A primary school friend took this picture of me living my best life in Oxford’s University Parks at the weekend. When I was little I

(Image – because it’s great! – from Tenzin Tsering for Above the Fold Dumplings magazine) The holiest day in the Jewish calendar has just come to a close. Yom

We’re celebrating twelve years of marriage this week, a massive achievement whoever and wherever you are in the world. We try to mark the occasion

We were on Sunday Brunch a couple of weeks ago [at 1 hr 22 mins]. This was a hugely anticipated moment for everyone in our small Tibetan community,

Braindead musings this afternoon after a night on the tiles in London. Our cookbook, Taste Tibet, was shortlisted in the Best International or Regional Cookbook category of the Guild

Quick break between festivals for a very important announcement! This Sunday we’re hitting the Channel 4 screens – find us live on Sunday Brunch hosting the Restaurant Takeover slot at around

When Yeshi was still just my boyfriend and a life together here in the UK was merely a faraway notion, he was living as a

Praise and public endorsement for Taste Tibet: the cookbook continue to flow. Every week we receive messages from readers and pictures of beautiful dishes cooked with ease.

When Yeshi first started Taste Tibet in Oxford’s open market, this way of life was familiar to him. Years before he had run a jewellery

One of the many fantastic things about taking our food on the road is crossing paths with wonderful people from other parts of the country/world

We are closed this week and for most of June. In between, you can find us at KITE Festival and Glastonbury, or just bear with us

An Australian couple came by the restaurant last week – they’d flown over especially, they said. Years ago I lived for a brief spell in

We’ve just entered the fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar, or Saga Dawa, also known as “merit month”. Are you in the mood to

We are are very much enjoying with Nyima, Yeshi’s brother. He came over last month from New York, and Yeshi has been working hard to

Yeshi and I met in Dharamsala, northern India. Many Tibetan people live here. It is the home of his Holiness XIV Dalai Lama – his

Last December, we lost our dear friend Polly (left in the photo above). Polly was someone we saw almost every day. She was our neighbour,

We have a new chef in the kitchen (you may have heard). Everybody wants to know how he’s doing. This is not an easy a

Last week the Tibetan community was rocked by accusations against his Holiness XIV Dalai Lama of inappropriate behaviour. The allegations relate to an interaction between His

Welcome to our brother, Nyima! We didn’t give him long to settle in. He landed at 9am last Thursday morning, and the plan was for

It was a difficult start to the year, but spring has sprung and TT fans will be glad to know that the best possible has

At this time of year the same conversations do the rounds. Isn’t it wonderful to cast away the winter coat and enjoy the sun on

There’s so many things that have changed for Yeshi since he arrived in the UK, but here’s one you might not have guessed at –

If you’ve read all the way to the end of our cookbook, then you’ll know where our journey in publishing began. The Pronunciation Guide hints at

Isn’t it great when everything goes to plan? Isn’t it great when it doesn’t? Tibetan Buddhists say that it’s our attachment to things going one

Back open this week after a rollercoaster nine days in India. Many of you have asked after Yeshi, who hoped to see his cousin in

We are not open this week (and this is the main message of today’s check-in), but the cats still need feeding. One of them is

Happy Valentine’s, everyone!  We’re not open today, but if you want to make momos for your booboo we hope you got the bookbook. And if you

When we first moved to Oxford we rented a pocket-sized printer’s house in Jericho and spent most of our time searching out leg room on

Love blinded us at first, and it’s just as well it did I suppose. When we first met, Yeshi had nothing to his name but

Our cookbook has made us kind of public property. Of course this was going to happen, except we never really thought about it. The last couple

The Tibetan New Year of the rabbit is around the corner. It’s not as imminent as Chinese New Year, which is celebrated this weekend, but

January has arrived, and with it a barrage of bad stuff. Show-stoppingly bad. Sure, January is like this (and especially after a holiday), but it’s

It’s a premature Year In Review, but everything is accelerated right now as we’re taking proper time off over the holidays. In fact, we have

Yeshi’s body clock is not a good match for the crazy Christmas season. In Tibet this is the lazy time of year. Late autumn brings

Our son Leo came up with the theme for this week’s blog, and those of you who use the Taste Tibet cookbook will already be

Recently we were required to draw up a company organisational chart. This was a strange exercise for us because we’ve never operated or thought of

The restaurant isn’t open every day. Right now we can only be open as many days as Yeshi is able to work, and everyone –

This week Taste Tibet – the takeaway – turns two. Taste Tibet is of course a lot older than two. We started our food stall in 2014,

The end of British summertime is a tough one for anyone who is seasonally affected, but arguably it is hardest for those not born into

It’s half term, so we’re doing all the right things by the kids. Yesterday we even took them to the Office of Tibet in London,