Tibet Family Kitchen Lhasa - Experience Tibetan Food Cooking

Tibet is a holy and amazing destination attracting travelers worldwide with its breathtaking natural landscape and profound spiritual ambiance. Yet, Tibetan cuisine, with its unique flavors and cultural significance, is equally unmissable. Only visiting Tibet with experiencing local meals can be considered as a complete journey. Among the various restaurants and canteens, Tibetan Family Kitchen is the most recommended Lhasa restaurant, which provides real and authentic taste of Tibet as well as Tibet cooking class.

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Overview of Tibetan Family Kitchen

Tibetan Family Kitchen was founded in 2013 by an enthusiastic Tibetan couple – Namdon and Lumbum, who used to be English guides. Undoubtedly, they speak very excellent English and know Tibetan culture well, food culture included. They will introduce the materials and ingredients they use to make food, adjust spice levels to your preference, and accommodate dietary restrictions before preparing your meal. It is available to visit the kitchen and watch them cooking. True to its name, the restaurant is housed in the family's own home, and tourists could soak up warm, genuine Tibetan hospitality. Loved by most foreign tourists, Tibetan Family Kitchen is listed as the No. 1 Lhasa Restaurant on TripAdvisor.

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As a home-style restaurant with small scale and simple decoration, Tibetan Family Kitchen features with the quality food and a warm family atmosphere. Specializing in traditional Tibetan dishes with Nepali, Indian, and Sichuanese touches, it preserves authentic Tibetan flavors while lowering the taste adaptation barrier for foreign visitors. Beyond the kitchen are two rooms with comfortable cushioned benches, walls adorned with guest photos, funny drawings by kids, and warm appreciations written by customers. It's lovely to sit comfortably and have good chats with laughter. From rooftop terrace, visitors will be welcome by stunning distant vistas of the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. If you want to develop great fellowship, eat yummy food and meanwhile taking in memorabke views, it is the place.

Tibet Cooking ExperienceExterior and Interior of Tibetan Family Kitchen

Tibet Cooking ExperienceFood and Views of Tibetan Family Kitchen

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Cooking Experience in Tibetan Family Kitchen

Tasting delicious Tibetan food is not enough, and taking part in the cooking class will leave you a more unforgettable experience. Tibetan Family Kitchen offers a cooking class, also a food culture trip. The cooking class begins at 16:30 and ends at 18:30 usually. Check the below detailed activities to inspire yourselves now!

Activity One: Shopping in the local market

After you get to Tibetan Family Kitchen, you can go outdoor market to purchase the food materials. Here you can experience one part of the local Tibetan's daily life and learn many vegetables and ingredients. Taking this opportunity, try to communicate and bargain with vendors, which will be interesting. The shopping journey takes about half an hour.

Activity Two: Getting Food Material Ready

For 1~3 customers, 3 dishes will be cooked, including Yak Meat Momo, one salad and another dish you can choose from the menu according to your appetite. For 4~6 customers, there will be more dishes. Before cooking, you need to prepare all the materials well. Yak Meat Momo is the signature dish in Tibetan Family Kitchen and you will have a great deal of fun to make Yak Meat Momo. You need to wash the yak meat, knead dough, mince the meat, and then do wrapper and filling. With the help of the owner, you will learn more the food culture of Tibet while preparing the food materials.

Tibet Cooking ExperienceChopping ingredients and Kneading dough is interesting

Activity Three: Cooking Food to Well

As you get everything ready, it's time to cook the food to well. Compared with making Yak Meat Momo, cooking Yak Meat Momo is much easier. Place the momos in the steamer basket with gauze steam it over the simmering. About 10 minutes later, the appetizing and savory Yak Meat Momo is done. You could also choose to fry if you prefer fried momos. During the steaming time, you will cook the other food. Under the guide of the staff, you will learn to control fire and accomplish of your dishes.

Tibet Cooking ExperienceWonderful Cooking Experience

Activity Four: Enjoy Your Gourmet Meals

After all your dishes, it's time to glut your stomach. Taste these delicacies made by yourself in such a rather friendly-environment. The Yak Momo is quite juicy and toothsome, and might be much better than the ones you have tried at other restaurants. All the dishes are made of freshly prepared ingredients and would be wonderful. Try a glass of ginger honey tea which is also a big hit.

Tibet Cooking ExperienceEnjoy the food made by yourselves

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How to Get to Tibetan Family Kitchen

Tibetan Family Kitchen is located on No.1 Danjielin Road within the Barkhor Street area, about 10 minutes' walking from Jokhang Temple.

After you get to Danjielin Road, look for a standalone three-story Tibetan-style building with a vertical black sign "Tibetan Family Kitchen" on the second floor of the main street firstly. Instead of entering the building directly, take the external staircase on its right side. Climb up, and you'll reach the restaurant.

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Contact Us to Arrange Cooking Class

TibetDiscovery cooperates with Tibetan Family Kitchen. If you are interested in having such a meaningful and funny cooking experience, feel free to contact us. If you book our Tibet tour packages, our professional travel consultant will customize a Lhasa tour with cooking class for you and make reservation for you in advance. At present, the cooking class of Tibetan Family Kitchen can only handle 6 people at most in one time. If there are more members in your group, we will arrange cooking class in other restaurants for you. Of course, Tibetan Family Kitchen is a perfect place to dine, and you can visit it anytime.

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Warm Travel Tips for Tibetan Family Kitchen:

1) Tibetan Family Kitchen provides curry food, soup, noodles, hot dishes, vegetarian dishes, salad, and some other specialties. Yak Meat Momo is the most popular one. For vegetarians, the Vegetable Momo will never disappoint you as well.

2) The cooking class begins at 16:30 and ends at 18:30 usually, taking about 2 hours. The fee is 150 CNY for one people taking part in cooking class.

3) The cooking class needs to be reserved 1 to 3 days in avvance. For peak season (June-September) or group bookings, reserve 1 week ahead.

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