Sikkim experiences
Food
Momo, thukpa, churpi and farm kitchens
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Kitchens, markets and home tables: the quickest way to understand a valley. 39 experiences below, each with its time, cost and the best hour to go.
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MG Marg and Lal Bazaar food walk
A walk from the clean, car-free MG Marg down to Lal Bazaar, Gangtok's main market, tasting momos, thukpa, sel roti and churpi …
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Cooking and eating in a Martam kitchen
Join a farming family in their kitchen for a meal of home-grown rice, dal, local greens, gundruk or pickles, and perhaps chicken …
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A Ranipool food stop on the highway
Ranipool's small market at the Ranikhola junction is where drivers stop for momos, chowmein, tea and sel roti on the road between …
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Tea, momos and Maggi at the lake stalls
The row of family-run stalls at Tsomgo serves sweet tea, butter tea on request, momos, thukpa and Maggi noodles at 3,753 m. …
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Cooking with a Lepcha family in Dzongu
Join your host family in the kitchen for a Lepcha meal from their own fields: rice, greens, nettle or fern, local meat …
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Cardamom country around Mangan
Learn how large cardamom, Sikkim's best known spice, is grown under shade trees and dried over wood fires in the slopes around …
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A tea and picnic break on the road north
Use the falls as a natural pause between Gangtok and Phodong: a cup of tea, some snacks and a stretch before the …
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Hot breakfast at 3,900 m
Stop at one of Thangu's simple eateries for tea, parathas, eggs or noodles as dawn lights the valley. A warm meal here …
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Tea at the last stall on the road
In the open season a few stalls at Zero Point sell hot tea, coffee and instant noodles to visitors at the road's …
Kinema, gundruk and millet in a Limbu kitchen
Cook and eat with your Darap hosts, learning about Limbu food: kinema fermented soybean, gundruk greens, millet and seasonal vegetables cooked on …
Dairy, cheese and milk tea in the valley
Stop in the Dentam valley for milk tea made with local milk and, if it is open, look for the Alpine Cheese …
Morning market walk in Gyalshing
Walk Gyalshing's market in the morning to see what West Sikkim's villages grow and ferment: greens, chillies, chhurpi cheese, gundruk and seasonal …
Sel roti and tea at a Gyalshing stall
Wait for your jeep with a cup of milky tea and sel roti, the ring-shaped sweet rice bread of Nepali kitchens, at …
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Cook a Sikkimese dinner with a Yuksom family
Join your homestay host in the kitchen to cook a home-style Sikkimese dinner of rice, dal, greens, pickles and perhaps momos or …
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Pilgrim's vegetarian lunch after the yatra
After the morning round at Siddhesvara Dham, eat a simple vegetarian thali at the canteens near the gate or in Namchi town: …
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Thali, momos and sel roti in Jorethang bazaar
A practical, tasty stop in the market around Jorethang's taxi stand: a rice thali or momos at a busy local eatery, sel …
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Butter tea, churpi and a Bhutia home kitchen
Join your hosts in the kitchen to watch or help make suja, the salted butter tea of Bhutia homes, and a simple …
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Tea, momos and a breather on NH10 at Melli
The classic road-trip break between Siliguri and South Sikkim: steaming momos, chowmein or a rice thali at a Melli roadside eatery, sweet …
Sunset tea over the Namchi valley
End a Namchi day with a cup of Temi tea at the garden's café or viewpoints as the sun drops towards the …
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Momos, sel roti and churpi in Central Park
An easy evening snack walk around Namchi's paved central square and the lanes behind it: steamed and fried momos, thukpa, sel roti, …
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Thukpa and momos on Ravangla's main street
A warm evening crawl along Ravangla's single market street for steaming thukpa, momos, shapale and butter tea in small family-run restaurants. Cheap, …
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From leaf to cup: Temi factory and tasting
When staff permit, see how plucked leaf becomes orthodox tea at Temi's factory, then taste first flush, autumn flush and other grades …
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Ginger, maize and a Yangang homestay table
Walk your hosts' fields of ginger, maize and vegetables, then help in the kitchen as the family cooks dinner from what they …
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Farmhouse supper and evening chat
Dinner in a Lingtam farmhouse, with produce from the garden, tea afterwards and unhurried conversation about the road and the seasons.
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Hill homestay evening near Mankhim
An evening at a Mankhim hill homestay: dinner cooked at home, tea on the veranda and a quiet night above the lake, …
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Homestay dinner and evening by the hearth
An evening in a family homestay: dinner cooked in the home kitchen, tea by a stove and an early night after the …
Morning walk through the Pakyong bazaar
A slow morning walk along Pakyong's main street, tasting momos and sel roti and looking at what the district grows and ferments: …
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Check post stop and bazaar lunch
A practical stop: clear the check post, withdraw cash and have a plain lunch in the bazaar before heading up to Gangtok …
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Rhenock bazaar walk and momos
A relaxed walk through the town's market, with tea, momos and shopping for supplies, before heading on to Aritar or Rongli.
Home-cooked river meal
A family meal in a Rolep homestay, built around the season and what the garden gives: terrace rice, greens, squash and pickles.
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Bazaar tea and momo crawl
A light food walk around Rongli's market: milk tea, momos, noodles and fried snacks from small stalls, to fuel you before the …
Junction tea and momo stop
A deliberate stop at the junction: milk tea, a plate of momos and a look at the traffic on the way to …
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An evening by the homestay stove
Spend the cold evening in the family kitchen, where the stove is warm and dinner is cooked in front of you: rice, …
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Tea, churpi and stories at the Hilley gate
Before or after the Barsey walk, sit at a tea stall by the Hilley gate for sweet milk tea, noodles or churpi, …
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Sel roti, momos and tea in Kaluk bazaar
Eat your way down Kaluk's short bazaar street: ring-shaped sel roti fried at dawn, milky tea, momos, aloo dum and, in season, …
Tea, momos and the Tuesday-named bazaar
Stop in Mangalbarey's bazaar for tea, momos or a thali and a look at a subdivision town at work. The name means …
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Sherpa kitchen evening at an Okhrey homestay
Spend an evening by the kitchen fire with your Okhrey host family, help with dinner and taste Sherpa and Nepali dishes such …
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Breakfast and supplies in Sombaria bazaar
Stop in Sombaria bazaar for momos, puri-sabzi or a thali, sweet milky tea and the last supplies before Okhrey and Hilley. A …
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Soreng bazaar morning in orange season
Spend an early morning in Soreng bazaar as the jeeps load and farmers bring in vegetables, ginger and cardamom. From November to …
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