In a move to promote Nepal\u2019s food culture across the world, Nepal\u2019s hospitality industry on Monday launched a cook book and videos of 30 Nepal food items prepared by expert chefs, under the campaign. \u201cGlobalizing Nepal Heritage Cuisine\u201d. In view of this initiative an event was organized and live streamlined. This is the first ever campaign initiated by the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) <\/em>and Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) <\/em>under a PPP model.<\/em><\/p>\n At the occasion of the cuisine display and tasting in Kathmandu, Nepali Minister for Culture<\/a>, Tourism<\/a> and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari launched the book and videos that contain Nepali food recipe with information on all ingredients and cooking methods.<\/p>\n Visitors were welcomed to an assortment of traditional Nepali cuisines from around 200 food categories selected from different Nepali communities. Among the vast array, there were dishes like the Kwati, Sisne Jhol, Phando, Jwano ko Jhol, Pancha Kwa, Chukur Khanda, Karesabari, Chukauni, Timure Aalu, Fulaura, Sekuwa, Sandheko, Tareko, Usineko, Pakku, Chhoyla, Momo, Chatanmari, Wo, Jogi Bhat, Dal Bhat, Dhindo, Himali, Yomari, Sikarni and Dahiphal.<\/p>\n The event aimed at regaining the lost glory of Nepal\u2019s diverse food culture<\/a>. Stating the importance of this step, Deepak Raj Joshi, CEO of NTB said, \u201cThis is an exemplary event under the PPP model. We should tell the world that Nepal<\/a> has varieties of foods.\u201d<\/p>\n As per HAN<\/em>, the Government\u2019s Department of Food Technology and Quality has tested and certified the selected food items.<\/p>\n Expressing the government\u2019s support to the campaign, Tourism Minister, Rabindra Adhikari said,\u201d Gastronomy tourism is a new product. Although it\u2019s late, we have at least started the campaign to globalize our dishes.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Senior Tourism entrepreneur Karna Sakya, the work to globalize Nepali foods had started 7 months ago. He said, \u201cThis campaign should have started a long time ago, but it didn\u2019t,\u201d \u201cWe have lost our diverse dishes as we didn\u2019t deem it necessary to promote them. But still, we can publicize gastronomy tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n Further quoting statistics he said, there are more than 1,000 Nepali restaurants across the world, and around 4,000 chefs working in different hotels and restaurants across the world. \u201cBut still, we have failed to promote our foods.\u201d<\/p>\n This move is a part of the NTB\u2019s ongoing initiative to promote Gastronomy tourism<\/em> under the theme, \u2018Experience Nepal: Cuisine & Culture\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n According to the International Culinary Tourism Association,<\/em> food travelers spend around $1,200 per trip on average, with over one-third ($425) of their travel budget going towards food-related activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a move to promote Nepal\u2019s food culture across the world, Nepal\u2019s hospitality industry on Monday…<\/span><\/p>\nTraditional Nepali Cuisines<\/h4>\n
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