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Caption: - BHUTAN -
A HIGHWAY SOJOURN The treasures of the Thimphu gateway
Caption: The summer months bring an abundance of the forest's finest earthy gems and farms' organic produce to the roadside with lovely weathered hands and faces proudly presenting their harvest
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Caption: fresh roadside fire roasted corn
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Caption: matsutake or "sangay shamu", the glorious fragrant pine mushroom
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Caption: the last of the summer's succulent stone fruits
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Caption: the essential chili or "ema", eaten fresh in a curry with farm cheese or dried for the winter to be stewed with Yak
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Caption: vivid chanterelles that go ever so well with the abundant fresh dandelion greens
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Caption: dried fresh farmers cheese or Bhutanese Bubble Gum as its fondly known as it can take hours to chew thru one of those stone like morsels
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Caption: smoked dried farmers cheese
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Caption: homemade savory pickle of garlic, green chilies and local Sichuan pepper
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Caption: wild fern tips for curry, stir fry or the grill
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Caption: The Bhutan landscape produces so many beautiful treasures to healthily support the Kingdom's pervasive happiness
Thank you for joining me as I meandered to the capital!
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