For Bhutanese, chilies are considered a kind of vegetable, instead of a seasoning. Local people will add dried and fresh chilies whatever dishes they cook, and they also like to make a salad with raw chilies. It seems that Bhutanese can't live without chili. No matter which city you travel to, you could find all kinds of spicy food. Surprisingly, it's common to find popsicles with chilies in Bhutan. As Bhutan is a mountainous country, local people love dairy products very much, in order to supplement heat and moisture, especially cheese and butter.
There are plenty of dishes cooked with cheese and chili, whether paired with vegetables or meat, it is a good choice. The national dish of Bhutan consists of chili and cheese, which is called Ema Datshi. Literally, your Bhutan trip won't be complete without tasting Ema Datshi. For people who can't eat spicy food, you could try other dishes cooked with cheese, such as Kewa Datshi and Shamu Datshi.
Kewa Datshi consists of potato cooked with cheese, while Shamu Datshi is mushroom with cheese. Anyway, you'd better be prepared that most dishes in Bhutan are spicy and hot. Most Bhutanese believe in Vajrayana Buddhism, which is the state religion of Bhutan.
Lots of local people usually have a vegetarian diet, but it's common for them to eat meat like pork, beef, and chicken. Generally, they cook the meat with vegetables, such as onions, spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, radishes, pumpkins, etc.
As a result, the cuisines of Bhutan are deeply influenced by the Tibetan-style food culture. The staple food of Bhutan is red rice, buckwheat, highland barley, and local people eat beef, mutton, pork, and Yak meat. For drinks, Bhutanese loves to drink butter tea and highland barley wine. Residents in some places often use grains and fruits to make rice wine or fruit wine. Because Bhutan is a small country containing less than one million people and only one main road that crosses through the country , there aren't a lot of regional or geographic differences in the cuisine.
That said, here are a couple of special dishes that might not be found everywhere in Bhutan:. Shakam and datshi are familiar ingredients—chilies and cheese, respectively—and shukam are Bhutanese dried white chilies. This Bhutanese dish includes cuts of dried beef cooked with cheese and white chilies. The white chilies add an incredible and unique sour spice to the flavor profile.
The dumplings are usually filled with a combination of local spinach or turnip leaves and cheese, and they can either be steamed or fried. Because the Bhutanese tourism industry is highly regulated, nearly everywhere travelers visit and dine will have English speakers or guides who can translate. That said, here are a few helpful phrases and words to practice in Dzongkha, the local language, when dining out:.
Just remember, when dining in a group, always wait for everyone to be served before eating. One possible dining-related surprise is the presence of meat in Bhutanese meals.
Despite being a Buddhist country, meat is eaten extensively here. Have a question and need expert advice? Our team of pros is here to help! Also, check out our FAQ's page for more information. Browser our trips from the comfort of your home by having our gorgeous full-color catalogs filled with real trip photography delivered right to your door.
Stay up to date on the latest Backroads news. The Dining Experience in Bhutan Since visitors to Bhutan are required to take official guided tours, the tour operator or guide will likely dictate the dining experience. I am very excited for both of you! I had no knowledge about bhutanese food. I can now try it with some confidence. Thanks for the detailed info. Mark, You always do such an amazing job and your passion really shows! Everything you try looks so delicious and makes us want to follow you on every one of your journeys.
Thank you again. So excited about the next stop! Blessings to you and your lovely wife, Cindy. This, like your other videos, there is more than food, there is spirit and the finding of that commonality in each of us. You are a true gem. You and your lovely wife both. Regardless of how my day is going, all that is needed is to watch one of your documentaries and in minutes, I am soaring.
If we could all know the love that you bring to each recording, no grief would exist. Thank you so much for bringing the world into out homes. This is a very nice presentation , knowing about Bhutan and their food thru your video is great.
Thanks a lot Mark good work!!! Hi Mark, enjoy your first Bhutan video alot. As an avid traveler, Bhutan has always been on my radar screen. It is on page 2 on my bucket list instead of page 1. Reason being is the cost of visiting Bhutan. For me, that is large amount. I would love to visit there but the cost prevents me from staying any sort of time over days.
And what made you decide on My Bhutan to set up your arrangements opposed to another outfitter? Kindly advise when you have time…. This fee is inclusive of: 1. Royalty 2. Room Rent min. Local Conveyance 4. Services of trained guide 5. Three meals a day and refreshment. Do you still find it expensive. Hi KC, thank you to Pema for laying out the cost details. As for MyBhutan, they are a startup, and they invited me to Bhutan as a special circumstance. Hey Mark, love the food introductions although I have never been to Bhutan.
I love spicy food. Great write up, hope to stay in touch with you. Dumplings are unusual, the skin is like wheat floured, probably more nutritious. Eating out of wooden bowls are simply charming. Hi Mark Enjoying your video of Bhutan and the food you get there, as I heard it is difficult to get approval to travel there.
Was your trip sponsored by them? Hey Melroy, thank you very much. Yes they sponsored and arranged my visa, but for some of the food and trips I did in Bhutan, I paid for that.
My mum and i love watching the videos. Introducing different kind of food from different countries. Thank you for sharing with us. Thank you so much for the fun and very informative post. I would like to offer one correction, though — 22, tsampa.
Just mix with butter tea and sometimes the hard cheese. It grows in the forests of Bhutan and is slightly bigger and darker in color. Anyway, I am glad that you enjoyed the food in Bhutan. I wish you many many more enjoyable travels in the future! Very exotics! I never have any chance to go there. Great Work…Well Done! Mark Like you.. We love your videos and since we were in Bhutan several years ago it brought back wonderful memories.
Thanks for sharing you did a great job. Always enjoy your comments , food adventures and videos. My wife traveled through Bhutan a few years ago and I really enjoy her photos and stories, She is traveling in Northern India at the moment so I am a bachelor right now but will show her your videos of Bhutan when she gets home, sure to enjoy!
I watched the video where you said it took a year and half to get approved. First day was awesome. And Ying is so tiny. Love your videos Mark. Dear sir I am from India keep watching ur food posts Bhutan food post will help me ia selection of food as I am going Bhutan. Went immediately to the kitchen and made my own version of Bhutanese food. OMG it all looked so good and spicy Mark.
Envious of the life you live. Live it well which you definitely do and enjoy it to the fullest. Omg Mark! I could never thank you enough for sharing Your videos, please keep it coming. Thank you very much for your support Monica, really appreciate it. That would be awesome if you can travel soon! The food there looks wonderful, Id love to go there someday, and try some of thse delisiouse looking foods. Hello Mark, Hope you, wife and little one are well. Hot chilly food ….
All the very best. Love reading your emails, Looks like Butan is not for me,. I will have th pancakes for breakfast with scrambled eggs, salt and pepper. Lunch just fried tomatoes , fried onions and rice, supper rice, boiled potatoes and vegetables,carrot,peas,broccoli of whatever and chicken. Take own tea bags, nescafe coffee satchets and condensed milk or powdered milk! NO street food. China Vgood epends where though Thailand excellent amongst.
Cambodia depends where. You were spot on on all these anove and I even learnt more and made dozens of notes to recommend to Tourists and gave them your website.!!
So Mark, I will stick to being Travel Manager. Trying everything and being Polite not to refuse like Butan would be for me..
Although I think there are many worse where I have also not been. Regards to you wife and look after the little one, health wise too, in all the Countries you travel to. Hi Yvonne, great to hear from you, thank you very much for sharing a little about yourself. We have lot more than just the spicy food. We have food from the south too, which is Nepali cuisine. I am sure you mentioned that you like it.
You can also get your simple scrambled eggs with salt and pepper and your western style pancakes including nescafe coffee with condensed milk. Bhutan is diverse when it comes to Food culture, since Bhutanese are very open to other food ideas and Bhutanese people have traveled outside and brought back all the interesting food concepts in the country.
You should check out zhimmey. I hope it changes atleast your opinion about the food in Bhutan. Awesome Mark. Absolutely love your enthusiasm. Have been watching your vids for many years. Also noticed that you where wearing a migrationology hoody? Are you selling them yet? Keep up the great work. Will Hutton. Hey Will, thank you very much for your support over the years.
The hoody was just a 1 time deal thing that I bought… but perhaps I could make some if enough people are interested. I will let you know, thanks! Thanks for the wonderful video, it gives me the pleasure of travelling to Bhutan at your cost and effort, thanks for all the hard work. I guess people allergic to dairy would have a hard time eating Bhutanese food, so much cheese and butter probably due do the very cold weather.
The dishes seem simple and small. Hello Mark, thankyou for the beautiful report from Bhutan. It is such amazing and different kind of food, with the stuff we used to see. All the best for baby Micah, Ying and you. I am always very glad to receive your emails. Best regards, Inge Pranada.
Hi Mark, Wow all the dishes are chillies and chillies just watching all the hot dishes make my stomach warm and hot. While I like eating spicy food Bhutanese dishes is really too oily for my liking, however it is really amazing there are so many variety of dishes and you never put on weight with all the oily food. Well happy eating all the time in your travel. Thank you and look forward to more wonderful and colourful dishes in your travel.
Thank you very much Sally. I agree some of the dishes are a little on the oily and heavy side, but they do taste amazing, and I especially loved all those dried chilies used in the food. Thank you again for your support! Hi Mark, Thanks for sharing your memorable food experiences. I stumbled on your channel a couple years ago because I have a bucket list fascination with travelling to Asia, and of course the food!!
Love your breakdown of local food and experiences. Thanks for helping me prioritize my places to go list. Bhutan is now edged up to top 5. All the best to you and your family! Awesome to hear that Norine. Bhutan is an amazingly unique and fascinating destination, hope you can visit! Thanks for sharing your Bhutan trip experience with us. I would definitely visit this amazing country one day.
Looking forward to watching your upcoming videos! Regards from France, Xin Li. Nice to learn that Bhuatense food has so much cheese in it. Thanks Mark for sending the mail. Just watched the first video. The reading has been very interesting and quite informative. Feeling tempted to fly to Bhutan to try the cheese and the chillies. Probably you will capture in the forthcoming videos.
So easy it is to go to Bhutan from New Delhi but never tried. Now your write up will prompt me to plan it for sure. Have a good time and look forward to hearing more and more Warm wishes Dr Geetesh Nirban. Hi Dr Geetesh, thank you very much for watching and reading this blog post.
Extreme natural beauty and great food! Wel,l that was a very tasty post to me! A month in Bhutan would be heaven for anyone! Ezay made me drool. Nice one Mark. Thank you Mark for sharing with us your lovely and amazing experiences! Would love to learn more from you. Very cool to hear that Michael, glad you enjoyed your trip to Bhutan as well. Everything looks good and yummy … Thank you Mark for your work Looking forward for the upcoming videos.
The tiny chicken was looking fabulous and sweetest part is that Buttermilk. Hey Mark! Looks beautiful and delicious! What fish sauce does your mother in law use, or what is your preference? Thanks for the post! Always interesting. Our whole family enjoys your content and friendly spirit. All the best, Gary Carbonara. But in Thailand, we normally just use the typical brand which is Tiparros. Thanks and keep cooking Thai food! Thanks for this delightful email. What lovely food. Looking forward to reading it in great detail.
Looks absolutely delicious. Hello, Mark already watched that video eagerly waiting for next video. Bhutan is very peaceful country. Keep doing the good work. And, God bless you, Micah. Mark, this is simply wow.
I remember that about 25 yrs ago I had been to Thimpu and Paro and had their local dishes, but they sounded the same. However, your blog post brought some of my memories clear once again. Hey Bob, great to hear from you. Happy that this post brought back good memories about Bhutanese food.
What are you looking for? These meals will make you want to travel, just to eat! Download now! You must love food as much as I do! Just enter your name and email below and I promise to only send you delicious emails : Sign me up. What is Bhutanese food? First, what is Bhutanese food? Watch the Bhutan videos here If you have some time, press play to watch my entire Bhutan video series, showing you the food and culture of Bhutan.
Ema datshi — the most famous of all Bhutanese foods 1. Kewa datshi — Bhutanese potatoes and cheese 2. Kewa datshi Kewa is potato, so kewa datshi is potatoes and Bhutanese cheese. Shamu datshi — mushrooms and cheese 3. Shamu datshi A third staple cheese dish in Bhutanese food is shamu datshi, cheese with mushrooms. Shakam ema datshi — dried beef with chilies and cheese 4.
Shakam paa — beef and chilies and radish 5. Shakam paa Shakam paa is a wonderful Bhutanese food of dried beef cooked with dried chilies and sometimes slices of radish. Shakam shukam datshi — dried beef, white chilies, cheese 6. Phaksha paa — pork and chilies 7. Phaksha paa Along with beef and yak, pork is also widely loved throughout Bhutan, perhaps the most of all meats.
Sikam paa — the ultimate Bhutanese bacon 8. Sikam paa Do you love bacon? Yaksha shakam — dried yak 9. Goep — Bhutanese style tripe Goep If you love tripe, goep in Bhutan, slices of tripe stir fried with dried chilies, green onions, and sometimes small vegetables, is an excellent dish. Juma — traditional Bhutanese sausage Juma Juma is a type of common Bhutanese sausage made with minced meat, rice, and some light spices all filled into an intestines wrapper.
Gondo datshi — the ultimate scrambled eggs Gondo datshi Butter egg fry, or gondo datshi, is like the ultimate Bhutanese scrambled eggs you can imagine. Jasha maru — Bhutanese chicken stew Jasha maru Jasha maru is Bhutanese chicken stew, or sometimes called a chicken curry. Momos Momos are dumplings that are popularly eaten from India to Nepal to Bhutan and known as a Tibetan food — basically the entire Himalayan region — and even broader, they are very similar to any type of dumpling around the world, probably originating from China.
Hoentay — buckwheat dumplings of Haa Valley, Bhutan Hoentay Known especially for originating from Haa Valley in Bhutan, hoentay are similar to momos, but they are made with a buckwheat dough wrapper. Lom — turnip leaves Lom Due to the harsh winter conditions in many areas of Bhutan, vegetables can sometimes be scarce in the winter.
Khatem — bitter gourd Jaju — Bhutanese milk soup Jaju Jaju is Bhutanese milk and vegetable soup. Goen hogay — Bhutanese cucumber salad Goen hogay Although many Bhutanese dishes can be pretty meat heavy, goen hogay is a traditional Bhutanese cucumber salad.
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