In celebration of our time together our landlord (pictured) agreed to cook us up some amazing Nepali food before we leave. Not only does he run a tight ship with his rental units, but he also runs a guesthouse, helps to relocate refugees to the US, and was a professional chef for twelve years. The man is a blur of energy – and a darn fine chef so we’re excited for tonight’s feast.
We took a trip to a local food market this morning to pick up the vegetables he needed. We got there as the sun was rising and already the place was packed with people buying their day’s produce. As happens eight hours a day here, the power was out (the government calls this “load shedding”) when we arrived, so the interior of the space was lit by candles. This added a warm intimacy to the very, very large vegetable-stuffed building.
Leafy greens, garlic, onions, ginger, cauliflower, broccoli and tomatoes made up the bulk of the produce on offer. The deal was this: if you want something you have to buy five kilos of it. So, we bought five kilos of everything. Did it break the bank? Well, let’s just say that five kilos of cauliflower cost the equivalent of one US dollar.
I’d say the bank is pretty well intact.
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