Shigatse Eating Out
“Dress him up and leave regale to the distinguished guests.” This is Shigatse people best portrayal of the concept of diet. The hospitable Shigatse people will make you fully appreciate the essence of Shigatse diet culture. Shigatse possesses a good many local dishes which include Tibetan sausage, high-land barley wine, yak butter, beef and mutton, tongue of yak that is served cold and dressed with sauce, tsampa, different kinds of cookies and sweat tea, milk tea, yoghurt, roasted sausage, dried meat, and shapu (smashed meat). These dishes are served in the night market which is near the bus station. The delicious Tibetan flavor will never let you down.
◆Restaurants in Shigatse
Golden Place Restaurant (with 100 seats)
Add: No. 28 Gangjianlinka Avenue
Tel: 0892-8822282
Gangjinalinka Tibetan Restaurant (with 130 seats)
Add: No. 9 Qomolangma Road
Tel: 0892-8822516
Tashi Restaurant (with 30 seats)
Add: No. 28 Geshanglakang Road
Tel: 0892－8822516
Wordo Kitchen
Add: No.8 East Road, Zhade
Tel: 0892-8823994
Style of cooking: Xinjiang food, Halal food, Wei-Tibet food
Red maple forest Sichuan Restaurant
Add: Everest west road, Administrative office of commercial housing, Shigatse
Tel: 0892-8828641
Style of cooking: Sichuan food
In addition to the local cuisine, the best-known food in Shigatse is Sichuan food which is known for its hotness and liberal use of red pepper and other such spices.CNY10 to 20 is enough to have a hearty meal for one person. However if you want to taste the local traditional dishes, Tibetan hamlet is a good place to go along with the night market near the bus station. There are lots of restaurants selling Sichuan and Tibetan food, which can be found near North Liberation Road and Qomolangma Road.