Tibet Restaurants

Mad Yak: Butter Tea

by Sharrie

This restaurant serves Tibetan & Chinese buffet with a cultural show included after dinner. What is interesting though is my first taste of butter tea. Yep, butter tea, ie. tea salted with butter. Ever tried that? It's a local Tibetan drink. To me, it taste somewhat like milk with a little salt in it. Anyhow, as sugar is virtually absent in the Tibetan daily life, tea is given energy content by dissolving butter & mixing salt in the local churn.Another type of typical Tibetan drink is the Chang. It is a thirst-quenching & nourishing drink usually used in rituals. Devotees will dip the ring finger of the right hand & spray it up while reciting a mantra before drinking Chang.

Snowland Restaurant: International cuisine

by Sharrie

SNOWLAND RESTAURANT, next to Jokhang Monastery.Great selection of food at very affordable prices.My 'Yak Steak' costs RMB 30 (less than US$4)! Isn't that amazing?!This may also be the only place you can find cheese cake in Tibet!!! Yak Steak! Hm, yummmmmmmmmmy!!!

Dunya Restaurant & Bar: Western cuisine

by Sharrie

Nice ambience & good food. Owner from Rotterdam & was a former travel guide in Tibet. I guess you could get free advise if you lunch & dine here? ;-)Outlet only opens 8 months a year.There's a bar & you can relax, play chess or cards after your dinner.Favorite Dish: Yak steak & enchilada. Ryan & Michael enjoyed the enchilada v. much! Remarkably good, if not the very best I've ever tried!

one near jokhang temple square: tibetan style food

by oceanier

ask the guide for some famous one to go, in Lhasa, try the tibentan style one. taxi to everywhere in the city is 10 RMB which equal to only $1.2 ram rib, and fish...very tasty very low price and the restaurant is gorgeous. well, you need to find a big one.

Sending a quick e-mail is...

by Beefy_SAFC

Sending a quick e-mail is possible from the Barkhor Café (opposite the Jokhang Temple, on the corner of Jokhang Square), which has a small number of computer terminals. Also, the Snowlands Restaurant nearby does a great Pizza! Beefy at http://www.tibet.freeserve.co.uk

Tashi: Tashi restaurant Shigatse

by Oana_bic

Nepali curries and dhal (lentil stew), yak sizzler, pizza and salad. Bit tricky to locate it - 2nd floor at the end of the shopping street.

Lhasa Beer

by tremendopunto

On my search for local specialties, I came along the Lhasa beer - the name alone is worth drinking it, but it really is good stuff ;-)

every tibetan restaurant: shamomo and butter tea

by pehsan

Various: Fried sheep's lung

by grets

The fried sheep’s lung had a very strange consistency; it was not ‘solid’ like normal meat. I would not recommend it!

Various: Yak spring roll

by grets

The yak spring rolls were nice and crispy on the outside, and the filling was quite pleasant. The fries were nice and crisp.