When I first
came to New York City in 1986,
I would come to Jackson Heights very
often.
to eat at Jackson Heights diner
Jackson Heights diner served Indian buffet
Jackson Heights.
It's one of the most diverse communities in
queens which is the most diverse place in
the world
we have people from a hundred countries who
speak a hundred and thirty eight languages
so over the last ten years
many new Yorkers come here and tourists included
in addition to the Indian food been they're here
to enjoy the tibetan nepalese and bhutanese
restaurants
for many years people from tibet have
been coming to the U. S. to start new
lives
refugees
who are fleeing the political situation in Tibet
many of them have settled here in the
borough of queens and many have started
restaurants food trucks and catering businesses.
Ask a Tibetan person what they would recommend
and they will always saying momos
Tibetan dumplings they can be stuffed with meat or
vegetables they're very different from Chinese dumplings
All the Tibetan restaurants carried Tibetan tea with
salt and sometimes with some yak butter it's
an acquired taste
now if you go to the Nepalese restaurants
the food that they serve is similar to
north Indian food but it's much lighter
and the nepalese are also known for delicious
pickles
that was a civil unrest in Nepal
which ended around two thousand six
the recent earthquake also didn't help matters
many nepalese when we had the opportunity immigrated
to the U. S. and some have opened
some very popular restaurants
the people from the Himalayan area then known
for their hospitality
many of my friends who live in other
parts of New York City and New Jersey
come here especially to point out some of
these restaurants because the food is prepared in
the same way it was prepared back home