Me and my best friend were craving some Asian comfort food after feeling so grossed out from stuffing ourselves with a sinfully fattening junk food called "Poutine". We decided to try Tibetan food for the first time but in all honestly I can't say I was impressed. My gastronomic curiosity unfortunately didn't pay off this time. I really wanted to like this place because the Tibetan owner is a super friendly guy and I liked the nice exotic decor. I had the following food:
1) Tibetan butter tea - I should've listened to the owner.... he did warn me that it's very butterly but I had no idea that it's literally like a melted butter soup, just imagine drinking liquid butter you pour on popcorn. How do you drink this???
2) chicken curry - it was ok, it wasn't as spicy or flavorful as Indian curry but better than momo. Reminded me of Vietnamese curry, but less flavor.
3) dumpling soup (momo) - This is supposedly the most famous Tibetan food but I found it incredibly bland.... I guess it's meant to be tasteless?? It lacked spices, I'd much rather have gyoza or shumai!
The food was just too bland for my palate. Learning about the incredible hardship of TIbetan people's lives from the owner gave me some insight on why their food is so simple and bland. Basically the Tibetan people are more concerned about survival than pleasure, because their harsh environment doesn't provide enough food resources. I'm glad I got to try Tibetan food at least once, but it's probably going to be my first and the last time.