These steamed dumplings made of buffalo, chicken or mixed vegetables are popular and universal throughout Kathmandu.

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In this case it was mixed vegetables simmered in chicken broth.

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One such superstition tells us that eating poultry on New Year's Day means you will financially struggle for the coming year, which I really wish I had known before I ate chicken with mixed vegetables on January 1.

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Jung Sik Dang combines ingenuity and impeccable form, turning out dishes like a bowl of tomato jelly, basil sorbet and fresh vegetables, all mixed together at the table in a modern spin on bibimbap (a traditional dish of rice, vegetables, meat and chilli paste, which are stirred together right before eating).

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"Don't freak out if there is some tofu mixed in with your vegetables at an Asian restaurant, " she says.

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