Food and Restaurants
Food
Most residents in Diqing are Tibetans, so food is of Tibetan flavor. Here in Diding, tourists can taste natural Zanba, buttered tea, barley beer, have a dinner at home of Tibetan's and experience the local customs.
Food and beverage in Zhongdian county seat are mainly of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibetan style. There are different flavor restaurants in the county seat, tourists can easily find one of them. The food of Yunan is hot, similar to Sichuan food. The Tibetan food is often made of beef, besides, plenty of Tibetan snacks can be found here such as Zanba, buttered tea and barley beer etc.
Zanba(roasted highland barley flour)
Zanba is the main food for Tibetan people and is divided into several kinds: highland barley Zanba, pea Zanba and mixed Zanba. Zanba is nutritious and is easy to carry about. It is the most convenient food for the Tibetans living in plateau. When they go on a long journey, if they bring a bowl or Zanba bag, Zanba, butter and dry milk residue, no matter where they are, they can use water instead of buttered tea to make a meal of fragrant and nice Zanba without lighting a fire to cook. Zanba is made by drying highland barley in the sun, parching the barley and grinding the barley into flour in water mill. It is ground into coarse or fine flour according to different flavor, and it also can be ground into refined Zanba by removing the bran The way of eating it is: pour a little buttered tea into a bowl first, add some butter, fine milk residue and white sugar into it, and then put the Zanba flour into the bowl. Then hold the bowl with the left hand, mix them with the right hand in the bowl to and fro, and mould them into small balls for eating after they are mixed thoroughly.
Milk product
Tibetans used to breed cow and drink nutritious milk. From spring to winter, the pails of herdsmen are full of fresh milk. People use milk to make varied milk products such as cheese, skin formed on boiled milk, butter and yogurt for common use.
Pickled Vegetables
When visiting Tibetan home, the host will entertain you with picked vegetables soup. Pickled vegetables taste good and can regulate appetite, increase secreting gastric juice and take precaution against cold.
Restaurants
Diqing Restaurant
Holding 600 people to have a dinner together, it is the biggest restaurant in Diqing. The boss invited specially a grand cooker from inland to cook delicious food for customers. The cooker is the fame of the restaurant. Adderss：No11 Changzheng Road, Diqing
Tel：0887-8229666
Hongmu Flavor Snack Restaurant
ocated at Heping Road, nearby the Longfengxiang Hotel. It serves all kinds of Tibetan snacks with reasonable prices.
In addition, some four-star hotels, three-star hotels and two-star hotel also serve special food and drinks of different places.
Tip：
The food is very cheap in Zhongdian, however, it is a bit higher in Tiger Leaping Gorge. The special dishes of Tiger Laping Gorge are local chicken and the fresh fish of Jinsha River. Make sure you know the price before ordering.
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