed by the friendly hostess of Musk Restaurant for a lunch comprising of Bhutanese and Sikkimese dishes.
For dinner, the couple tries out the amazing traditional Bhutanese menu of Bhutan Orchid Restaurant where Mark samples his first Bhutanese rice wine.
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