Momo's with Sangmo

  BK, Chong, Sangmo, Rasel and myself
  a self portrait of Rasel, by Rasel
  Rasel on shoulders
 

Sitting on the floor eating momos...

On Thursday night Sangmo invited me along with some other volunteers to her place for dinner. Sangmo is a Tibetan woman who is the manager of the coffee shop where I volunteer, and her daughter Rasel (aged 5) pops into the shop every day after school.
For dinner we had momo’s. This is a traditional Tibetan dish which I would describe as being pastry parcels with various ingredients inside ie. veg or curried potatoes – i still have to take a photo of them... These pastry parcels are traditionally steamed, and on occasion you can find fried ones... the fried ones are my favourite as they are crunchy, although the steamed ones are tasty as well. And yes, although i am quite fussy with food, i have managed to try some new things while being here... LOL!
Sangmo lives in a single room with her daughter, and it reminded me a lot of when i was growing up, as I lived in similar circumstances. We all sat on the floor eating our momo’s – me without the chilli sauce!! – and drinking herbal tea. Sangmo managed to get the Korean guys to sing songs in Korean, and as she was working her way around the room – convincing everyone that they should sing – I pointed out that if she kept going, eventually we would have to sing as well, so she stopped – phew!
It was such a lovely evening, filled with lots of laughter and momos!