Pamper your taste buds with the exotic but homely food and discover a mosaic of culture while satiating your gastronomical needs. Whether it is the ubiquitous momos or thupkas whose fabled taste has transcended across the Himalayas along with the migrant Tibetans or the lemon grass menu from south-east Asia, Northeast offers you the best.
Momo
Meat dumplings which are steamed and accompanied by a bowl of clear soup and achaar. One can also order for vegetable momos in which the meat is ideally replaced by cabbage and other vegetables.
Thupkas
Noodles mixed with egg/meat, vegetables with a predominant soup base.
Aludum
Typical indian potato preparation which the hill people cannot do without.
Tongba
Tongba also Known as local beer is very popular among the Nepalese people. But the travelers who visited these places are always attracted to it. These local beers are not readily available everywhere, but only in some special restaurants. In villages you will found it in every house. Farmers after working day long in the field drink this Tongba at night to resist their tiredness. Known to be 100% free alcohol.
Tongbas are made especially from millets. Preparation of Tongba consumes lot of days. Its preparation starts with completely cleaning of the millets. After cleaning it is cooked just like rice. It is then sprayed to became warm and yeast is sprayed over it when it cools. It is then taken in an airtight container especially a polyethylene bag is preferred. It is then kept for a month. After a month wait it is served in bamboo container and seeped with a pipe.
So, whenever you visit this place fell the taste of Tongba.
