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The Snowland Restaurant: Backpacker Haven

by sugarpuff

There are several backapacker cafes and restaurants dotted around Barkor Street so you wont get hungry. They all have english menus along with Chinese ones and other popular foreign languages. I managed to take note of some of the dishes they had at this place to give you a taster...It was packed full of people at lunchtime when we went, so I presume it is in the guidebooks by now for all travellers to know about. It was cheap and cheerful. I bought some fantastic postcards for only 2rmb each here, of different people throughout Tibet from different sects...I will put those up here soon too. The menu includes Continental dishes with pastas, steaks and pizza, starting at 18rmb going up to 30 rmb, then soups, salads and snacks ranging from 8rmb to 15rmb.The wonderful curry I had falls under the Indian and Nepali dishes which include all kinds of vegetable and meat curries and of course...

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On our way to and back from Everest base camp: More Tibetan restaurants/houses

by Oana_bic

The further we went from Lhasa, the cheaper the food was getting..so was the taste and the certainty of what we were actually eating:) we stopped to many Tibetan houses on the road and just had some lunch...fried rice and yak always on the menu and your safest bet. Sometimes adventured to get salads or french fries but they just taste like nothing ..

Some restaurants next to Tashilunpo monastery: Shigatse

by Oana_bic

We had a light snack in one of them (picture attached) which was reasonably good. The other one we had some dinner - a yak burger and fries that failed to taste the right way..The funniest thing was that monks from Tashilunpo monastery were having also dinner next to us..such a pitty that they dont speak a word of English ...

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Tibetan evening: More of the Tibetan evening

by Oana_bic

This was the treat of our Chinese agency and we shared the table with the two Chinese guys from the agency. It was a bit of a weird experience as I was so excited about finally arriving in Tibet that started crying when I saw the Tibetan show...Felt so sorry for the Tibetan guys and felt like kicking the ass of our Chinese hosts while they were explaning how they have enriched and civilised Tibetans...

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Tibetan show and food: Tibetan evening

by Oana_bic

Here was our first experience with Tibetan cuisine and loved it! Yak yoghurt was delicious and adored in in the combination with fried rice and yak, along with vegetables. The tea with yak butter tasted bizarre but great, loved the Tibetan beer and wine!

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Dunya: Dunya restaurant Lhasa

by Oana_bic

Run by Dutch and American guys, this is one of the finest restaurant in Lhasa. Some interesting fusion dishes as yak sizzler or yak burger and pizza. Nice salads and friendly staff. There's also an outside terrase on the first floor overlooking main boluevard in Lhasa.

Street kitchens

by tremendopunto

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!

Various: Chang

by grets

A milky fermented beer, with a rich, fruity taste, that is brewed on special occasions. This is how people in our group described the drink:“Burning tyres”“Nicotine”“Like licking an ashtray”“Not bad”“Alcoholic sieved porridge”

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Various: Yak Butter Tea

by grets

Tea is considered a necessity of life for Tibetans, and Chinese brick tea was once so valuable that it was used as currency. Yak-butter is used instead of milk, and salt in place of sugar (sugar is hard to come by in Tibet, whereas there are many salt deposits found near lakes). The resulting drink resembles a thin soup more than tea. Often tsampa is added to make a staple meal. The yak butter tea was described by the various people in our group as thus: “Liquid gorgonzola”“Not quite as awful as expected”“Tasted as if you were kissing a yak”“Sour milk”“A hint of decay”“There’s good bacteria, bad bacteria and this – terrorist bacteria!”“Rancid butter”

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Various: Yak with Red Wine and Mushroom Sauce

by grets

The Kyichu Special Steak was described as sliced tenderloin of yak with a red wine and mushroom sauce. Served medium to rare (despite ordered blue), it was very lean and tender and the vegetables came al dente. A very good choice!

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