 |
Yak Butter |
| Yak Butter,refined from the milk of cattles and goats,is the daily food of Tibetans.It is intriguing for Tibetans to refine yak butter. |
|
|
 |
Yak Attack Norbulingka Tibetan Restaurant |
| The Chinese chef at Norbulingka Tibetan Restaurant specializes in Cantonese and Sichuanese cuisine. There are a lot of influences from those two cuisines in the food served at this newly-opened Tibeta |
|
 |
Staple Food |
| The staple Tibetan food is barley flour (rtsam-pa), which is consumed daily. Other major foods include wheat flour, yak meat, mutton, and pork. Dairy products such as butter, milk, and cheese are also |
|
|
|
|
|
Rice |
| Once upon a time there was a mighty king ruling in Tibet, and he was loved by all the people and animals who lived in his country. |
|
 |
Tsam-pa |
| The basic Tibetan meal is tsampa, a kind of dough made with roasted barley flour and yak butter with water, teror beer. |
|
|
|
Recommended Tibetan Dishes |
| Tibetan cooking has been influenced by its neighbor India, but makes use of ingredients indigenous to the mountains. Tibetan cuisine is similar to that of Nepal. |
|
|
|
Traditional Flavors Of Tibet: Qomolangma |
| The Qomolangma Hotel is where you'll find the Tibet Autonomous Region's office in Beijing. It's not surprising, then, that the dishes served here preserve traditional flavors of Tibetan cuisine. |
|
|
 |
Tibetan Food Yesterday And Today |
| The Tibetans have lived from generation to generation on the Qinhai-Tibet Plateau, known as the "Roof of the World," a place high above sea level where the weather is cold and oxygen scarce. |
|
|
|
Non Alcoholic Beverages |
| The drink with which you will become most familiar by the end of your stay is jasmine tea. For contrast, try the famous and unique Tibetan tea. |
|
|
|
Tibetan Foods And Drinks |
| Food and drink in Tibet are much related to climate, local products, religion and folk customs. |
|
 |
Milk Products |
| The prevalent milk products are yoghourt and milk sediment. |
|
|
|
|
|
Making Tibetan Butter Tea: Po Cha |
| Tibetan butter tea , po cha, is the most typical Tibetan drink. People who know about Tibetans know what po cha tastes like. In Tibet many people drink it all day long because it heats them up. |
|
|
|
The King And The Farmer |
| Once upon a time there lived a mighty king in the mountains of Tibet. Everybody in the whole country knew he liked nothing more than fish, and he ate a lot of fish; every meal. |
|
|
|
Main Types Of Food |
| In the winter, beef and mutton are cut into long stripes to be air-dried in the circular ground caves or bins walled with stones or dungs. |
|
|
|
 |
Luck-Telling Dumplings |
| It is half serious and half merry-making. Having luck-telling dumplings in Tibet during the local New Year festival is just like taking fortune cookies in Chinese restaurants in the west. |
|