Taste of place
El sabor de cada lugar
Detrás de cada plato hay la historia y las costumbres de una ciudad: por qué el sushi era la comida rápida de Edo, en qué casa antigua empezó el pato laqueado de Pekín, si la historia de la pizza Margarita es verdad o leyenda. 47 platos emblemáticos con su origen, cómo comerlos y las normas locales, y además «qué comer cerca» de 249 lugares y fiestas: imprescindibles, dónde comer, normas en la mesa y precio orientativo.
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Sri Lankan rice and curry
A plate of rice with several curries made from fish, meat, vegetables, lentils and fruit.
Agra petha
A translucent sweet at the foot of the Taj Mahal, with a widely told but doubtful legend.
Indian thali
One round platter holding all six tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, astringent and spicy.
Nepali momo
Steamed dumplings from Nepal and Tibet, whose name may come from northwest China's 'momo'.
Qué comer cerca de los lugares de interés15 lugares
- Galle FortImprescindible: Seafood curry / grilled fish, Fish Ambul Thiyal, Hoppers
- Temple of the Tooth, KandyImprescindible: Rice & Curry, Kottu Roti, Hoppers
- Sigiriya (Lion Rock)Imprescindible: Rice and curry, Hoppers, String Hoppers
- Phewa Lake, PokharaImprescindible: Thakali thali, Lake fish, Momo
- LumbiniImprescindible: Dal Bhat, Momo, Terai thali
- Boudhanath StupaImprescindible: Tibetan momo, Thukpa, Thenthuk (hand-pulled noodle soup)
- Kathmandu Durbar SquareImprescindible: Momo, Dal bhat thali, Newari platter
- Kerala BackwatersImprescindible: Sadya feast, Karimeen (pearl spot fish), Appam with stew
- Mysore PalaceImprescindible: Mysore masala dosa, Bisibele Bath, Mysore Pak
- Khajuraho templesImprescindible: Central Indian thali, Tandoori meat / chicken, Bundelkhandi regional food
- Humayun's Tomb, DelhiImprescindible: Mughlai kebabs / biryani, Chole Bhature, Butter chicken
- Golden Temple, AmritsarImprescindible: Free communal kitchen (langar), Amritsari kulcha, Amritsari fish
- Amber Fort and Hawa Mahal, JaipurImprescindible: Rajasthani thali, Laal Maas, Pyaaz Kachori
- The Ganges at VaranasiImprescindible: Kachori sabzi breakfast, Lassi, Banarasi Paan
- Taj MahalImprescindible: Petha, Mughlai pilaf / biryani, Roast chicken / tandoori