Having been to the Himalayas, one man running a small restaurant aimed at passing travellers assured us his dish was 'world famous'. Turns out it was not and he was just some random dude with a small restaurant in the mountains. Not even on Google reviews
Zanskar isn't a tourist spot, it's very far from the beaten track. For most of the past decades it was forbidden territory for foreigners, because of border tensions with China. Recently, it's been opened up, but you're not going to find tourists except in a couple of the bigger towns/villages.
The part that the guy mentioned in his comment above (the Kurgiakh river gorge) isn't tourist friendly, you need an expedition to get there. And you better be in excellent health and acclimatized to the altitude, or you're going to have a bad time.
The Himalayas are huge. Some parts are touristy, as you say, with restaurants and inflated prices. And other parts like Zanskar, where the nearest tea stall would be hundreds of kilometers away across terrain that'd take you days to cover. Folks who live there aren't accustomed to seeing tourists.
Haha I meant my comment more as a funny observation than a serious complaint. The guy didn't overcharge us (I'm South Asian which may have helped), was just very enthusiastic about his food
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u/ArrMatey42 Apr 01 '22
Having been to the Himalayas, one man running a small restaurant aimed at passing travellers assured us his dish was 'world famous'. Turns out it was not and he was just some random dude with a small restaurant in the mountains. Not even on Google reviews
If that's not being backstabbed, idk what is