Authentic Bhutanese Foods + SHOCKING Village of FERTILITY Tour | Punakha, Bhutan
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My third day in Bhutan began with breakfast at the Happiness Field Village Homestay in the city of Punakha. After that, I’d visit a unique local village and monastery!
My traditional breakfast included some rice porridge and an amazing, sticky, risotto-like fried rice with ezay, which is a spicy chili salsa. The ezay added a lot of heat to the rice porridge. Overall, the spice level was maybe an 8/10. I finished up with milk tea (chai) with ginger.
Then, I met up with my driver, Nidup, and my guide Tsheten, both from MyBhutan. We arrived in the village of Sipsikha, a town of less than 1,000 where phalluses are painted on every house and restaurant as a symbol of fertility. The phalluses are all different colors and have eyes. Some even have fangs! They also chase away evil spirits. In the handicraft souvenir shops, they even sell phalluses! The tradition of painting phalluses dates back to the 15th century, when a Tibetan saint who came to Bhutan and subdued evil spirits using his phallus. It was so unique…I’d never seen a place like this!
It takes about 2 minutes to walk through the first part of the village. Between the two parts of the village are rice paddy fields. It’s really beautiful! Past the fields is the second part of the village, where you’ll find a water prayer wheel and many more shops on your way to the Chimi Lhakhang Monastery.
The shops sell phalluses of different sizes, some of which are painted, while others are plain. They also have beautiful paintings, scarves, prayer beads, and masks. The traditional ceramic masks were about 1,500 Nu, or about $19.84 USD.
The architecture in the town was beautiful. We continued on to more fields, where we saw them making mud bricks.
Near Chimi Lhakhang Monastery is a black stupa, where the Lam Drukpa Kuenley, an unconventional Buddhist master known as the Divine Madman captured and subdued a pair of demons who wanted to kill him. There’s also a large prayer wheel and 108 smaller ones.
Inside the temple, I took off my hat and shoes and filmed inside the courtyard. Inside, prayers were in session. There are also students and lots of different types of offerings.
Next, we headed to a nunnery, but it was closed, so we headed to Chimi Lhakhang Organic Café, a rustic, wood café that offers amazing views of the paddy fields, village, and mountains.
I had a Druk lager, red rice, ema dashti, vegetable soup, dried beef sausage with chilies, and dried pork with spinach and chilies.
The ema dashti was spicy and delicious and contained mushrooms. The green chilies are really hot, but the red ones aren’t so bad. The red rice really helped calm down the heat. The beef sausage contained some chili seeds and chili oil. It was nice and crunchy. You eat them with the ezay, which also contains onions.
The vegetable soup was light and cloudy and contained spinach but no spice. Then, I went for the dried pork. It was mostly gelatinous pork fat with a bit of meat. You eat it with the spinach and chilies. The gelatin falls apart in your mouth, and the sautéed spinach and chili combination was really nice. The layer of meat was hard to bite through, though.
The ema dashti was my favorite. It’s one of my favorite dishes on the planet now! It has a consistency similar to spinach dip. The chilies in the sausages felt like numbing Szechwan peppers. My least favorite was the meat layer in the pork, but it was still nice. The sausages were so good that I got a second plate!
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I’m a Bhutanese and even I can’t eat ema datsi like the way you do hahahaha and your guide should have taught you the right way to eat that pork dish 😅 we usually separate the fats from the hard part, eat the soft ones with the rice and the hard meat at last like a chewing gum 😅 loved all your videos. Love from Bhutan 🇧🇹
In reality you be like : I don't eat food if it is not spicy lol 😂
Shob di
I wouldn’t be able to keep a straight face walking through that phallus village, think I would give the souvenir shop a miss too 😂....great vid dude!
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😂 yeah right ur joking no?.any way bro there is also an island 🌴 in Thailand there is a holy place where women’s buy those souvenirs of what u call hmm.. right same like this place amazing 😉
I’ve been to Bhutan. I love the food, specially emma datsi.
Thank you for being Bhutan and showing it to the world... the foods... god, cant help missing home. Plus, you are the first foreigner as per my opinion to always finish the ema datshi and ezay...
What about penis stores & art on the walls
your Bhutan series is so amazing. so much traditional food, fast food, their culture everything is so interesting. 😊😊
Bhutan is my kind of place......no crowd, no traffic, no pollution, pure solitude....gud fr mind nd body
Hey mate, thankyou for visiting my country. I hope Bhutan is treating u well. Well, just wanted to recommend u to try fish curry Bhutanese style (sichuan pepper a must but take care of the fish bones) and Baathup aswell. Keep updating us, I miss home so much.
Thank you for visiting our country Bhutan and experiencing our food and culture.
#LoveFromBhutan🧡
Peace loving country n tasty food, love to go there again. Thankyou for showing Bhutan 🇧🇹 love it.
The food there looks mighty tasty ! The fried rice looks wonderful
oh so good!
Yes fitangie.the food looks mighty tasty and
Yes correct fiteangie the fried rice looks wonful .
I just screamed at the first shot of the Juma (sausage). I really miss it
I had been watching all video and it was very nice .....all the way from Bhutan.anyway welcome Bhutan and enjoy
Great vlog as always, Dave! Such a beautiful country ❤️
You're awesome.
Visit Bhutan again! Love from Bhutan!
What is this picture on the wall of house????? Am i sure?that was penis on wall???
Yes! We believe it wards off evil and it is also a sign of fertility!
Wow chilli everywhere ... It's great
Great collection of......... You know what I mean.... Different sizes different colours 😆😂
Looks Delicious 😋
I Am Getting Hungry 🤤
*Love From Pakistani* 🇵🇰❣️
The magic thunderbolt!!! I'm renaming my Johnson to this.
I loved this memorable place.
u r not like other vloggers...i feel so happy seeing your vlogs ..its just an authentic touch everywhere
Just like me :)
Wow delicious food my friend.
Mouthwatering foods.
Big Like
I presume the high consumption of fat(butter/cheese) in Bhutan is due to widespread availability plus probably helps with the weather conditions which must get extremely cold at times! Great vid!
Good to see you again David hope you will visit us again🧡 from Meghalaya
Thats dried turnip leaves that you eat with pork. It is a delcioucy of North West Bhutan. Enjoy your stay.
Do visit Village Restaurant at Babesa, Thimphu and Dorji Trozey at Zangto Pelri complex, Thimphu to taste authentic bhutanses dish. Those araent real bhutanese. Good luck ahead
Imagine coming in this village with your family. It would be so awkward 🤣
I'm a Bhutanese. Family goes there for worship during auspicious days. 😂
Yes omg
David's my hero! Oh yeah.
Well the women must be real happy thats for sure........... Yes, I would like a black phallus; for the decor ofcourse....
0:44 had me rofl.
oh wait, it's everywhere.
that 1 cell escaping had me dead
@@SoorajAntony007 इंडिया में हर लौंडे के ज़ुबान पे होता है.।
I love the autentic culture and food! ❤🌶💪
Nice .. i love bhutan.. me n my family ws in bhutan last year august.. n we enjoyeddd.. some videos are in my channel
If you took the word “chili” and “fallace” out of this video, it would be 2 minutes long.
Phallus***
On our way to Everest we stopped at the oldest monastery in Thyangboche.... we were allowed to take photos and video
I'm drinking a lot of Druk 11000 here in Delhi during lockdown.
How much is old monk full bottle in delhi dude ,,??
Am dead after seeing this vid🤣🤣🤣
I noe.its s penis🖕🖕🖕😛😛
Amazing bro very nice vlog
Hello David how have u been?
Ahh i love u so much.
Love from kerala
Hey David... can you ask for just alittle spice?
Brother love from tezpur ❤️❤️
10:49 background music
🍌 F***k f**k
Here we go😅
David bro ur video started with chiilii and ended with chilli...ur a chiilly man
When in Bhutan, do what the Bhutanese do
I was born in there, residening in Pittsburgh now but my everyday meal is with chilies and cheese, my Americans fellow friend love it when they are invited to my house for eating.
Does anyone know if there are other youtubers like David ?
I love watching Nate and Kara, as well as the Bucket list family vlogs.
JUSTIN SEAGULL thx
I’ll check them out
I took my girlfriend to Bhutan ang then everything changes..
Awesome video....post more pls... #SpiceMixRecipes
Hey David..... Apart from foods in Bhutan why don't you try the beers of Bhutan...
I did and I have one video coming out that is only craft beer of Bhutan
Wow!..... Eagerly waiting for it. Thank you for coming to Bhutan and showing the world our food and culture. Best wishes.
David u r awesome
00:44 lol
How did you come here during this pandemic?
The country wasn't closed when he came and the first case we had of covid19 (The American man) was also at the Punakha festival.
Can you share the recipe of Bhutanese Sticky Rice please?
It's hard to believe it's been three years and still no one has shared the recipe for "Totshe" from Bhutan. Traditionally, this risotto-style dish is made for breakfast using leftover curry and rice from dinner. The process is simple: add water, oil or butter, and a bit of salt to the leftover curry and bring it to a boil. Then, add the leftover rice and cook for a few minutes. In a non-traditional approach, you can combine all the veggies and rice, cook them together for a few minutes, then add water and let it cook until it reaches the consistency shown in David’s video.
My personal favorite curry for totshe is kewa datsi, which means potato and cheese. To make this dish, simply add sliced potatoes, onions, garlic, chilies, salt, some water, and plenty of cheese into a pot. Cook everything together until the potatoes are tender. I prefer it when the consistency is like a thick gravy.
You should be able to see some recipes on CZcams when you search for Bhutanese Kewa datsi
There is no roti or paratha in Bhutan? No bread only rice?
Please do visit bhutan you will get Indian dish too..you will never regret coming to bhutan.
Now I know why Bhutanese are the happiest people lol. Fallacy😅😅😂😂😇😇😇
😂Explore @ 27:08
the place name should be dickland......... lol 😂 im just kidding don't take it seriously plz
Did you say.. You like black one? I have it.. 😂
Did Tsheten eat his meals with you only off-camera?
And the joy of bringing a giant souvenir phallus through Customs at home or a transiting city like Singapore. LOL.
After Mark, he's the one who loves Spices and Chillies😄
0:45 what the fulk
Corona???
❤️🌷👍🏻
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Sir you got bad guide 😅😅...
Letting you always drinking wine 🥂 🍷
Hey David please connect with me I'm from Kanpur UP WHICH IS NEXT TK LUCKNOW WHERE YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SHOW YOU AROUND.
ALSO, I STAY IN DELHI DUE TO WORK AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY COVERED UP ALL THE LOCATION WHEN YOU WERE HERE .
Superbad 2007
Loda city
Mantra for Bhutanese food is that its numb your lips.
Omg. You need ovaries too to make a baby. Where are the ovarian paintings? 😂