Doma Wang is considered Kolkata’s momo evangelist. She is in Chennai’s Hyatt Regency for a five-day food pop up featuring Nepali and Tibetan food. The pop up is curated by mother-daughter duo Doma Wang and Sachiko Seth, owners of Blue Poppy Thakali, Kolkata, a restaurant that specialises in delectables like phaktu, shaphalay, chilli pork, pork shapta, and Nepali mutton curry. …
A middle-aged man roasts small alu-tikkis on a small griddle, turning each over with care. “Many refugees who came from the North-West Frontier were skilled bakers and Doon had an army of local karigars left behind by the British,” says anthropologist Lokesh Ohri. “After his exile, His Holiness The Dalai Lama had come to Dehradun for a year and with …
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