What’s fun about Nepal is the amazing food diversity the country has to offer. Nepal is an incredible foodie destination.
We spent two full days hunting for the best street food in Janakpur, NEPAL, located near the Indian border.
We arrive in Janakpur in the evening and check in at (probably) the best hotel in the city, Mithila Yatri Niwas ‪@MithilaYatriNiwas‬ So immaculate.
We head right after to a Dhaba for dinner (Dhaba is a roadside restaurant famous in Terai, Pakistan and India). The mutton taas is a fail but the paneer butter masala and chicken tandoori are a delight!
In the morning, for breakfast, we are lucky as we stubble into a shop selling litti; we end up eating litti (a dough ball stuffed with sattu - chickpeas, pulses and cereals powder), muri ghugni (traditional breakfast), kachri, and Nepali tea.
Then we visit the Sita Ram temple, where Sita (incarnation of Goddess Laxmi) married God Ram (incarnation of Lord Vishnu).
We finally make it to the most beautiful temple Janaki Mandir. I am really impressed by the beauty of this temple.
We then go to Ram Temple, where I (again) get feed.
For lunch, we eat at Navarang. The Mutton Chusta is not to our taste but the Katiya and small shrimps are very good.
Then comes the unexpected & unplanned street food tasting. We are trying:
- Sugarcane Juice
- Bhel Puri, a very special savory kind of chaat,
- Manchurian, balls made of shredded vegetables, fried and coated with a spicy gravy curry,
- Bhaja, a popular street food snack similar to chatpate but with a different taste and served with kachri and taruwa.
After this street food feast, we decide to head to the train station. It is an epic experience to just see this chaos. This is the only railway station of Nepal. And somehow, it feels like being in Bihar, India.
In the evening, we finish our tour at the Ganga Sansa where I witness my first Aarti.
Chapters:
0:00 First Time in Janakpur, Nepal
0:51 Luxury Hotel in Janakpur
1:30 Typical Dhaba (roadside restaurant)
3:18 Litti, a Janakpur delicacy
9:05 Ekdam traditional breakfast
12:50 Sita Ram Temple
14:55 Janaki Temple is INCREDIBLE!!
19:09 Ram Temple + famous lassi
21:54 Mutton chusta
24:38 Janakpur Street Food
32:42 Train station in Janakpur
36:20 Aarti in Janakpur
#janakpur #indianstreetfood #nepalifood
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We are Krishna & Maya, an international couple living in Kathmandu (Nepal) with our son Erik. Krishna is Nepali & I am Polish and Tunisian (although I grew up in France and hold a French passport). My mum is Catholic Christian, my father Muslim and Krishna Hindu.
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