"Ndidakhala miyezi isanu ndi itatu chaka chatha ku Nepal pa Pulogalamu Yophunzitsa Chilankhulo cha Chingerezi. Mwezi woyamba - maphunziro ku Kathmandu, asanu ndi awiri otsalawo - mudzi wawung'ono maola 2 kuchokera ku likulu, komwe ndinaphunzitsa kusukulu yapafupi.
Banja limene ndinkakhala nalo linali lowolowa manja komanso lochereza. “Bambo anga a ku Nepal” ankagwira ntchito m’boma, ndipo mayi anga anali mkazi wapakhomo amene ankasamalira ana aakazi aŵiri okongola komanso agogo aakazi okalamba. Ndine wamwayi kwambiri kuti ndinakhala m'banja lomwe limadya nyama yaying'ono! Ngakhale kuti ng'ombe ndi nyama yopatulika pano, mkaka wake umatengedwa kuti ndi wofunika kwa akuluakulu ndi ana. Mabanja ambiri a ku Nepal ali ndi ng’ombe imodzi ndi ng’ombe imodzi pafamu yawo. Banja limeneli, komabe, linalibe ziweto, ndipo linagula mkaka ndi yogati kwa ogulitsa.
Makolo anga a ku Nepal anali omvetsetsa pamene ndinawafotokozera tanthauzo la liwu lakuti “vegan”, ngakhale kuti achibale, anansi ndi agogo aakazi achikulire ankawona zakudya zanga kukhala zosayenera kwambiri. Odyera zamasamba amapezeka paliponse pano, koma kupatula mkaka ndi nthano kwa ambiri. “Mayi” anga anayesa kunditsimikizira kuti mkaka wa ng’ombe ndi wofunika pa chitukuko (kashiamu ndi zonse), chikhulupiriro chomwecho chili ponseponse pakati pa Achimereka.
M’maŵa ndi madzulo ndinadya chakudya chamwambo (msuzi wa mphodza, mbale yapambali zokometsera zokometsera, kalori wa masamba ndi mpunga woyera), ndipo ndinapita nane kusukulu chakudya chamasana. Wothandizira alendo ndi wachikhalidwe kwambiri ndipo sanandilole kuti ndiphike kokha, komanso kuti ndigwire kalikonse kukhitchini. Kalori wa masamba nthawi zambiri ankakhala ndi letesi, mbatata, nyemba zobiriwira, nyemba, kolifulawa, bowa, ndi masamba ena ambiri. Pafupifupi chilichonse chimabzalidwa mdziko muno, kotero masamba ambiri amapezeka kuno. Kamodzi ndinaloledwa kuphika banja lonse: izo zinachitika pamene mwini kukolola mapeyala, koma sankadziwa kuphika iwo. Ndinachitira banja lonse guacamole yopangidwa kuchokera ku mapeyala! Ena mwa anzanga omwe ndimachita nawo zamasamba analibe mwayi: mabanja awo amadya nkhuku, njati kapena mbuzi pa chakudya chilichonse!
Kathmandu anali pafupi ndi ife ndipo zimenezo zinali zofunika kwambiri, makamaka pamene ndinali ndi chakudya chakupha (katatu) ndi matenda a m'mimba. Kathmandu ali ndi Malo odyera a 1905 omwe amapereka zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba, falafel, soya wokazinga, hummus ndi mkate wa ku Germany wa vegan. Mpunga wa Brown, wofiira ndi wofiirira uliponso.
Palinso Green Organic Café - yokwera mtengo kwambiri, imapereka zonse zatsopano komanso zamoyo, mutha kuyitanitsa pizza ya vegan popanda tchizi. Msuzi, mpunga wofiira, buckwheat momo (dumplings), masamba ndi tofu cutlets. Ngakhale kuti mkaka wa ng'ombe ndi wosowa ku Nepal, pali malo angapo ku Thameli (malo oyendera alendo ku Kathmandu) omwe amapereka mkaka wa soya.
Tsopano ndikufuna kugawana nawo Chinsinsi chosavuta komanso chosangalatsa cha ku Nepalese - chimanga chokazinga kapena popcorn. Chakudyachi chimakonda kwambiri anthu aku Nepalese makamaka mu Seputembala-Otobala, nthawi yokolola. Kukonzekera bhuteko makai, tsukani mbali za mphika ndi mafuta ndikutsanulira pansi ndi mafuta. Ikani maso a chimanga, mchere. Mbewu zikayamba kusweka, yambitsani ndi supuni, kuphimba mwamphamvu ndi chivindikiro. Pambuyo pa mphindi zingapo, sakanizani ndi soya kapena mtedza, khalani ngati chotupitsa.
Nthawi zambiri, aku America saphika letesi, koma amangowonjezera masangweji kapena mbale zina zosaphika. Nthawi zambiri anthu a ku Nepal amakonza saladi n’kuiika yotentha kapena yozizira ndi mkate kapena mpunga.