Everest & Solukhumbu · Experiences
Food in Everest & Solukhumbu
Kitchens, feasts and markets. Cooking with families, feast days and the dishes that explain a valley better than a museum.
FoodDal bhat and lodge-stove evenings
Spend the evening around the yak-dung stove of a Dingboche lodge, eating dal bhat with refills alongside guides and porters, …
FoodA Sherpa breakfast of riki kur and butter tea
Order riki kur, the Sherpa potato pancake, with butter and somar cheese, and a bowl of salty butter tea before …
FoodNamche's Saturday market at first light
Each Saturday porters and traders who have walked for days from Solu, Okhaldhunga and the Rai villages set out rice, …
FoodButter tea in a Pangboche Sherpa kitchen
Spend an hour with a Pangboche family in the kitchen of a traditional stone house, watching butter tea churned and …
FoodApples, cheese and tea in Salleri bazaar
Walk 20–30 minutes from Phaplu to Salleri, Solukhumbu's district headquarters, to browse its market street of apples, chhurpi, vegetables and …