Recommended Chinese Delights: Yak Butter Tea

It's Happy Belly Time!

After our experiences abroad, we are tired of re-inventing the "what to order or eat" wheel in China. Tired of being unable to eat at that cool looking hole in the wall mom n pop joint because they don't have picture menus? Tired of asking the waitress for her recommendation and being sad that you get pig's brains instead? Then you've come to the right place. Just jot down the most appealing dishes to you, take them to your local fine eating establishment, and finally relax and enjoy a 好吃 (hao3 chi1) meal.

Monday, May 7, 2007

Yak Butter Tea

Tibetan name: poja
Chinese: 酥油茶
Pinyin: sū yóu chá (butter tea)

one is sweetened milk tea (ja ngarmo), the other is yak butter tea. yep, they look alike so be careful b/c the taste is quite different between the two

usually you buy it by the teapot. if they're really nice and compromising, you can buy 1/2 a teapot (that's why we got two halves - so we could try each flavor)

here's the taste! go slow because it takes time to get used to

originally a Tibetan specialty, this tea can actually be found outside of the country. aka in places where there are a lot of Tibetans chillin in China. this tea was bought and sipped in Chengdu