Traditional BHUTANESE FOOD TOUR - Momos, Butter Tea & Squash Chili | Paro to Punakha, Bhutan
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After landing at Paro Airport, the most dangerous airport in the world, I hit the ground running to start exploring Bhutan! Right away, I loved the chilly temperature-it was about 45 degrees Fahrenheit, but the sun was shining. I met up with my guide, Tsheten from MyBhutan, and our driver, Nidup, outside the airport. I’d been dreaming of visiting Bhutan my entire life, so I was super excited. First up, I’d go on a traditional Bhutanese food tour as we made the drive from Paro to Punakha, Bhutan!
Tsheten presented me with a beautiful, white welcoming scarf before we set off to the town to get some breakfast. We arrived in Paro town, where I saw lots of beautiful, traditional buildings and handicraft markets. We stopped at Champaca Café, where we would have some momos!
We started with some salted butter tea called suja. It’s very buttery and tastes quite salty, too. It tastes like a soup because it’s very thick, creamy, and piping hot. Then, we got two types of momos: cheese and chicken with a creamy, spicy chili paste called ezay. The ezay wasn’t too hot at first, but it crept up on me later! This breakfast was an awesome way to start my time in Bhutan!
After stopping inside a nearby shop to get me a hat, we had a three-hour drive ahead of us. We followed a winding road that passed through mountains, farmland, and red rice paddy fields. I got out to get a stunning view of the Paro River and the surrounding landscape before we tried some dry yak cheese on strings called chogo. It was rock hard, so I had to let my saliva soak into it to soften it up.
Soon, we passed through Thimphu, a city of 100,000. There were lots of buildings built in the new style. We continued on, past prayer flags, until we reached the Druk Wangyal Khang Zhang Chortens, a memorial of 108 stupas in Dochula Pass. They were built in 2004 to honor Bhutanese soldiers who died fighting Assamese insurgents from India in 2003.
After 20 minutes, we arrived at a traditional spot called Menchuna Restaurant. There was a stupa out front. On the buffet, they had cabbage, noodles, chicken with chilies, mixed vegetables, and spinach. I got my food a la carte and had dried fish with chilies, dried pork with radish and chilies, ezay, squash with chilies, and the chicken from the buffet.
The ezay was really hot. I mixed some into the red rice. The squash was spicy and delicious and had a meaty texture. The radish with the fatty pork was unreal. The pork was crispy on the outside and very thick. It reminded me of some of the pork dishes I ate in Meghalaya, India.
The dried fish was good, but it contained lots of bones, so I had to be careful with it. It was dripping with oil. I’d never had fish like this! The chili paste with the long beans were also amazing. It had my mouth tingling. This food was super spicy! My favorite was the squash, which was like a glazy stir-fry. I loved the flavors of everything together.
Then, I tried a special VIP dish that’s only made during special occasions, like the Punakha Festival. It’s made from rice, coriander, egg, and chilies. Next to it, I has dome more suja, which you enjoy with it. The rice dish was like a fried rice, while the suja tasted like pure butter. Then, I added some ezay to the rice, which made it much spicier and tastier!
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Did you see the big penis painting on the wall of some houses in countryside??
Miami used to snow once in 1976.
White you and corona
@@jeffreysetapak once!
Glad you remembered the pork here in Meghalaya 😁😆❤️
Bhutanese peoples hospitality is awesome ....along with thr food ....I will visit Thimphu Bhutan again ...🙏🏻❤️
Let us know when you would like to return! You can email us at contact@mybhutan.com. We hope to meet you :)
hope you come back, we love meeting people
YOU GO TO ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD, YOU FIND SIMILARITIES SOMEWHERE OR THE OTHER. YOU GO TO BHUTAN, YOU WILL ENJOY A NEW WORLD ALTOGETHER.
I'm so glad your guide didn't sugar coat our spicy cuisine 😜 . You got real experience 🤣👍 Thank you for visiting my Country 💕
Any Indians watching 🇮🇳 ?
Yes ,
Yes
ദയ, DAYA മോൾ yes daya ji. Good morning from London
yes
@@MrHarrybhudia hi my sistet in london
We love Bhutan from India, I went to Bhutan by Bike trip from Sikkim state
When?
@@9933379839 2018 December
Murali G ::: Was there lots of snow?
Can we rent a car from bhutan? Any idea?
@@vj_great551 yes we can get
Such great tour guides! Need such ppl to know well about the ppl and culture of a country
I am so proud to be Bhutanese thank you for coming
108 is Holy Number in Eastern religion like Hinduism and Bhudhism. You even have praying beeds/"Mala" of 108 beeds
yes sir i learned that!
I wanna visit Bhutan someday 🥺❤️🇮🇳
would love if you came friend
Great food and life experience from the mountains. Thanks for shearing
Been to Menchuna, when I've visited Bhutan two years back. Your videos made me relive those moments.😭❤️
Definitely appreciate this new video in Bhutan and learning more about the food and culture. Such a great insight and education here 🙌💯🍲🇧🇹
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Bhutan looks so beautiful. David's a real trooper for chillies! 🌶 I felt some pain for him there just watching.
The village is so clean😍
It is awesome to watch and thank you David for your wonderful work. Do visit again
This video refreshed the memory of my trip to bhutan 2 years back 🥺❤
woow.. their traditional food is really amazing. & looking so delicious. 😊
Wonderful Video again David....
the architecture is out standing thank you David I saw Bhutan thru your eyes and enjoyed there food thru you,love the prayer flags.
Beautiful weather 😍
This brought back alot of memories of my trip to bhutan with 5 friends of mine on three motorcycles. We travelled from shillong to Phuentsohling, then from there to Thimpu and pari towards tigers nest, and finally we exited from Gelephu back to india. It was an almost complete trip of bhutan and achieved it in one week. We were greatly recieved by the Bhutanese people and their hospitality is still warm in our hearts.
Interesting Food & Culture... Nice to explore!
Just love ur way of exploring food and love u @ david
Incredible!!
Beautiful place and friendly people......and of course Amazing Food...David's having a wonderful time......this is good glimpse of Bhutan........
I feel hungry after watching David's eating Momo yummy 🙂🙂🙂 love from shillong
Hi Bailaineh, nice that you are from Shillong. I would like to get more informations. How may I contact you? Thank you.
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Bhutan is such a nice and calm place in this planet..... Love to Bhutanese people from lovely people of india
Wow... it's a beautiful video ...
Hey David, I look forward with new another beautiful video on Bhutan ... when Covid-19 is ended .
I love Bhutan. People are straight forward and humble.
Haha, taking the chillies like a man, just like us Bhutanese. Very warm welcome to Bhutan and hope you liked it!
David's a big fan of chillies 🌶️
Always!
Looks yummy specially the veggies and red chilli chatni and momos😍😍😍♥️😋😋
Man ! You deserve more likes and subscribers ❤️
You have beautifully depicted everything. It is so captivating and amusing. Cant wait to visit bhutan from india.
The people seem really friendly! Bhutan added to list - Awesome video David!
We would love for you to visit the kingdom! Reach out at contact@mybhutan.com if interested to explore experiences with us.
Please do! Our country is beautiful but o haven't been in a long time. Hope you enjoy your stay and get a warm welcome if you go!
Mr Ping thanks so much! :-)
He tried all those chillies with so ease. Wow. 👍
Thank you so much for ...visiting our country David 😊😊
We are neighbours....and I love Bhutan...the scenic beauty of the land is just awesome...and the food items are awesome as well....lol David ....from Kolkata
Wow enjoy your journey
I am great fan of you sir, I have been watching your video from last six month.. nice to see you in Bhutan, Bhutan is my one of the favourite place in the world. Next time please visit Sikkim (India)
U r so decent & humble man I just love your attitude.... God bless u man
bhutanese people r damn good and welcoming..... its like almost they are our closest neighbours. we can visit bhutan within two and half hours from our town ...... from assam, india
Wow wonderful, seems you really enjoyed Bhutan foods.
10:22 That was Epic. See his reaction :p Love you Butan from India :)
Momos are one of my favorite fooooooddd everrr😍 specially pork ones and the soup with it is just **chef's kiss** and the chutney goes wih everything
@Amit SharDa hahahah
@Aurangzeb Ali yep 😊
Amezing this vidio Bhutan
I had been introduced to Bhutan by National Geographic Magazine when the published the story of father of current regent of Bhutan as he was taking the throne after the death of his` father. His wife was an American and also educated in USA. He first the first king in the wold to introduce a national policy of Gross Happiness. Then he slowly bring his nation to modernization keeping old faith and culture intact. And few years back he handed over his throne to his son, the current Regent of Bhutan. Then the incredible Mark Weins bring back Bhutan to the TH-cam and covers this beautiful country to the world. He introduced this country of his food, culture, different cities, living, etc. Now, David, i am glad that you, once again, you bring back the Bhutan to the world. I am looking forward to watch all series and see what changes has been made to the Bhutan between Mark Weins videos and now.
wonderful!
Beautiful Bhutan love from Arunachal Pradesh India
Looks like a very peaceful place Bhutan
it preety amazing u find incredibly tasty food every where u go ...........an u look dame cute when u eat.....I love u
Great video...brought back memories...I just returned to Miami from Bhutan a couple of weeks ago. I've been to almost 80 countries in my lifetime, and Bhutan is hands down one of my favorite countries, to date. The food was outstanding, the people were so nice, and the scenery was breathtaking. I recognized a few places in your video. I visited Paro, Thimphu, and Punakha with a great tour guide and driver. Thanks for posting.
Sounds like you had an amazing trip. The food is spicy though for sure. Wishing you a beautiful weekend in Miami as well. Thanks for the support.
Their food is to die for
So beautiful Bhutan
You have to be in great shape to climb the whole stupas. The guide is pretty good. Food looks delicious with all the chilly galore.
Spicy = David🔥♥️
Love Bhutan man and also i love their culture and oh i love zumzin too🍷
Subscribed! coz you liked our spicy food 😁. I also eat like you especially adding more spice to the already spicy dishes 😃
Love your video
True traveller
Lovely video
Bhutanese food looks so healthy n yummy...
🥰😍 love from Hyderabad
Beautiful country, clean, nice food. It’s sad that he had to cut short the trip.
You are welcome to Kerala, India. Safe journey anyways..🙏
So beautiful
Your best video ever
I went to Bhutan once, lovely country
Have a safe stay in Bhutan..
So clean country
David you are tiger man..u can eat chillies..bravo..I am an Indian from Canada .drooling fro your video...I love momo...but I cant eat chilly like you. Ha ha..wanna visit Bhutan once 😍😍
next time I recommend you to explore eastern bhutan sir .you will love it
Enjoy bro
Watching from Kerala..
Weather is nice. It must be beautiful place coz it’s Himalayas.
Love from India ❤️
Hi david ..I have seen yr vedio of ahmedabad n.kerala ...keep.it up
Love from pune
Best tea ☕️🙏food
Thank you the people that makes our country known to the world🌎...
Infact dragon kingdom under dragon king is living heaven for all the sentient before all being lost their life 🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏... God bless you
From Bhutan 🌹🌹
also in my tribal culture butter tea is so special..we call it Jya...👌🏿
Well come to Bhutan.
Enjoy Bhutan foods
🧀+🌶️= 👍!! M Drooling
Any problem with altitude sickness?
Devid we waiting for your Nepal Trip.
Nice bro, from Assame
Very nice vedio and can you came India ,Assam ,bodoland for exploring
Lugar muito lindo.
Alou BRASIL
Niceee
David bro u can survive anywhere on the earth. We can't survive because we like only Indian Food. But you like all over countries food. That's why you can survive any where on the earth
😂😂😂
😘😘😘
Visit Nagaland also David enjoy watching you're videos 🥰❤️❤️
Sir are you still Bhutan?
I am watching your video from Bhutan..
You see can he didn't like the tea😂
I'd love to try it out though..
Bhutan is in my bucket list 😎
Nice video I'm forom Assam
He dint like the tea though 😊
The mask u seen are fiercefull deities in vajrayana buddhist, very powerful,
David when u will visit himachal Pradesh , Nagaland , uttarakhand ,ladakh ,Jammu Kashmir ,u will get lost in the heaven , remember my words😄
What are the costs involved in travelling to bhutan like the visa or any other staying cost
There is a minimum daily tariff. The tariff amount depends on the time of year that you visit. Reach out to us for more information! contact@mybhutan.com.