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Food & drink

What to eat in Nepal, what each dish actually is, where it is best, and how to eat it without causing offence.

10 guides in this topic.

Beginner8 min read

Is Street Food Safe in Nepal? A Practical Guide for Visitors

Most travellers who get sick in Nepal get it from water, ice or produce washed in water, not from a hot samosa off a griddle. This guide is …

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Beginner6 min read

Momo in Nepal: Types, Fillings and Where to Find the Best

Momo are dumplings that arrived from Tibet and became entirely Nepali. Steamed, fried, kothey, jhol or C-momo; buff, chicken or vegetable. T…

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Beginner8 min read

Nepali Achar (Pickle) Guide: Types, Heat and How It's Eaten

Achar is the small, sharp, often fiery relish on the side of almost every Nepali meal, mula achar, gundruk achar, tomato achar and dozens mo…

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Beginner7 min read

Nepali Drinks: Chiya, Raksi, Tongba, Chhaang and Lassi

Chiya: sweet milky spiced tea, is the social currency of Nepal. Beyond it: tongba, hot millet beer drunk through a straw in the east; raksi,…

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Beginner6 min read

Nepali Food Etiquette: How to Eat Without Causing Offence

Eat with the right hand, never share from your plate, never touch a serving dish with a used utensil, and say 'pugyo' twice when you have ha…

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Beginner11 min read

Nepali Food: What to Eat in Nepal and Where to Find It

Dal bhat is the national dish and the best value on any menu; momo is the national obsession; Newari food in the Kathmandu valley is the mos…

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Beginner7 min read

Nepali Street Food and Snacks: What to Try and What to Skip

Sel roti, chatpate, laphing, samosa, pani puri, sekuwa and wai wai sadeko, Nepal's snack culture is cheap, excellent and mostly safe if you …

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Intermediate8 min read

Newari Food: The Kathmandu Valley Cuisine Most Visitors Miss

Newar cuisine is the most developed food tradition in Nepal, dozens of distinct dishes, elaborate feast structures and its own vocabulary in…

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Beginner6 min read

Vegetarian and Vegan in Nepal: What to Order and What to Watch For

Nepal is one of the easiest countries in the world to be vegetarian, dal bhat is vegetarian by default and meat is occasional in many househ…

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Beginner7 min read

What is Dal Bhat? Nepal's National Dish Explained

Dal bhat is rice with lentil soup, vegetable curry and pickle, eaten twice a day by most Nepalis, served with free refills, and the single b…

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Sources & data note

Guides are written from primary sources, Nepali government departments, operators, park authorities and standards bodies, and each guide lists the sources used for its own facts. Rules, fees and prices in Nepal change; treat figures as current at the review date shown on each guide and verify anything money- or visa-critical with the issuing authority before you rely on it.