Restaurants are relatively scarce and most tourists eat in their hotels.
Meals are often buffet-style and mostly vegetarian. Rice is ubiquitous, sometimes flavoured with saffron. The handicraft emporium on the main street in the capital is open daily except Sunday and offers a magnificent assortment of handwoven and handcrafted goods. The Motithang Hotel in Thimphu has a souvenir shop. Silversmiths and goldsmiths in the Thimphu Valley are able to make handcrafted articles to order.