Everest Base Camp trek food

Everest Base Camp trek food. Are you thinking about the Everest Base Camp diet? Or curious what kinds of food would be served by the tea houses?

This blog will help all travelers to ensure food information on the Everest Base Camp trek. First of all, everyone should be clear: Everest is located in one of the remotest places of Nepal, not accessible by land transportation. the food items and equipment must be carried by the mules, donkeys, or plane that supplies the food to the whole trekking area. So, do not expect the food quality and food items to be too high, as in star hotels in the city. However, we want to assure you that the food will be satisfying and tasty, unlike anything you have ever tasted before.

Breakfast at the Everest Base Camp

Generally, breakfast time in the Everest base camp starts from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Most of the tea houses offer many items of food, including chapati or Tibetan bread with jam and honey—a simple breakfast that is good for boosting your energy while on a day trek. Some offers Set breakfast usually includes toast, potatoes, eggs, and an option of tea or coffee.

Having porridge is also another breakfast for the trekkers—it is a locally based product made of wheat and oat flour, mixed with ghee and sugar in milk. Likewise, hash brown eggs, omelets, pancakes, muesli, cheese, and juice from packs will also be available for breakfast.

 About Lunch on the Trek to Everest Base Camp

During the trekking time, your guide helps a lot in finding a good place in the tea house for lunch. Basically, after walking 2-3 hours, trekkers would like to have their lunch. Lunch places provide various food items, including sandwiches, chow mein, Momo, soups, steaks, macaroni, and pizzas. As you climb gradually up, the price also rises, and there will be fewer choices on the menu. You can also see some meat items on the menu. All meat has to be flown into Lukla and then carried up to many tea houses, which can sometimes take days. Therefore, you can eat meat on the trek, but keep in mind that it is not fresh meat.

Dinner on the Everest Base Camp trek

In the off-seasons, we will find the room very easily, no need for pre-booking, but in the peak seasons (autumn and spring), we hardly find rooms, so pre-reservation is ideal for the trek. Dinner is provided by the local hotels and teahouses themselves with overnight stay facilities.
Dinner time is different as on the size of the group and the timetable of people. Generally, during the trek, trekkers order their dinner from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm. You will be provided the same menu as you have provided for lunch. Depending on your taste, order Momo. Pancakes, noodles, pasta, spaghetti, etc. If you are high above Pheriche, we recommend having some soup, including garlic soup, potato soup, and onion soup, and drinking plenty of water to help you acclimatize in the Himalayas.

About  DalBhat: Lunch/Dinner

Dal Bhat is like the national food of Nepal. Twice a day, as Lunch and dinner, Nepalese prefer to have Dalbhat every day. So, if you want to try dhal bhat in Everest Base Camp, tea houses provide you with delicious dal bhat for your lunch and dinner. Dalbhat consists of steamed rice and a lentil soup. The lentil soup is generally cooked with a mix of garlic, chili, ginger, onion, and turmeric. You will be served green spinach, chili pickle, and papad. The dish is popular among trekkers for its perfect nourishment.

Drinks/Beverages in Everest Base Camp

You will get all kinds of beverages on the Everest trek. The alcoholic beverage you may be used to drinking every day. But, while trekking in the high Himalayas, we suggest you not have alcoholic drinks. Instead, you can buy many soft drinks, energy drinks, or many hot drinks like black tea, lemon tea, milk tea, etc. Ginger tea is a very useful drink to prevent mountain sickness.

If you want to drink normal hot water, you can ask for the tea houses; they will provide you with hot water, but you need to pay a small charge for it. If your body doesn’t feel good with drinking boiled water, Drinking tap water without boiling, we don’t recommend it to any foreigner. Use some water purification tablets such as Aquatabs
There are some frequently asked questions about Everest Base Camp food, which are

1. Can we get fresh goods in the Everest Base Camp trek?

Do not expect high in the mountain region; all the food is carried by the lower villages, so you will not get food as fresh as you would have in your own home. Whatever you have available, do not forget to appreciate the services. You will get breakfast, lunch, and dinner as mentioned in the menu. For breakfast, have eggs, toast, porridge, or simple Nepali bread. For lunch and Dinner: possible to have momo, chow mein, spaghetti, noodles, dal bhat, etc. The majority of dishes in the tea houses are actually vegetarian. Although the variety of vegetables is not high-class. Generally, Lentils and green veggies like spinach are used mostly in the Everest Base Camp trek

2. Is it possible to eat meat on the Everest Base Camp trek?

Sure, it is possible to have meat on the Everest Base Camp trek. Any tea houses offer Yak meat, chicken, and buffalo meat in their menu. But, you have to know that the all the meat has to be flown into Lukla and then carried up by local people to supply many tea houses. On the upper side of Everest, local religious people are prohibited from killing any kind of animal in the region, which can take many days to supply meat to the teahouses and hotels.

3. Do tea houses provide a wide range of foods in the menu?

Because of the high altitude and its location, only a few crops grow locally, and most are carried by mules and men themselves. Therefore, you won’t get a wide range of foods. The food is mostly made from cereal and flour. These are usually used for making pancakes, bread, porridge, dumplings, fries, rice, beans, pasta, etc. In the Everest base camp trek route, luxury lodges are also available in Lukla, Phakding, Namche, and Syangboche.