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— July 16, 2025 41 comments
Tibetan Street Food - Spicy Laping Noodles!
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Laping is a spicy cold noodle dish served as a Tibetan street food. For more food and travel check out my website: http://migrationology.com/

While exploring the Boudhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, I noticed a number of stall where a few people were gathered around sitting on low stools slurping down little plastic bowls of what looked like spicy tofu on noodles. So as a curious and adventurous eater traveler, the next thing I knew, I was sitting on a bench enjoying my very first bowl of laping, a Tibetan street food noodle dish.

As I explained in the video, it sort of looked like a yellow noodle pancake at the beginning. But as soon as you order a bowl of laping cold Tibetan noodles, the noodle is sliced up into strips and then combined with a number of different sauces, including soy sauce and vinegar. The vendor then asked us if we wanted it spicy, and our reply was by all means yes, so he added a spoon of lethal chili sauce into our bowls of laping noodles. Finally, a spoon of ground tofu was added to the top of the noodles to complete this unique snack. The bowls and dining ware kind of looked like a play set, but it worked well, despite the noodles being extremely slippery.

So my first bowl of laping was extremely delicious. The noodles are very smooth and soft and the sauce was salty, sour, and extremely spicy. The vendor wasn’t joking when he mentioned to me at the beginning that the chili sauce was hot – it was hot and delicious. It was the type of chili sauce that made your lips burn.

After eating my bowl of laping Tibetan street food noodles, and having a chat with a little girl that was possibly the daughter of the vendor, we continued walking around, eventually sampling some Nepali street food (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf493MCi5rA). When you’re in the Boudhanath stupa area of Kathmandu, Nepal, be sure to eat some laping noodles for a quick and refreshing snack!

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41 Comments

  10. watching your video in 2020 lockdown, after this pandemic, i invite you to my country again, and promote our amazing food culture and traditions, lots of love

  15. Based on the Nepali videos watched thus far, this seems to be the ONLY food that a Pescetarian like me can have in Nepal !

  20. Laphing is one of those Tibetan dishes that people love it or hate it at first try. That said, something about when you try again, this dish can definitely become addictive. I will share soon how to make this a much easier way (anybody that has watched Laphing recipe video knows what I'm talking about 😆)

  31. Just catching up on your older videos, your look, and your filming style, has changed. Maybe take Micah on a trip to Napal and visit the same places, to see if those kids, maybe around his age then, as Micah is now, are still around the restaurants? They were very cute "interrupting" your filming. Just a thought. I love your great videos!

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