Sunday, November 22, 2009

A little taste of heaven

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Sunday, November 22, 2009

If there is one thing that has pulled us through in the food department in the past six weeks, it is the heavenly food at Ulaanbaatar's Taj Mahal restaurant. Again last night, Frank made the 30 minute walk (in very brisk temperatures) to get some take-out from this fantastic restaurant.

On a very difficult day six weeks ago when we were stranded in the hospital with A, a friend arrived with food from the Taj Mahal. Salvation!

We haven't been the same since.

Since then, we've eaten at the restaurant itself on two occasions, but what we've really come to love is enjoying their delicous food here at home.

It was all vegetarian dishes last night, which is the perfect antidote to the meat-rich Mongolian diet. Paneer jalfrezi. Baigan Pasanda. Daal Saagwala. Aloo gobi. At least three of the four dishes were lovely.

Oh, and the vegetable samosas with hot carrot chutney will brighten even the most difficult day.