Food!

It wouldn't be anything written by me if food wasn't mentioned. I'm dedicating this post to food and what we've learnt about edibles in our new home.

Our first few days were a bit tough. During breakfasts I broke the eggs and burnt the toast. Dinners were also pretty shoddy. What do you mean, the oven doesn't work when the power is out? And what can I possibly cook with only tomatoes, onions and lots of lentils? not a promising start to my new life as an expat house 'wife'. 

Then we discovered the market:

Plums, mangoes, mushrooms, beets, lettuce, cucumber, even skinny little asparagus (which were on the menu for tonight). I was able to buy all this in the picture for less than 5 bucks. not bad.

We also found a few cozy cafes serving up tasty fare. I ate half of these snacks before i remembered to take a picture. 

Fried momos and cheese pakodas

The dumplings are a fried version of Nepali "momo"s - delicious little pockets of paneer, veggies, meat, or any mix of them. The little squares are cheese "pakoda"s, fried paneer cheese. Yum. A girl doesn't need much more in life than fried cheese....

And not to leave out baby, who has been enjoying the cafe vibe with us:

J & U in the cafe around the corner

She has been on her own food adventure and tried solids for the first time today. Mashed banana + breast milk. I think she got about 60% of it actually in her mouth, and of that probably swallowed only 25%, but it's a start.