Tibetan Family Kitchen and their Cooking class in Lhasa can be a good flavour in your Tibetan experience. The only cooking class in Lhasa, Tibet. The Tibetan Family Kitchen has been a trendy destination for every travel agency to invite clients (travellers) for either welcome or farewell dinner, which is both for us.
Along the bustling street of Tengyaling, which is popularly known as the tourist street. Where road wanders trying to pursue tourists buy their items by saying a word; looky, and sometimes saying the phrase “I love you” to get your attention.
As you reach in front of the Jokhang temple. You will have to walk further south at the end of the direct street. After that, you can walk towards the east to find a police checkpoint. Before the checkpoint, you will find the Tibetan family kitchen on your right-hand side.
On your right-hand side, you will find a small cottage. And you will find the small gate labelled Tibetan Family Kitchen. The restaurant is located on the second and third floors.
The kitchen and reception are located on the third floor. You can either call them down or go up for ordering.
The restaurant is run by a husband and wife who runs a small enterprise to teach interested tourists to make Tibetan traditional dishes. While teaching the interested student how to prepare our traditional dish, the family would also prepare the splendorous meals for appointed guests.
We have known the husband and wife for a very long time since they both were professional tour guides. Who later starts this enterprise to help travellers learn to make Tibetan dishes or have an actual tummy full of authentic Tibetan Family homes.
We have been taking all our clients for dinner there. And everyone likes it very much. So can say this is the best place to have Tibetan traditional food in Lhasa. According to the trip advisor dot com, this is the second-best restaurant in Tibet, only after the summit Cafe. Lady Namdol is an excellent cook, and she makes the best Tibetan meals in Lhasa. So honestly, whenever We have free time, we would go to them to eat and learn to cook. She is sweet and nice.
If you want to have a cooking class arranged or for dinner reservations, you can have your travel agency contact them or make a direct reservation with them. Please make sure you do it a day prior.
The Locations on the map
Recently many people a finding it hard to find the restaurant on the map. If you are using Google Maps, type Pozhang Saba; that’s the cottage’s name where it is located. You will find the restaurant of the Gmap, but it is located in the wrong location.
I want to recommend using Maps.me, In this map you will find it in two locations. You will go further south one for the restaurant.
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