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Spicy Exotic Flavors: Bhutanese Cuisine Hidden in an Alleyway

Spicy Exotic Flavors: Bhutanese Cuisine Hidden in an Alleyway 🔥🔥🔥I visited this Bhutanese 🇧🇹 restaurant after a concert. The store has a strong exotic vibe, displaying Bhutanese items, books, and portraits of the royal family. The owner is very friendly. I thought it would be similar to Nepalese or Indian cuisine, but after looking at the menu, I found it completely different except for momo (Nepalese dumplings). I ordered some dishes based on recommendations and my gut feeling to try them out. Shikam paa is mainly made of air-dried bacon 🥓 and radish, stir-fried with chili 🌶️. The homemade 🐖 pork belly is real dried meat, hard to bite, even a bit like jerky for pets 🐈‍⬛. But it's not dry; the fat is somewhere between tendon and meat jelly, still retaining a moist and oily texture. The seasoning is light, the radish is slightly soft, and with the spicy sauce, it's very appetizing. The whole dish tastes a bit fragmented, not as integrated as twice-cooked pork. Fin Tshoem is stir-fried chicken 🐔 with vermicelli, also using chili 🌶️ as the main flavor, with some Sichuan peppercorns added. It has a relatively mild salty and spicy taste, with onions 🧅 adding a touch of sweetness. Diced chicken and vermicelli are hard to go wrong no matter how they're cooked. The small portion of Bhutanese salad 🥗 is mixed with cottage cheese 🧀, and it's also full of spices with a slight fermented flavor. The combination of the two makes the vegetables have both the sour aroma of cheese and a strong spicy taste. Overall, almost all dishes are spicy and fragrant 🌶️, with good flavors and moderate spiciness. I didn't even drink much water. There are no heavy spices commonly found in South Asia, and there seem to be no religious restrictions on meat. The owner's recommended cheese pickled peppers 🫑 wasn't tried because I was too full, but it seems that cheese 🫕 is also an important part of the local flavor. The per capita cost is 2-4k. I'd like to try other dishes if I get the chance; it's quite distinctive of the region.❤️❤️❤️ #DiscoveringFlavorfulTowns #CrazyFrogFoodDiary #Bhutan

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Spicy Exotic Flavors: Bhutanese Cuisine Hidden in an Alleyway

Spicy Exotic Flavors: Bhutanese Cuisine Hidden in an Alleyway 🔥🔥🔥I visited this Bhutanese 🇧🇹 restaurant after a concert. The store has a strong exotic vibe, displaying Bhutanese items, books, and portraits of the royal family. The owner is very friendly. I thought it would be similar to Nepalese or Indian cuisine, but after looking at the menu, I found it completely different except for momo (Nepalese dumplings). I ordered some dishes based on recommendations and my gut feeling to try them out. Shikam paa is mainly made of air-dried bacon 🥓 and radish, stir-fried with chili 🌶️. The homemade 🐖 pork belly is real dried meat, hard to bite, even a bit like jerky for pets 🐈‍⬛. But it's not dry; the fat is somewhere between tendon and meat jelly, still retaining a moist and oily texture. The seasoning is light, the radish is slightly soft, and with the spicy sauce, it's very appetizing. The whole dish tastes a bit fragmented, not as integrated as twice-cooked pork. Fin Tshoem is stir-fried chicken 🐔 with vermicelli, also using chili 🌶️ as the main flavor, with some Sichuan peppercorns added. It has a relatively mild salty and spicy taste, with onions 🧅 adding a touch of sweetness. Diced chicken and vermicelli are hard to go wrong no matter how they're cooked. The small portion of Bhutanese salad 🥗 is mixed with cottage cheese 🧀, and it's also full of spices with a slight fermented flavor. The combination of the two makes the vegetables have both the sour aroma of cheese and a strong spicy taste. Overall, almost all dishes are spicy and fragrant 🌶️, with good flavors and moderate spiciness. I didn't even drink much water. There are no heavy spices commonly found in South Asia, and there seem to be no religious restrictions on meat. The owner's recommended cheese pickled peppers 🫑 wasn't tried because I was too full, but it seems that cheese 🫕 is also an important part of the local flavor. The per capita cost is 2-4k. I'd like to try other dishes if I get the chance; it's quite distinctive of the region.❤️❤️❤️ #DiscoveringFlavorfulTowns #CrazyFrogFoodDiary #Bhutan

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