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With four days in Bhutan already under my belt, day five started off with a bang! Come along with me as I enjoy some exceptional and exotic Bhutanese food and buckwheat pancakes and go on a hike to a Buddhist monastery in Thimphu, Bhutan!
My day began bright and early on a cold March day at the Pedling Hotel & Spa, where I breakfast!
In the dining area, I had some buckwheat pancakes with honey. They were light and buttery, with an earthy flavor. I needed to fill up on some carbs before my hike!
After breakfast, I met up with my guide from MyBhutan, Tsheten. We and drove back through Thimphu to the Buddha Dordenma, the largest sitting Buddha in the world. From there, we’d take a 90-minute hike through the forests of Kuenselphodrang Nature Park to Changang Lhakhang, a 12th-century monastery.
We passed lots of prayer flags on the mountainside and got amazing views of Thimphu and the distant Buddha Dordenma, which looked even more massive from far away.
We then passed a picnic area, where we could see the city and the temple we were heading to, as well as higher, snowcapped mountains in the distance. After gradually heading uphill and walking through more prayer flags, the path narrowed as we headed into the forest.
The hike wasn’t bad. There are some super steep drops on the right side of the narrow trail, so I advise sticking to the left side!
After 90 minutes, we reached the monastery. I took off my hat entered the courtyard. People come there with their kids so they can be named and blessed. They don’t have family names in Bhutan, so the names come from the temple.
I couldn’t take photos or videos inside. Inside is a small room with many monks, the god of compassion, and people coming in with their children to be named. There are 108 prayer wheels to turn outside.
Before we left, we saw a colorful display that’s meant to wash away evil spirits. Then, we hopped back in the car to go to a local restaurant to have some exotic Bhutanese foods! We passed by some beautiful buildings in the capital, which is pretty dense and congested, but it only takes 10-15 minutes to cross it.
We arrived at Kalden Restaurant, the only restaurant that only sells traditional food in Thimphu. There, we ordered spareribs, cheese and egg butter fry, spinach and cheese, white chilies and cheese, pigs feet, red rice, creamy spinach soup, and tripe (beef stomach).
The creamy spinach soup was spicy, light, creamy, and tasty. It’s a common dish you’ll find throughout the country. The tripe was phenomenal. It contained chilies and was so flavorful! It was a little rubbery and spongy with numbing and spicy Szechwan peppers.
Next were dried red chilies with red rice. The rice tempers the heat a bit. The chilies were oily and numbed my mouth! Then, I went with the cheese and egg butter fry, which tasted like melted mozzarella cheese!
The white chilies with cheese were nice, meaty, and full of flavor. They weren’t too hot and were nothing compared to the red chilies. The flavor and texture were similar to mushrooms due to their thickness.
Next were some gelatinous pig feet and the spareribs, which had a glazy sauce on them. They were similar to Chinese ribs and drenched in a spicy chili sauce!
Then, I went for the spinach and cheese, which looked like cream of spinach. It contained chilies and had a similar texture to all of the other cheesy dishes. The tripe was my favorite, though. I love organ meat, so I got another order of it!
What a meal!
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