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Restaurant

Take the time to go to Nepal's restaurant to make a comment, can only say that some of the things we eat.

In General, in Nepal tourist place can eat food around, including the Chinese food there are many choices when selecting too many but not good, do not know which should be selected.

Nepal local food, especially the new tile, food, some spices are not very used to eat, but after all, you should try. Almost every restaurant will charge a 10% service charge and even some charge 13% of the tax, which is before the Raiders are not mentioned, it may be that we all think 10% for local prices, not worth mentioning. But because of the very few domestic basically eat will, therefore, a start is not a habit. But it also has another advantage is that no additional tipping.

About serving slow, we found that they generally point good table dishes, along with some personal things, especially on the two people in a table, must be at the same time serving, relative to normal speed on all the dishes are a bit slow, such as essentially 20min, food can up than imagined or faster.

Of course, there are some special slow, but I think that should not be regarded as a universal phenomenon.

Breakfast:

Tashi Dhargey: our first day of the arrival of KTM GH restaurant, Simple Breakfast, Masala Tea and Sandwich total is the amount the barbarian 180RS, foot, taste good, this is the unique impression to me GH is also good.

No service charge and tax.

K.C's Restaurant: in the small restaurant in the Thamel, first go to eat lunch and then went to eat breakfast, which is a small three-story building, first floor restaurant is selling bread, second floor is the restaurant on the third floor there is also a rooftop restaurant.

We ate lunch on the second floor, you can also taste, reactive. On the third floor of the front surface layer ate breakfast, taste good, it seems this is known as breakfast, some of the things you want to eat you can also ask, because I want to eat toast with poached egg, they also make it out to me. We have lunch at just a few tables Chinese just eat well leave. 10% service charge.

Didi's Tibetan Tea Shop: in the monkey Temple above a very humble shop, the shop owner was an older woman, can provide things not many, but the price is very cheap, I ate the bread in the morning, but the climb to the mountain and hungry, so additional manual here.

A local bread and a cup of tea, as long as 25RS. The so-called bread is actually Chinese steamed bun, the locals are dip Curry eat, I just had a taste of tea eating, is also very good, at least I like very much. No service charge and tax.

Lunch:

Rice Bowl: at the Lake side of bokhara, because lunch time was relatively quiet, so the second floor of the store only by our table customer, party room.

Shop assistants are watching television, eating its own lunch. The taste of momo feeling good, vegetable fried rice with vegetable stated also can also. Is more than a little ants, but this should be the entire PKR. 10% service charge.

Mike's Restaurant: the reason for this is because from the LP, is located by the Lake, very close from the Fewa Lake, imagine sitting in the Lake of feel good, so cycling past, this place is near the North Shore area, and is in deep alley, in addition to living in who's inside GH, estimated quite few is making his own past.

The restaurant is open, green environment is super good, trees are a Crow. Originally this reputation good pastry is sold or not done, only one call what apple cake, forget the specific name, but the taste is delicious, very delicious. Vegetable dish of rice with beef, tomato taste very good. More interesting is that Boys will take down the plate aside, if the Crow saw, will fly down. We then saw a Raven flew down to FIAR being eaten in potato chips, just have a visitor with a only card to travel and see the raven flies down to shout it, very interesting. The dog's owner also said his favorite thing is to catch the bird. 10% service charge and tax of 13%.

K.C's Restaurant: a brief

Sunny Restaurant: BTP's Taumadhi square, not far from the square du bus.

Sunny also owns GH, LP on the ons is also very good. We had lunch with a roof, can see the entire Taumadhi square, nice view. As for taste, no special place. 10% service charge.

Kathmandap Restaurant: KTM's du bus Plaza, last day to eat lunch, taste like the point of generally pizza cheese inside is very small.

Is down, you can see the entire du bus Plaza. 10% service charge.

Dinner:

Once upon a time: first day in PKR's Lake side dinner, potato salad was very nice, looks like a foreigner, didn't see the faces of the Chinese people.

10% service charge.

Fewa Park Restaurant: LP, on the outside except Mike restaurant at the Lake, the other should have, but did not have the opportunity to have a family.

Although not built by the Lake, the shore there are ten metresDistance, but you sure have to close and intimate contact Fewa Lake. We had a cup of tea Lake point, watching the sky grew dark, I feel really good, it is a good place for afternoon tea. Dinner can also feel that many Chinese people. Live performance is a local folk dances, five individuals performing n program. Take a look at is good, but everyone likes different, my husband doesn't like the Super. 10% service charge.

Everest Steak House: we eat at PKR, KTM has a chain.

This is the experience of Shanghai tourists is strongly recommended that, at the Lake side of a second floor, looks at all the Chinese people are basically from Shanghai. 370-750RS a steak, price, basically raw materials are the same, just with different sauces, select a lot. General to the shop is at steak, relative to the Shanghai steak on cost to eat a little, really worthwhile, but also a have two big steak. This shop is a rare non-discounted restaurant.

Helena 's: we are in no way into Thamel this eight-storey restaurant, it is also the highest restaurant KTM, no elevator, so he had to climb, climb to the top floor there is a lift from the balcony, but do not see how much of the evening, after all, there's no lighting works, recommendations or breakfast used to be good.

Open a bit cooler at night, and another table later moved to indoor stand, so you want to go with good clothes. In this comparison of foreigners, to 10% service charge and 13% tax, when we used to charge, this tax was a bit of a bad mood.

Beijing Hotel: just KTM's Beijing Hotel, with the local people will come here to eat Chinese food.

On that day because of the raining outside, go out, we will be the next best thing to eat here. Do Chinese food as raw material, it's taste is really strange, but to be fair, in ate so many days after foreign cuisine and Curry, you can eat Chinese food is very happy thing, of course, China TV you can see, although the films on TV is our domestic see change. 10% service charge.

Weizen: this is in the Thamel in bakeries, followed by a courtyard you can eat afternoon tea and dinner.

I ordered a potatoes meeting (Backed potato), which is a yogurt dip, not like the taste. But inside each package looks very rich. This also does not charge, but don't feel normal.

KOTO: this had intended to eat, but later on in the can't find Thamel inside, moved away, and on the LP.

Later on in the taxi that has been moved to the outside from the new town near Thamel.

Hot Bread: the bakery in Thamel Centre, the business has been good, 9 points-but basically not to 9 o'clock, so you're going.

Shopping:

Shopping in Nepal, make sure you bargain, this is the truth.

But generally speaking, 08 October price compared to the LP and came back last year already expensive TXS, prices are generally increased by 30%-50%, so it may last even earlier shopping strategy there is little reference, including taxi price comparison is rising. The same tickets prices and many, many of them are up 100%.

Bottled water: ordinary bottled water should be 10RS/1L, but we also bought 25RS/1.5L water, don't know why they are more expensive.

Postcard: should be 10RS/card, stamp sent to China is 25RS/piece.

Bread: local bread taste universally true, we are at KTM and PKR bought, usually 20-50RS/a, folded in half when compared to the benefits.

PKR in Lake side just a bakery, Fewa Park on the edge. There is a kind of Cookies is very delicious, creamy a foot. While KTM Street bakery is a lot, you can buy nearby.

As: buy as suggested going to PKR's Tashi Ling Tibetan village buy, Devil ' s Falls diagonally opposite, there is a path went in, passing a school.

It is generally better than PKR's Lake side many cheaper, offer is also very convenient. I feel should be 9-10 point before they open the door, because we are more than 9 point when a few home door. We are at the intersection of a storefront shop bought many, the shopkeeper is a Tibetan lady who lives. Singing Bowl should be around 500RS; bracelet different prices according to the material is also different, should be specified; in 200RS small Tibetan small tiehe, I do not know how to describe is that you can put a ring size box, and the bracelet is almost the price; prayer according to materials of different sizes, the price difference is pretty much.

Paper lamp: paper lamp price seems to be pretty powerful, rose, we bought a small paper lamp, also, is 100RS/in Thamel buy, don't know other places are cheaper, but we talk about 100RS, the shopkeeper is harsh sold us, feels should not buy expensive Ah.

Black tea and sweet: Nepali Masala Tea or Tea according to the price difference between the good and bad duo, we bought the Nepali 600g Tea, bamboo 2 boxed in 2, 3, fulcrum of incense, the total is 1350RS, possibly buy expensive.

Beverages: local a mango

Juice called IRO, seemingly everywhere doing advertising, we bought a drink, taste good, it seems there's pineapple 17RS, taste and mixed taste.

Scarf: scarves are really complex, it is said that Pushmina Cashmine and the difference is the thickness of the different, there are content, as well as Silk.

We buy is 70% Pushmina scarf, 750RS/2.

Peacock window: in fact the Peacock window that is selling more BTP, most small size should be about, 500RS, we buy in (how long it probably 30cm) is about working with different 1500RS prices also vary quite large, especially in the Peacock window carved patterns if complex price is obviously expensive.

In addition there are other valuable wood, particularly the bodhisattvas, we see a particularly nice bodhisattva, but asking price is 25000RS, we even offer ideas at all, but the statue of Buddha is we can see the most beautiful one. We buy the Peacock window shop from Taumadhi Plaza on the way to the old city, very close to the old city. Where the price is bid mangui on the second floor, there are a lot of things. Later we bought several small Peacock window is from du bus Plaza to Taumadhi Square alley, close to the Pagoda GH, this shop is a woman, price comparison.

Bronzes and ceramics: because these are not easy to carry, not too heavy, not too bad, so do not buy, the price has not asked.

Silver: here is Nepali, Tibetan-silver words can be said of Tashi Ling to buy.

Nepal's silver is 925 Silver, works very well, but these decorations are sold to foreigners, Nepal local people like gold, silver is only used to make containers. We bought 2 bracelets, 1 bracelet, necklace, 1 spent 400 RMB, Shanghai silver town such jewelry shop, and really cheap, but simply do not work.

Paint box: do not know why paint box are the features of Nepal, buy for three bigger than the small size of the paint box, colorful and very pretty, 100RS/a.

Saber: this time not buying issue to consider for a long time, fear not to GATT.

So I bought the medium of Gorkha Saber. Saber discount should be all shopping in minimal, basically every store of the unified pricing is 9%. We finally get to 75% off. Saber is divided into utility knife and decorating knife, the difference is in the works and the CAP. Decorating knife of the CAP is made of metal decoration more flowers and utility knife is an ordinary black leather case. Knife difference is a practical tool to maintain the functionality of the original Saber, balance and the like, but there is no decorative knives. This is something, it is said that utility knife cheaper. We buy is a utility knife, and finally to 900RS deal. See the other Chinese tourists and bought the great decorative knife to 2000RS deal. The prices mentioned on the strategy we have ever seen.

We buy Saber's shop:

Gorkha Zone Khukuri House

Paryatan Marg, Thamel, KTM, Nepal

House No.:369

Phone No.:977-1-4251497

Email:khukuriesofGZKH@hotmail.com

Exchange rate

We at the exchange rate is generally higher than KTM PKR high, leaving, we at KTM to 1: 73.8 change u.s. dollars, but it is said that it was changing to 74.3.

Exchange rate you can bargain, so everyone can be discharged on the basis of the price table, you can increase. In PKR on price nearly impossible, and all the shops are unified price, did not have to talk about. So before you try to go to PKR for sufficient RS, if not at PKR, can rarely change, and so on back to KTM to exchange some more.

Other

Departure tax: now the departure tax is 1695RS/people, compared with last year rose by hundreds of RS now, everyone leaves the KTM when the remaining US $ RS are replaced, ask the receptionist for departure tax, leave enough RS to departure tax.

Customs: former Raiders are said to Nepal yearend, but this feeling is no longer simple.

Comparison of concentration on the one hand and business climate, it down too much, after all, is a tourist city. On the other hand is a bit like China cheated into one is a feeling that this may be the developing countries more, if we may have on us is nothing great, but in the foreign language barrier, the more trouble. That folkway is on the front of the children to candy, is the same problem.

Language: foreigners gathered district, most people can speak simple English, pronunciation Odder, they say you can't understand what you say they can't understand State may occur.

It is best to use simple words to express your point, do not use long sentences, they may not be able to understand. For example, by taxi: Patan, how much? so they are easier to understand. There are a few of the shop owner can speak Chinese, but only a few words. Bargaining, the best you can press calculator, because their pronunciation, 2 and 3 have the pronunciation is like, we'll eat once in loss.

Currency: their currency is divided into 1000, 500, 100, 20, 10, 5RS notes and coins 2, 1RS (did not find anything, so I do not know have no missed), so it's time to watch out for change, we will be looking for the 2RS as 20RS to us.

Note the above hasArabic, you can view carefully, or under color separately, is not on, see coins probably can distinguish.

Weather: the weather of October in most of the temperature is between 16-30 degrees, the temperature during the day and night have bright, Sun protection is necessary, I come back a lot of the dark.

To see the sunrise sunset Hill, more coats, compares the cold. Back to KTM after two nights of the rain, but rain is not big, but allow more muddy roads.

Chat: will someone to chat with you, whether in the KTM's Thamel or du bus Plaza, or in the mountains, there will be active and you chatting up the locals, asked do you need a guide or to beg.

This time you just ignore him or Say no, basically would not be too entangled.

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