What to Eat in Nepal: Food, Hospitality and Travel Rhythm

Meals are part of the route, not just a break from it

Field-aware guide content for Nepal, adding context before clichés and helping travelers understand the place before they arrive.

Nepalese cuisine refers to the food eaten in Nepal. Nepal's cultural and geographic diversity has resulted in a variety of cuisines based upon ethnicity and on soil and climate.

The subtropical character of the latter allows for intensive agriculture, including rice, lentils, corn, wheat and potatoes are the main productions.

Strongly Vegetarian, Nepalese cuisine is based on the use of rice and lentils. It borrows both, Indian and Tibetan food traditions, whose influence dates back to the Middle Ages.