FOOD

Alot of people have been asking me if I have been eating well..... Yes mum, I am looking after myself.

My main staple diet has been dahl baht. Lentil soup, with rice, and other side dishes, such as tomato's with spices, or cauliflower with potatoes. With many slight variations of those.

I've uploaded two variations of these dishes. One of them has two bits of chicken. Exciting I know!



It is clean, healthy which is cooked by the live in office assistant, Bishal who often laughs at my attempts to even remember some Nepali words. The current word of the day is "Bholi Bhetaunla". They do not say "See you later", instead they say "Will meet tomorrow" which is the "Bholi Bhetaunla" translation.

I am trying to find a good translation tool on the net for Nepali, which I'm struggling with. "Bholi", which roughly means "Tomorrow" looks like this in Nepali.
भोलि

I'm glad that has helped clarify things. Its not as if I'm confused with it.


But back to my previous topic, food.
When I was training at home in Oz, I ensured that I had enough sources of protein so I didn't lose to much weight.



I'm a little reluctant to have the meat here for a few reasons. One it is illegal to kill a cow, as it is a hindu nation, and cow's are sacred. You can be thrown in jail for longer if you kill a cow than if you kill a person. So for some reason, beef is not readily available. Another reason is that with irregular power, sometimes only 4hours of electricity a day, refrigeration is almost never used.


So the butcher has the fresh meat delivered in the cool hours of the morning, and display their wares in the open bench through the day. Often in warm days. Now from what I have been told by my colleagues, there are some good quality butchers around, you just have to know which one's they are. I certainly wouldn't trust myself.

I've included some pictures of some quick photo's I took during my walks.



Now the food hasn't all been just Dahl Baht. I've had an omelette in one of the previous palaces in Durbar square.

I even had ice cream cake on Beth's birthday (EWB's field officer based in India, currently in Kathmandu for a few weeks)

The cake was made at a popular bakery in Kathmandu, started by a German (they are pedantic) who has a massive generator in his backyard.
So I have also enjoyed cheese from the bakery with some wine. So not all bad.



I'll try and submit another blog before I leave for the remote west in a few days.