The special Tibetan diets on Tibet Plateau enjoy high reputation among tourists who've been to Tibet. Tibet Tour would like to provide information about the Tibetan diet and restaurants in Lhasa and Nyingchi for tourists planning to join the Beijing to Tibet Train tour and worried about the diet during the stay in Lhasa.
The accommodation condition in Lhasa ranks first among all the regions on Tibet Plateau. Tourists planning to make a Beijing to Tibet train tour really don't need to be worried about the accommodation in Tibet. Most of the hotels in Lhasa provide Tibetan style and Sichuan-style diet. The Indian style food and Nepal-style food are also available in some of the hotels. There is only a small difference between the prices of the diets in different hotels, but the price of the Sichuan-style food is relatively higher compared to that of the price in inland China.
Most of the restaurants provide western style food distributed by Beijing Road for a large number of overseas tourists collected here. Most of the restaurants standing by Beijing Road are capable to provide western style food. The western style diet provided by Balangxue Hotel enjoys high reputation among tourists and the special atmosphere in Snow-land Restaurant keeps attracting a large number of foreign visitors every day.
The Gangji Restaurant, diagonally opposites the Snow-land Restaurant, is very noted for its local Tibetan style diet. Besides, tourists join the Beijing to Tibet train tour could also enjoy the amazing view outside the window of the restaurant. It would be a pleasant experience to spend an afternoon to observe the people in front of Jokhang Temple with a cup of tea and Tibetan dessert.
Some traditional Tibetan diets, such as the barley wine, Tsampa and butter oil tea are available in Nyingchi Prefecture. There are also some special local style food and drinks, such as the special wine of the Lhoba nationality. The Lhoba style wine is mainly divided into the white wine and millet wine. They local people would also prepare some special dishes for their distinguished guests, such as their baking mice. Tourists take the Beijing to Tibet train tour and make a visit to Nyingchi would find that there are a lot of special restaurants on the way back to Bayi Town (the county seat of Nyingchi Prefecture) from Baksumtso Lake.