the normal toast is tashi delek. >> tashi delek. >> tashi delek. may good fortune be with you., so i will not join you. >> okay. >> pretty good. >> yeah. >> kind of a warm sake, but made out of wheat. >> yeah. >> yes. >> could you tell us a little more about the chef? >> oh, she and her husband are both colonels in the royal bhutan police. >> oh, wow. >> we have to use the finger, touch, so that the flavors come out. >> these recipes, where do they come from? >> they come from the farmers, from all the local houses. just passed down. >> these nine grains have a very historical and spiritual significance. there was one saint called drukpa kunley. he's known as the madman. >> the divine madman. >> yes, of course. >> so when he came to bhutan, he carried the nine grains. this is the hide, the yak hide. >> yes. >> hot sichuan pepper. lots of tomatoes to tone down the pepper. this is the yak hide. it's a delicacy. and then this is, the green one is the orchid flower. >> i always think it's very exotic, the orchid. but they say it's good for your health. >> good. >> that's really ama