Mangan district · Experiences
Food in North Sikkim
Momo, thukpa, churpi and farm kitchens
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Kitchens, markets and home tables: the quickest way to understand a valley. 5 experiences below, each with its time, cost and the best hour to go.
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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 …
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