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When visiting people or being at local eateries, you will be served the ground barley flour called tsampa. Sometimes it comes in an elaborately made wooden bowl inlaid with silver and turqoises and a silver lid, same as the tea cups, but a bit larger.
Favorite Dish: If trekking around Ladakh, you will eventually be invited home for a meal or to share a meal with people on the road. There will be the inevitable tsampa served; roasted, ground coarse barley flour added salt tea, butter, curry-like condiments, milk or whatever. It is the universal, all-present meal. Taste is none too much, but not bad either, and with condiments it's easy to get used to it. I had it every day for 3 months and did well in terms of health, probably better than without tsampa!
Written May 20, 2006
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I was in Ladakh some years back, so my restaurant knowledge is scant with regard to the current scene. What I do know is that many of the travellers' favourites did have a ferocious impact on the digestive system. Don't believe that thing about high altitude fixing the bacteria! Over the 3 1/2 months stay there I discovered that hepatitis was rampant, and most of this could be traced to the kitchen and toilet hygiene of the restaurants. And the travellers who proceeded to spread the stuff...
As a general advice, I would carefully check the kitchen before tucking into the food. And I would stay with dishes that generally have a high turnover and would consequently be rather on the fresh side. Momo's for instance, if there is a place with high turnover they will be good. On the other hand, if that's a slow item and they have been chopped/rolled a while ago or are resteamed, just stay off it. But don't get paranoid because of uncertainty over food. Most of it is very, very good.
Written Jan 12, 2006
Most hotels host restaurants offering a wide range of cuisine. Himalaya Café with its unique oriental ambience, music and lighting is the preferred Tibetan restaurant in town. Piping hot momos and thukpa and chowmein with souce makes the meal complete.
Favorite Dish: Momo Steamed
Written Apr 29, 2005
Address: Leh Market
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A hot cup of tea is just what you may need once you made your way up here... even in summer its pretty cold- judging by the patches of snow that lie around...
At 18,300 feet (5,600 meters) it would probably be the highest tea stall in the world. `Jawans', soldiers from the army would probably join you while you sip your cup. This is an army camp after all.
The tea is served free of cost.
Updated Jan 9, 2005
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The German Bakery... not "real" food, but still... a place worth going. Much as I like Indian food, sometimes the rich combination of spices was too much for m... my belly screamed for something blander. I found all I needed at the German Bakery
Favorite Dish: Cakes... delicious, sweet, yummy cakes. But the real best was the Yak cheese: just buy some, add a roll of bread... and you have made yourself a most delicious sandwhich
Written Aug 24, 2003
Address: library road
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This is one of the bars which are run by a group of women. There are always surprise things like this in Ladakh.
In the bars you can have tea, apple juice, chocolate bars, coke, or the most important water!
Updated Nov 14, 2002
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Typical restaurant in Leh, except for the quality of Kashmiri food is the best I've had!
Favorite Dish: Rista, which is mutton meatballs. The sauces on this dish, as well as most others, are superb.
Written May 6, 2003
Address: Next to the Mosque
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Good restaurant specializing in Chinese cuisine. The spring rolls and fried noodles are a must here.
Favorite Dish: Spring rolls. They are large, and stuffed with whatever items you ordered.
Written May 6, 2003
Address: Main Bazaar
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Authentic Tibetan dishes (and others) at a place called Tso Kar Hotel, that is run by Tibetan refugees. I've never gone wrong there.
Favorite Dish: Thukpa. This Tibetan soup is done the REAL way.
Written May 3, 2003
Address: Fort Road
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the world at the end of the world
a place with many names: the land of the High Passes, little Tibet, Moonland, the last Shangri-La a place of perfect beauty . .
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Ladakh was totally unknown to me until I visited. The few words I had read about Ladakh previously were of Sven Hedin's Tibet explorations, but I would not have been able to put it down on a map. This...
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LADAKH, you can touch the Sky!
In the dark blue sky There are thousand of stars In the dark blue sky There are thousands of stars. When Venus rises I am happy When Venus rises Silver breaks over the palace On the high mountain...
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So far the Ladakh range has been the best travel experience I've ever had! Why the Indian Himalaya? It is the land where a traveller is confronted with treeless slopes culmintaing in snow cover...
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I think Ladakh one of the beautiful place in India.I read lot about Ladakh,heard about its beauty,still unless until one visit personally,you never imagin, what a amazing place on earth.. VT we......
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