this food looks like I'm gonna have to
roll up my sleeves for and that is not
just a broth but that is like a thick
gravy that is looking very piping hot so
I might I might blow it a little bit
good morning everyone it's mark Wiens
with migration ology calm in kim poo
Bhutan last night I seriously slept like
a baby and luckily we were really warm
the heater worked well and that blanket
was toasty and I am feeling wonderful
and refreshed this morning it is a cool
morning but the views this is our
balcony right here the views are
fantastic today we are going to do some
eating and do some more exploring around
Tim poo we're going to get started with
breakfast here soon the house where
we're staying for my Bhutan is kind of
well it's really a little bit high up on
the mountain so we got to walk down to
the city the walk takes about 15 minutes
or so but it's a beautiful walk and
requires a little bit of off off road
walking a little bit of hiking but
beautiful
we have just arrived to a place called
ambient cafe and roastery we're going to
have some coffee and some breakfast here
smart oh nice to meet you nice to meet
you they are going to show us the
roaster which is upstairs so they roast
their own coffee here oh and that is the
this is the room these are the green
coffee beans and then this is the coffee
roaster machine pretty awesome-looking
very friendly and very home feeling cafe
I love the feel of it it actually kind
of reminds me of being an Ethiopia the
real like hospitality feel of it and the
coffee smells good he said the coffee
the coffee beans are from India
oh yeah that is a stout and beautiful
flavor really good very dark and very
like dark chocolatey and earthy at the
same time along with great coffee here
they also have a mix of Western dishes
but also some kind of fusion creative
dishes I'm gonna start with a dish this
is a Bhutanese spaghetti so it's
spaghetti and then topped with a bunch
of cheese I see some onions in here
all that cheese it's kind of like
mozzarella eat but it's more sticky I
think we also ordered hummus which they
make here
hummus there's some pita bread and also
served I like how they serve it with
some vegetables I'm just gonna grab a
carrot dip it in oh and I love hummus
Oh
all that is good
this is a chilli sauce called AZ yeah
okay it's called AZ yeah chilli sauce
and Matt's recommendation is to mix some
of it into the hummus that sounds like a
brilliant thing to do and that's going
to be my next bite right there pita
bread this time break off a piece and
I'm going right in where I mixed in with
that chilli sauce
all I'm gonna need I'm going to need to
spoon it on this time oh yeah look at
that
mmm-hmm that's even better a little bit
of spice and again you really taste that
dried chili flavor we also got to share
a sandwich which our grilled sandwiches
were filled with cheese and onion and
there's chilies in here as well and I
don't know if I should Oh
Tomatoes oh yeah that's the ingredient
and they have chopped up chilies as well
okay I think I will add on a little bit
of that chili paste though
I think it's the same cheese as that's
on the spaghetti that dried chili paste
is delicious
the coffee was really good and I
especially like the Bhutanese spaghetti
with that cheese we are now hanging out
with Duchin and she works with my Bhutan
and she's gonna walk us around and we're
gonna just explore timbu for a little
while we're going to quickly step into
it's called the droop shopping complex
and look at some clothes I think there
will be some traditional Bhutanese
clothes in here that we're gonna just
walk around and see this is a really
colorful fabric textile shop all sorts
of different Bhutanese traditional
fabrics their silk ones and there are
all sorts of different patterns you can
come here and buy a whole outfit that is
pre-made but then they also have just
rolls of fabric as well that you can
choose your fabric and maybe have
something made it is a Sunday morning in
Thimphu or now it's almost midday but it
is very quiet and so a lot of stuff is
closed
we are just walking now through the
central handicraft market where we
passed yesterday as well but didn't stop
so now we're just slowly browsing a lot
of traditional handicrafts very quiet
and very peaceful
we have just been walking around for a
couple of hours enjoying this peace and
quiet in tempo we are now going to eat
some Tibetan food for lunch and bhutan
has a very strong tibetan influence a
lot of similarities and parallels in the
culture also there are a lot of
influences in the food so we are going
to a tibetan restaurant now for lunch
this restaurant is called tibet kitchen
and it is on the second level so you
climb up the stairs through a kind of a
hallway and open up it feels like we are
in someone's living room because we
chose the restaurant you can see behind
me there are some tables but we saw the
open sofa seating we went straight for
the sofas these are some may be some of
the most like giant and like padded
sofas i have ever seen before this food
looks like i'm gonna have to roll up my
sleeves for but this dish is the top pop
which is a tibetan dish of noodles and
that is not just a broth but that is
like a thick gravy that is Hardiness
topped with beef and there are some
vegetables in here the noodles are below
here there are some tomatoes you can put
in something I really love that I'm I'm
excited to season there is some crushed
situaion temper and there's a big dish
of AZ which is the chili sauce and I
will be seasoning this for sure but let
me just taste to see how it tastes
before seasoning that is looking very
piping hot so I might I might blow it a
little bit
oh yeah that's hot and that is hearty oh
it's the beef there's very natural good
beef it is on the plain side because
you're supposed to season it but what I
really tasted immediately on that first
bite is the ginger you can do some nice
ginger in there lately I have really
been addicted to such one pepper and so
and I saw this whole bowl of just ground
up such one pepper I yeah I'm thrilled
it smells you can smell that citrusy
aroma coming off of it I'm going to add
a little bit to my bowl okay I hope I'm
not overdoing it that should be that
should be good and all not forgetting a
little a little spoon of the chili sauce
okay I think that needs to be stirred
okay all right
oh yeah immediately oh yeah you can
decide to join pepper it's nice and
citrusy yeah very like almost like a
cross between oh yeah and right now my
tongue is starting to tingle oh that's
what I love about Sir John pepper all
that numbing is just one of the most
beautiful feelings yeah
citron pepper and Chili's two of the
finest seasonings in the world and then
with that extra bit of chilli it's a
little bit spicy not too spicy but then
just good flavor
hmm
it almost eats more like a stew rather
than a soup noodles because it's so
hearty and thick here's another dish we
got called Abu fing sha and potatoes
there are mung bean noodles in here
there are mushrooms there are what are
those green things oh I think it looks
like either Chili's Chili's and also
maybe that vegetable that is also in the
top pop and this yeah this is almost
like a oh there's like some kind of
creamy sauce below there
hmm
no one is good that tastes like that
tastes like cream of mushroom soup it's
nice and salty and buttery kinase the
butter in that this here is a very
famous Tibetan food and I actually ate
it when I was in Nepal a couple years
ago this is called Tim Momo and they are
just steamed buns oh well those are
solid that will that will fill and they
look like they will expand in your belly
as well but I will try to they they're
kind of like kind of doughy as well so
there it kind of looks like kind of
looks and feels like half cooked bread
but they are steamed and then this one
is chicken shop top which is a looks
like a chicken stew
there are pieces of chicken there's
tomatoes in here there's that same
vegetable and this goes well with eating
it with the team mole so I'll just dip a
little bit in there first for my first
bite and just tastes kind of that sauce
that yeah that bread actually does kind
of taste like half baked bread because
it's that stickiness from being steamed
hmm
chicken tomatoes it almost has like a
barbecue sauce flavor to it but not not
not as tangy this chicken stew the shop
tie is really good but it could
definitely use a little bit of that
chilli sauce maybe put a little bit on
there and then eating it with this bread
it's really really a good combination
and I'm not even sure exactly if they
kind of well I'll kind of use it like a
like a pita bread and pick it up like
that oh ho ho yeah oh and also the
vegetable the vegetable its I think it's
some kind of spinach but it really has a
it doesn't have any of that slimy
spinach texture instead it has almost a
crispness like kale
that combination that dried chilli sauce
the crispness of that vegetable
wonderful I know exactly why they have
sofas in this restaurant because after
eating that kind of food the heaviness
of that food I don't even think there's
any way I can sit up from this couch I
just have to lean back which I don't
mind doing at all we're taking a little
walk now to a monastery and Achon just
taught me how to say the name of it I'm
hoping I'm going to remember here okay
here it goes
jungle Sandow para la comm
we made it to the monastery and it's a
very friendly very neighborhood like
monastery the setting is beautiful with
mountains surrounding it and it's just
actually just it just took us about five
ten minutes to walk from the center of
tempo so very close to the center of
town tempo is the biggest city in Bhutan
and the capital city but it's so awesome
that you feel well it is kind of like
half country and the entire city just
has a country feel to it logic along
with you we didn't know sub-dean to Jing
cheering kilometer ah you thank you
thank you haha yeah nice to meet you
yep just walking around the monastery
right now we just met a very friendly
gentleman who wanted me to take his
photo so then I took his photo and then
after that he explained that I we don't
speak the same language but we are all
human and he was really friendly and so
nice to meet him we've only been in
Bhutan for a couple of days so far and
everyone we met have just been extremely
generous and friendly and kind so that
has been another part of Bhutanese
culture that we've only experienced a
tiny bit and yet it has been such a such
a beautiful thing so far
that looks like a lot of fun tonight for
dinner we are at a Thai restaurant and
we just left Thailand yesterday was that
just yesterday but we are having Thai
food tonight I have the table all to
myself almost and the girls are over
there hiding out by the heater a couple
of the dishes have just emerged from the
kitchen including the tomcod guide which
is a coconut milk and chicken and
lemongrass soup
it's very chunky lots of mushrooms and
chicken and looks like onions let me try
this
oh it's pretty good it's nice and sour
and then coconut milk really good
mushrooms and chicken in there we also
got some thumb and this is green papaya
salad I guess this is some thumb tie
which is the sweet and sour version
so it's cold um it's not very spicy and
then this one is the young Macau which
is grilled eggplant or roasted eggplant
salad and it's sometimes you can get it
and the eggplant is kind of sliced this
one is kind of like a almost like a dip
and oh I see some chilies sliced up in
there
there are some crispy shallots on top
that's really nice and smoky has a nice
lime juice flavor to it as well this one
is guy pipe quick gang which is chicken
stir-fried with chili paste there are
green beans in here there are what else
some mushrooms and some chilies put it
under my fried rice okay oh yeah
normally in Thailand they would use the
long beans but I think their green beans
we have decided to go home from here and
as we are in the restaurant it got
really cold outside freezing as we're
waiting for a taxi we're back at the
house now that was another good day
wandering around tempo the highlight for
me was lunch at the Tibetan restaurant
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