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A taste of Lhasa

Jixiang Shengxue Tibetan Restaurant

吉祥圣雪藏餐

A Tibetan restaurant out by Zhaji Temple doing the traditional dishes with more careful plating than most — a middle ground between the plain local places and the tourist rooms around the Barkhor. Worth the short taxi if you want a quieter dinner.

¥75–100 per person≈ US$11Ctrip Lhasa list No. 13Zhaji Temple area (扎基寺), Chengguan District
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Why come here

A place worth making time for

No. 13 on Ctrip's Lhasa must-visit food list, rated 4.6

The house favourites

What to order

Point at the Chinese. Staff will understand it even where the menu has no English at all.

  • Yak momos (牦牛肉包子)
  • Yak and potato stew (牦牛肉炖土豆)
  • Tibetan blood sausage (藏式血肠)
  • Butter tea (酥油茶)

What it actually tastes like

Blood sausage is standard on Tibetan menus and is exactly what the name says — soft, iron-tasting, cut into rounds. Butter tea is salty. Yak dishes are cooked long and arrive on the bone.

Allergens in this kitchen

dairygluten/wheatsoy

This is the kitchen, not one dish. Woks, fryers, blanching water and utensils are shared in almost every Chinese restaurant, so for a serious allergy treat the whole premises as the unit rather than ordering around it.

Get to know the menu

Local specialities to try here

Yak Butter Tea 酥油茶Salty, oily and savoury rather than sweet — much closer to a thin buttery broth than to tea.