Dalhousie offers options for food that differs in style, elements and genres. While you can enjoy typical North-Indian food, as well as some Continental and Chinese snacks in their freshest, most lip-smacking forms at minimal prices at the local Dhabas, you can also indulge in global cuisines at a number of restaurant as well as the eateries attached to the the hotels and resorts. 
One can relish Italian, Tibetan, Mughlai, South Indian platters here as well as a few instances of local Himachli food. Himachali cuisine is very simple as it mainly centres around Chapati, dals, vegetable gravy and curd and their many versions. Pickles are typically served along with a meal in most of the eating joints here. You would also find a certain prominence of fruits here as the fruits are quite fresh and cheap in the area.