Don’t miss his impersonation of a yak and his embodiment of thunder dragons!!!Īs usual, in between our educational hijinx, we create dinner. Sam shows off his repertoire of funny faces on the Bhutan video. Cheese, peppers, and pool? Sounds like a recipe for a great weekend night! And you can enjoy it alongside billiards games. Turns out there is a restaurant called The Weekenders that has an entire section on their menu dedicated to the famous and iconic datshi. But is Bhutanese represented outside of the region’s momos? I’ve been to a handful of the great Tibetan and Nepalese restaurants out there. I knew that Woodside, Queens was the area to go to in order to explore Himalayan cuisine. With all these bold flavors and interesting ingredients, no wonder they are so happy! BHUTANESE FOOD IN NEW YORK And yak cheese in combination with chilies makes up their national dish and many variations. Really spicy.Īccording to the Bhutanese, a perfect combination with the chilies peppers is cheese. Or maybe it’s called that because of the fierce chilies they use in almost every dish. These are very popular in Bhutan, as well.īhutan is also known as “Land of the Thunder Dragons” due to its intense thunder and lightning storms that ancient people may have believed originated from a dragon. I have a friend who used to organize a Momo crawl around Queens to try all the Nepalese and Tibetan dumplings he could find. There are also very famous dumplings from this region called momos. More often than white rice, however, you’ll find the very distinct red rice, which is native to this country and has a very smoky earthy quality. There is plenty of chicken, pork, and beef. But yak is not the only meat they consume. You might be surprised to see yak on the menu in meat, jerky, butter, and cheese form. Since there is no water nearby, fish is not as common as meat and dairy.

So of course, its cuisine relates to its geography and neighbors.

Now don’t you want to know more about this place?īhutan is a landlocked country in the Himalayan mountain range and is sandwiched right between India and China. It’s the only carbon neutral country in the world, it is considered the happiest country in the world (they measure their wealth by Gross Domestic Happiness, or GDH rather than GDP), and their favorite things to eat are chili peppers and cheese!! Oh, and the most popular sport is archery. And when I recently dropped it into a conversation, people looked at me like I had two heads. Bhutan is definitely one of the more obscure ones. One of the things this project has done is made me more aware of countries I had never heard of.

Bhutanese cheese