29 May: First ascent of Everest, and a bowl of Thukpa
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa stood on top of Everest on 29 May 1953. Thukpa, the noodle soup eaten across Nepal and Tibet, is the bowl of the mountains they climbed.
Thukpa
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Thukpa is a Himalayan noodle soup eaten in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and the mountain regions of northern India. Hand-pulled or dried wheat noodles are served in a hot broth with meat or vegetables, flavoured with garlic, ginger, tomato and chilli, and sometimes a pinch of Sichuan pepper or garam masala in Nepali and Indian versions.
Read about Thukpa and get the recipe →What happened
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa reach the summit of Everest (International Everest Day in Nepal).
Why this soup
Everest is in the Himalaya, and thukpa is the Himalaya's everyday soup. We do not claim they ate it on the climb.
Sources
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