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Stick to the delicious streetkitchens spreading everywhere in town. Especially around Barkhor Quarter. It is delicious locals/Chinese food with a great taste for little money, like everywhere in China! For prices around 3 Kuai you get the real taste!
My personal recommendation are the muslim noodles with their garlic/vinegar and so on sauce for 2 Yuan a bowl!
I especially like the Yak Butter Tea! Someone said the only worse thing than hot Yak Butter Tea is cold Yak Butter Tea - but I have to say it is a very intersting (salty) version for tea! Leave a Comment Theme: Street VendorPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveDirections: Everywhere in town, especially around Barkhor Area and in front of the Barkhor Square/Jokhang Temple
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 Lhasa Beer by grets
It tastes a little bitter, somewhat like a Continental lager, but you can easily get used to the taste. Leave a Comment
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 A typical roadside restaurant
(this one in Tingri) by tiganeasca
Don't forget: Tibetans don't eat out, they are simply too poor. The restaurants that exist cater to foreigners and the Chinese immigrant community. The former don't complain and the latter stick with their own cuisine. You should absolutely try everything you think you can; you might just surprise yourself! Leave a Comment Theme: Local
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Yak has a fairly straightforward taste: yak butter tastes like butter with a tang or slight sharpness that some Westerners associate with rancid oil. Yak cheese looks like cheddar and tastes similar except, again, for the unmistakable tang.
Yak butter tea, known as bo cha, is probably Tibet's single most famous comestible. It is not made with rancid butter, popular myth notwithstanding. It is made with fresh yak butter. But because the butter tastes a bit different than butter made from cow's milk and because most Westerners are not accustomed to butter in their tea to begin with, the drink is an acquired taste. The best advice I read about getting accustomed to the taste is to consider it soup, not tea. It didn't help me, but it allowed three or four sips instead of just one. Leave a Comment Theme: Local
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The Yeti Cafe is just down the block from the Lhasa Hotel (formerly the Holiday Inn). An impromptu dinner there turned out to be one of the best meals we had in Tibet, despite the seriously limited English of our waitress and the hilariously translated menu.
Like many restaurants that we would visit, the restaurant served a hodge-podge of dishes: some Chinese, some Tibetan, and even some Nepali. They also served unique versions of Western dishes.
We didn't often try Tibetan versions of Western staples with one frequent exception: french fries. Because potatoes are a staple food in Tibet and because their preparation is so simple, this was often a favorite (and reliable) choice. We had no notion of portion sizes--nor of what we would like--and so the four of us ordered far too many dishes.
Among our entrees were momos and a hot spicy yak beef, chicken, eggplant and even something that translated as yak rib steak! The food was quite tasty and in retrospect I know that we would have been pleased even if we had come here after several weeks of Tibetan food elsewhere. Leave a Comment
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 Tsampa by grets
Tsampa has the consistency of peanut butter or raw pastry, and it does taste rather like porridge. It was nowhere near as bad as expected. Leave a Comment Theme: Local
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Yak restaurant has a very nice balcony to sit for beer and for dinner. You can meet some interesting travellers there as well. Decoration on the wall is specially...
Foods are actually ok...not too especially. But you will be definately happy finding such bar & restaurant in Lhasa.
Go there for Brunch in the sun.. For dinner, you have lots of other choices, ie. Nepal, Thai and Chinese Sichuan Spicy cusine... Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: On the main street, you won't miss it. Sign: Yak!
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 friendly people at the stalls by Bonobo2005
Some restaurants offer amazing Chinese food and street vendors offer cheap fried snacks at about $0,20 a piece.
I can recommend it. Don't be afraid for your stomach, it's generally safe.
Try the potato slices with salt and chilly! Leave a Comment Theme: Street VendorPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: nightmarket and about everywhere
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Yak burgers were on most the menus in Tibet, and generally speaking in was very nice. It was very similar to a beef burger, quite nice and juicy. Sometimes if would be served in a bun or bap, other times between slices of bread as here.
On the second photograph you can see a yak burger served with mushrooms and cheese. Leave a Comment
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