Some of the old-timers can be seen with rosaries and prayer wheels. Cuisine One can savor all delicacies in Sikkim-from Tibetan to Chinese, Indian to Japanese. Banana pancakes, chicken-fried rice and momos are hot favorites. Rice is the staple diet, and legumes are readily available. Gyakho is a traditional soup served on special occasions.
Most restaurants serve alcohol.
One can also look out for tomba, a traditional drink consisting largely of fermented millet, with a few grains of rice for flavor, served in a wooden or bamboo mug, and sipped through a bamboo straw. The state has been declared as industrially backward area. A new industrial policy has been formulated and promotional efforts are on to industrialize the state. The important mineral resources of the state are copper, lead and zinc. The state's economy is basically agrarian.