Food and Drink in Tibet (2)
by Tina

June20

We have got the main foot of Tibet in the former. Typical food in the holy land could be regarded as the most terrific attraction during your Tibet tour. Now, I would like to lead you to enjoy its typical features.

Food in Tibet

Typical Self-Catering
There will be a time when you will need to be self-sufficient, whether you are staying overnight at a monastery or are caught between towns on an overland trip. Unless you have a stove, your main savior will be instant noodles. After a long trip to Mt Kailash and back you will know the relative tastes of every kind of packet of instant noodles sold in Tibet. Your body will also likely be deeply addicted to MSG. Even the faintest smell of noodles will leave you gagging. It is a good idea to stock up on instant coffee, hot chocolate and soups as flasks of boiling water are offered in every hotel and restaurant. Vegetables such as onion, carrots and bok choy can save even the cheapest pack of noodles from culinary oblivion, as can a packet of mixed spices brought from home.

Nonalcoholic Drinks
The local beverage that every traveler ends up trying at least once is yak-butter tea. Modern Tibetans use an electric blender to mix their yak butter tea. The more palatable alternative to yak-butter tea is sweet, milky tea, or cha ngamo. It is similar to the tea drunk in neighbouring Pakistan. Chinese green tea, soft drinks in Jianlibao, a honey-orange drink is existing difference. However, tourists should be aware that it is often made with contaminated water, and there is always some risk in drinking it.

Alcoholic Drinks
The Tibetan brew is known as chang, a fermented barley beer. It has a rich, fruity taste and ranges from disgusting to pretty good. Connoisseurs serve it out of a jerry can. Those trekking in the Everest region should try the local variety, which is served in a big pot. Hot water is poured into the fermenting barley and the liquid is drunk through a wooden straw - it is very good. Sharing chang is a good way to get to know local people, if drunk in small quantities. Supermarkets in Lhasa stock server types of Chinese red wine, including Shangri-La, produced in Tibetan areas of northeast Yunnan using methods handed down by French missionaries at the beginning of 19th century.

If you have enough interests, just have a careful taste about the local drinks!

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