{"id":2858,"date":"2013-01-07T08:17:35","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T13:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2013-02-13T10:18:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T15:18:19","slug":"bhutanese-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/2013\/01\/07\/bhutanese-cuisine\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhutanese cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another country in love with crazy spiciness in food. Every recipe calls for chili pepper or chili powder. Crazy. I prepared two dishes that had quite a cold reception from my guys. It was probably due to the fact that the dishes were kind of bland without the spiciness of the chilies which I omitted. <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Pork with Radish and Bok Choy &#8212; Phaksha Pa<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nI&#8217;ve never cooked radish and bok choy before. The flavor of the dish was subtle and a little bitter but still kind of bland from the lack of spices (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peisch.com\/photos\/bhutan\/Recipes.html\" target=\"_blank\">the recipe<\/a> did not have anything other than chilies). My husband and son fished out the meat and were satisfied with it. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/countries\/img_0499-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04991.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1352130677&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pork with Radish and Bok Choy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04991.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04991.jpg?fit=584%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04991.jpg?resize=584%2C389\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pork with Radish and Bok Choy\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04991.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04991.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_04991.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<strong>Potatoes and Cheese &#8212; Kewa Datshi<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\nIt was good. Sort of comfort food (for those who think that spicy hot food is comforting). Potatoes and cheese is always a winning combination. So I selected to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peisch.com\/photos\/bhutan\/Recipes.html\" target=\"_blank\">this recipe<\/a> based on the ingredients, but of course I omitted the chilies. The result &#8212; my guys ate it all but made no comments and haven&#8217;t mentioned it since. I guess I won&#8217;t be making it again soon. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2712\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/countries\/img_0501-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_05011.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1352135060&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Potatoes and Cheese\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_05011.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_05011.jpg?fit=584%2C584&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_05011.jpg?resize=584%2C584\" alt=\"\" title=\"Potatoes and Cheese\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_05011.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_05011.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elenamaximova.org\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_05011.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another country in love with crazy spiciness in food. Every recipe calls for chili pepper or chili powder. Crazy. I prepared two dishes that had quite a cold reception from my guys. 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