momo

Boudhanath has several good rooftop restaurants selling steamed Tibetan 'momos' , but the Hilton is a stone's throw away if you really need to get away from it all.

The fields yield paddy, their cattle are well fed and fat, water is well guided, they have their own eateries serving their favourite beef-filled 'momos' and noodle dishes.

We are refilling our bodies with liquids and plate after plate of wonderful vegetables, fried rice, and 'momos' .

Within minutes, the beef 'momos' had arrived, the six of them neatly lined up like crusty little soldiers.

There are the popular dim sums, the steamed dumplings filled with prawns, chicken or vegetables, and fried or steamed 'momos' and wantons with similar fillings.

Delicious 'momos' (dumplings) and noodle dishes were all prepared in a flash.

The four-day event will have a wide variety of lip smacking soya recipes, including tikka, patties and salads in Italian dressing and 'momos' .

We order some Tibetan beer and 'momos' (vegetable dumplings) as the band starts into a passable version of John Lennon's ' Jealous Guy '.

So we had 'momos' at Chanakya and then came home and stayed up all night just catching up!