If anyone has ever read my mom's newsletters she often writes when abroad you'd know all she ever talks about is food. Unlike in Italy, culture isn't centered around food. It's centered around religion (Hindu or Buddhist). But I tell you, the food is pretty darn good, and cheap. We've learned to avoid the touristy places, ones advertising their roof top bar and happy hour. It's kind of like how certain type of men drive big cars...a need to compensate for something. The food at these spots are overpriced and average. The (clean) hole in the walls are the best for sure! Last night we ate at a Nepali's local. It was packed with locals! For $1.75 each we had the Veg Thali which is made up of dhal baat (lentil soup), rice, sautéed spinach, a few veggie curries, some sort of chutney, raw veggies like radish and carrots, and yogurt. And it was unlimited. They came over and refilled whatever we want as often as we wanted! I had to roll Damo home. Compare this to the flavourless Veg Thali at one of the rooftop places (we tried two) which costs $5 each.

We also eat a lot of veg momos which are indian dumplings. Delicious!

I'm looking forward to the food on the EBC trek although I hear it's dhal baat or dhal baat, so I may get sick of it. Also, food gets more expensive the higher you get. At the bottom it is around $5 a meal and can get as high as $10 at the top! We may go broke before this is over!