Banana Leaf

... to prepare, ten minutes to eat) using any method, usually hands. All you can eat rice, veg curries, beans etc, served on a banana leaf costs about $2 Nepal: I've attached a couple of pictures of the Everest Region in Nepal, but please believe me when I ...

... out a serious investment. I started to doubt this explanation when today I reached a town and finally got a plate… with a banana leaf on it! Apparently, the secret lays in unusual properties of the leaf. The most important one of them is ...

... for something to eat. We were a bit clueless as we took a seat in the restaurant and looked around at everyone eating off a banana leaf. We waited patiently until a waiter came over and placed a banana leaf in front of us and then placed three scoops of ...

... . I wonder if there are any more 'brothers' of that order. I went to the beach for a couple hours, learned how to make banana leaf coasters, and am planning to leave here tomorrow morning. I also learned about the annual Sardine Run: in June and July, ...

... of rice with up to ten different pickles, curries and yoghurts - and whilst at first the are exciting, especially when served on banana leave, in the end you crave something less “ricey” and more substantial. Mind you, at around £1:00 for ...

... every few minutes, but it was no use. I was failing. I would never make it. Then, out of nowhere, my salvation arrived. It was a banana leaf hat. Yes, I said a banana leaf hat. Here they take banana leaves and roll them up in such a way as to make ...

... of monopoly – we’ll have to go back someday and stay a month! The last night was special with a great Keralean banana leaf thali cooked by Rani our ever cheerful and smiling host. She pulled out all the stops and treated us to what ...

... I , along with Elizabeth, Matt , Victoria, Jimmy and Ragu tucked into a superb Indian curry, made by Ragu's mum, served up on a banana leaf. As is the tradition, we ate the meal using our right hands only (the left hand is used for 'cleaning' purposes). ...

So like I was saying, we had a few weeks to kill in the meantime. The strange thing is that though this is our umpteenth time in Malaysia, we have only seen a tiny tiny part of it, and nothing else. Our first port of call was to Melaka, a couple of hours ...

... a little more than I usually would spend on hostels, but I didn't care, I was determined this was to be a relaxing, luxurious, banana-free weekend to revive my mind and body! The four of us went to a Thai restaurant, pub for drinks and of course I ...

... of the boat ride. We sort of stood there gobsmacked for a moment, there was a great big jaguar head underneath that banana leaf.     Often when we would stop at a little village Captain Louie would jump off the boat and start picking ...

... the local forests, passing waterfalls and the orange coloured river-almost getting lost in the process. The evening passed with a sublime banana leaf curry, very common in SE Asia, a number of small portions of curry, rice, naan, poppadoms and dips ...

... had eaten as much as we wanted, the elephants did an amazing clear up job.  We fed them the remaining food and the banana leaf table cloths and then leapt nimbly (scrabbled, scraped and heaved ourselves!) back on board for the remaining trek down the ...

... , we tried more local delicacies – one thing we both had as a snack was a roll of sticky rice & coconut milk, wrapped in banana leaf and the other “snack” was enjoyed only by Jill, and we’ll get to that later. The rest of the ...

... spent the food budget on her new shoes so how would she like them cooked, we had a seafood soup and a lemon steamed fish in banana leaf.  The seafood soup was lovely with pretty much a whole crab as well as other seafood in it while the fish was ...

... Dutch Quarter Fort, Sultan's Well and the Old Dutch Square and the new football stadium.  Krista and I enjoyed a curry served on a banana leaf.  I could get used to this eating off a banana leaf with your fingers, no washing up!  Top idea! ...

... tomorrow, before meeting Jamie at the Holiday Inn around 12.30. Went to the place across the side street from The Banana Leaf (called The Orchid) arriving just as the afternoon monsoon started. Ordered a couple of coconut milkshakes (delicious), beef ...