Tag: Vegetarian Restaurants in Tibet

Is vegetarian food available all over Tibet? Will it be a problem for a veggie to travel Tibet? What should I do if I am a vegan and want to travel Tibet? These are the questions often asked by vegetarian travelers from around the world planning a tour to Tibet. It is not as difficult as most people assumed to find proper vegetarian food in Tibet. There are plenty of meatless options for vegetarians if you know what to order from local cuisines available in bars and restaurants throughout Tibet. Vegetarian food in Tibet is more common than people think – so read on! There are three major cuisines in Tibet: Tibetan Food, Chinese Food, and Muslim Food. All of them have vegetarian dishes available. Vegetarian Options in Tibetan Food The basic Tibetan meal is tsampa, a kind of dough made with roasted-barley flour and yak butter mixed with water, tea or beer. Tsampa with milk powder and sugar makes a pretty good porridge. Momos are common food outside Lhasa, which are Tibetan dumplings with different fillings with meat or vegetables or both. For vegetarians you can ask for su momos, which means vegetable filling momos. We normally steam or fry them.  Thugpa is also a common Tibetan food. It is a noodle soup with meat or vegetables or both. For vegetarians, ask for su thugpa. You can also find fried rice of many different kinds with meat or vegetables or both. One of which particularly suitable for vegetarians is droma drase, a yummy combination of rice, sweet potato, sugar and butter. In local markets like Barkhor Plaza, you might see stings of little white lumps like over-the-top necklaces.  This is dry yak cheese and locals eat them like sweets. At first it taste a bit like a small rock