Tibet Cuisine and Snack Experience

Enjoy the strategies of Tibet food and have an unforgettable Tibet cuisine experience would be one of the essences of Tibet tour. Even some of the tourists who travel to Tibet are actually looking for the special flavor during their journey. Here we recommended a brief introduction of those famous Tibet cuisines.

Tibet Cuisine and Snack Experience – Qyangmudu Tea

The tea is the major drink of Tibetan people. It is very necessary for Tibetan people for breakfast. But it is not easy to be found in Lhasa city and Shigatse etc, as local people there would like to have the butter tea. If you are interested in Qyangmudu tea, you'd better visit the agricultural and pastoral areas.

Qyangmudu tea is also regarded as one of the special Tibet food. It should taste with little Tsampa, cheese powder, the butter and the tea.

Tibet Cuisine and Snack Experience – Air Dried Meat

The air dried meat is a very special cuisine in Tibet. It is one of the staple food in Tibetan pasture area. Before Tibetan spring festival comes, the mutton and the beef will be air dried and prepare for the festival. Some of the air dried beef and mutton could be stored up till the August. One of the best flavors of it is available in Yamdrok Lake area.

Tibet Cuisine and Snack Experience – Fried Lung

It is usually available in Lhasa. Acted as the major ingredient, the fried lung will be fired with the butter tea, and the flour, etc. It is characteristic of the light brown color and delicious flavor. The skin tastes crisp but the meet tastes soft.

Tibet Cuisine and Snack Experience – Lhasa Meat Paste of Raw Beef

As famous as the Tibetan medicines, the meat paste of raw beef is made of some Tibetan medicine and the fresh beef. It tastes very spicy and fishy smell.

Tibet Cuisine and Snack Experience – Cheese Cake

Besides the famous butter tea, Tsampa, and air dried meat, there are some other well known Tibetan snacks in Tibet region, such as the cheese cake. Tibetan cheese cake is made of the farina, the butter, the white sugar, ginseng fruit, the raisin and the peach kernel. It tastes sweet and good for our health.

Tibet Cuisine and Snack Experience - Shangzai Rice Flour

Shangzai Rice is a kind of famous cuisine in Hunan Province, China. It is characteristic of a profound history and delicious flavor. It tastes spicy, fragrant and crisp. It is well known in home and abroad.

Firstly clean up the green onion and cut it as pieces. Then panfry and smash it into the dish. Next cook the potatoes and cut it as pieces, too. The curry powder should be fried and the mutton should be stewed. At last, put the ingredients into the pot to cook, such as the potatoes, oil curry, salt, ginger, foeniculum vulgare, Syzygium aromaticum, and pepper, etc. Shangzai Rice Flour is the best cuisine for dinner in Tibet region.

Tibet Cuisine and Snack Experience – Tibetan Pork

Tibetan pork is the famous cuisine in Nyingchi Prefecture. Tibetan pig is living in the plateau and High Mountains over 3500 meters high. They eat different Tibet medicines, and wild fruit, etc. Their meat is fresh and delicious and characteristic of rich nutrition.