Nepal Going Out
Food and Drink
• Dal bhaat (lentils and rice).
• Tarkan (spiced vegetables).
• Gurr (a Sherpa dish of raw potatoes, pounded with spices, then grilled like pancakes on a hot, flat stone ground and mixed with milk, tea or water).
• Rotis (flat pancake-like bread made from wheat or rice flour).
• Choyla (roast, diced water buffalo meat, heavily spiced and eaten with flat, beaten rice).
National drinks:
• Chai (tea brewed with milk, sugar and spices; in the mountains it is salted with yak butter).
• Lassi (curd mixed with sugar in a mixture of sweet and salty flavours).
• Arak (very strong potato alcohol).
• Rakshi (wheat or rice spirit).
• Chang (homebrewed beer made from fermented barley, maize, rye or millet).
Legal drinking age: 21.
Tipping: Only expected in tourist hotels and restaurants. 10% is sufficient.
Nightlife
Shopping
Shopping hours: Daily, 1000-2000 in tourist areas.
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