Bhutanese Food Guide

Bhutanese diet is mainly meat, dairy products, rice (red or white) and vegetables. “Emadatse” (chilli and cheese stew) is the national dish with many variations throughout the country. Meat dishes, mainly pork, beef and yak are lavishly dosed with red peppers, which are a common sight drying on rooftops. Social occasions mean serving salted butter tea, or “suja” as it is called. “Doma” or betel nut is offered as a customary gesture of greeting. The Bhutanese vastly enjoy “Chang”, a local beer, and “arra”, country liquor, distilled from maize, rice, wheat or barley.