Lhasa is no food lovers' paradise. The local diet also includes noodles, cheese and small quantities of vegetables and fruit. The style that dominates and the style to try is Tibetan. Yak is the mainstay - Tibetans largely live on yak-butter tea, yak stew and yak dumplings known as momo.
Local food:
---Yak-butter tea, an acquired taste ---Momo, a kind of yak dumplings ---Yak stew ---Yak burgers, gargantuan, and very tasty, signature yak burgers |