Lumbini & the Buddha's Country · Experiences
Food in Lumbini & the Buddha's Country
Kitchens, feasts and markets. Cooking with families, feast days and the dishes that explain a valley better than a museum.
FoodSel roti breakfast in a Devdaha bazaar
Start the Devdaha day like a local: sel roti fresh from the pan, spiced potatoes, curd and sweet tea at …
FoodMorning curd and sweets in Taulihawa bazaar
A short walk through Taulihawa's market, 2 km from Kudan, for clay-pot curd, chiura dahi, fresh jalebi and sweet tea, …
FoodSugarcane country and a glass of fresh ras
A short stop in the cane fields of northern Kapilvastu, where the pillar may once have been used as a …
FoodA Tharu home lunch near Ramgram
Lunch with a Tharu family in a village near Ramagrama: rice, lentils, seasonal greens, fish or snail curry when available, …
FoodFried river fish at Ramdi
On the way to or from the Kali Gandaki country, stop at Ramdi, where the Siddhartha Highway crosses the river, …
FoodNepal's first coffee, on a Gulmi farm
Visit a smallholder coffee farm in Gulmi, the district where Nepal's first coffee was planted in 1938, to see arabica …
FoodKalanamak rice in a Kapilvastu village
Visit a farming family near Taulihawa who grow kalanamak, the black-husked scented rice of the Kapilvastu plain, walk the fields …