Attending a traditional Newari feast (Lapate Bhoye) in Kathmandu is one of the best ways to try newari food. In fact, the newar cuisine is famed in the country for its range of different dishes.
At lapate bhoye, all the guest sits on long, narrow straw mats (sukuls) facing each other. A lapate (leaf plate) is placed before each guest, accompanied by a pala (small clay bowl). The eldest are served first, and the feast begins with two handfuls of baji (beatan rice), hariyo saag (green spinach), and alu tama (curry of potato and bamboo shoots). Alu tama has a unique aroma and you’ll surely love its taste. Spicy achaar (pickles) follow: alu kerau is a spicy mixture of radish, potatoes, and green and small brown peas, and tamatar ko achaar which is a ripe tomato pickle. Now that the groundwork has been prepared, the buffalo meat curry is served and the guests will start eating. The feast is on. And this is how more dishes follow in succession…….
