Food
Highland Barley
Highland Barley, also called Barley,is the principal material used to make Rtsam-pa.Method
of making: grind the sauted Highland Barley into flour then mix it with ghee.The
Rtsam-pa made of Highland Barley are not only the traditional food of Tibetan
people,but frequently appears in main hotels in Lhasa as the main dish used
to feast guests from home and abroad.In religious festivels,Tibetans will cast
Rtsam-pa to express their blessing to each other.
Beef & Mutton
Tibetans live on beef,mutton and milk products.As everybody knows,beef and mutton
contain high heat energy,which is helpful for people living in the area of high
attitude to withstand coldness.It is very interesting that Tibetans have the
practice of eating raw meats.Dried beef and mutton will be found hanging in
Tibetans' tents if you pay a visit to the local families,and the host may ask
you to taste the dried raw beef and mutton.
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.As milk segregators
are not widely used in the pasturing area in Tibet,Tibetan people usually refine
milk in old way.Tibetan women pour the heated milk into a big wooden bucket
called "Xue Dong",then whip forcibly up and down for hundreds of times
to segregate grease from water.Step by step,a tier of somthing light yellow
will surface, subsequently ladle the floating and put it into a leather bag
to cool it.In this way,the refinement of yak butter ends.Yak butter has very
high value of nutrition. Tibetans usually eat fruits and vegetables little,especially
in pasturing area,the daily required heat energy is supplied by yak butter besides
meats.
Rtsam-pa
The basic Tibetan meal is tsampa, a kind of dough made with roasted barley flour
and yak butter with water, teror beer. It has a certain novelty value the first
time you try it, but only a Tibetan can eat it every day and still look forward
to the next meal.Outside Lhasa, Tibetan food is limited mainly to momos and
thugpa.
Milk Products
The prevalent milk products are yoghourt and milk sediment.Yoghourt has two
types as well,one is cheese,Daxue in Tibetan,which is made of milk from which
ghee has been refined;the other is Exue made of milk from which ghee has not
been refined.Yoghourt is a kind of food after saccharification, richer in nourishing
components and easier to digest.Milk sediment can be made into milk cakes.
Dry Cheese:
Dry cheese has two types,one is the remains of refinement from milk,which will
curdle after boiling and evaporation;the other is made of cheese plasm.Dry cheese
includes sweet dry cheese,acid dry cheese and white dry cheesee.
Fried Lung
Fried Lung,which can be widely seen in Lhasa,is called Luoza in Tibetan.Its
basic material is mutton mixed with ghee and flour,cook the mutton ,then fry
it.
Braised Cattle Tongue
This dish is popular in Lhasa.With cattle tongue as its basic material,the dish
is characterised by its delicious taste aand sweet smell.
Chang
The Tibetan brew is known as chang, a fermented barley beer. It has a rich,
fruity, and ranges from disgusting to pretty good. It is mormally served out
of a jerry can.
Yak Butter Tea
The local beverage that every traveller ends up trying at least once is yak
butter tea which is unlikely to be a highlight of your trip to Tibet. Made from
yak butter mixed with salt, milk, soda, tea leaves and hot water all churned
up in a wooden tube, the soupy mixture has more the consistency of bouillon
than tea.When mixed with tsampa it becomes the staple meal of most Tibetana
and you may well be offered it at monasteries, peoples's houses.
Sweet Tea
With black tea as its original juice,sweet tea contains other components such
as milk and sugar,making it more sweet and nutritious.
Qiangmudu Tea
Firstly put a little of Rtsam-pa,cheese power and yak butter into a tea bowl,
then pour tea .Eat the Rtsam-pa after drinking up.
Xueyu Restaurant 30 4 Zhangyiyuan Rd,Lhasa 0891-6337323
Lhasa Stone Room 50 Xue Marketing Agency in Potala Palace,Lhasa 6321627
Xuesheng Palace Tibetan Restaurant 70 West Side of Potala Palace Square ,Lhasa
6335866
Bajiaojie Coffee Restaurant 80 South Side of Jokhang Temple Plaza,Lhasa 6326892
Manqi Restaurant 60 in Manqi Hotel,Bhakor Street 6329645
Ethical Flavor Restaurant Opposite to Jiri Inn,Beijing East Rd 6323296
Pingtso Tibetan Restaurant 66 Beijing East Rd
Shengdi Tibetan Restaurant East Side of Tibetan Hospital,Jokhang Temple Plaza
6339512
Guainiu Salon Restaurant 101 Beijing East Rd 6336845
Gongdeling Restaurant Entertainment Center 80 208 Beijiuing Mid Rd 6836881
Milan Cafe 60 220 Beijing Mid Rd 6816818
Xueyu Dining Hall 80 South Side of Jokhang Temple Plaza 6323687
Xuelian Dining Hall 40 South End of Zhangyiyuan Rd 6336664
Shengdi Restaurant 50 Tibetan Hotel,Lhasa 6338710
Ladan Kitchen 40 106 Beijing East Rd 6331241
Xiyou Palace Dining Hall 100 West side of Potala Palace Square 6325989
Xueren Dinling Hall 50 Beijing West Rd,Lhasa 6815755
Xuetian Tea House 30 Left Side of Potala Palace 6329822
Damsheng County Flavor Restaurant 100 Dabgqu Town,,Damshung County,Lhasa 080812276
Shigatse Jinzuo Restaurant 100 28 Geshanglakhang,Shigatse 08928821952
Gangjianlingkar Tibetan Restaurant 130 9 Zhufeng Rd,Shigatse 08928822282
Zhaxi Restaurant 30 Geshanglakhang,Shigatse 08928822516
Fulilai Restaurant 120 7 Tsetag East Rd 08932823511
Shopping
Tibet is a land abundant in special local products,namely various rare medicinal
materials and all kinds of precious birds and beasts.Tibetan medicinal materials
involve Aweto,Snow Lotus Flower,Tibetan Red Flower,Red Orpin.... more.....
There are lots of mementos in Tibet available for visitors' options. Enjoying
an age-old history,Tibetan ethical handcraft industry boast its great varieties
and unique styles,of them ornaments.... more...
Entertainment
The golden season of prairie is August,in which once-a-year Horse Racing will
be held. Since
Games in Wangguo Festival
1 Horse Racing Game£ºThe horses and riders are appointed by the Noble.The starting
point of horse racing is Bamashi,the end point is Gongbaotang.