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,

For a long time I just thought Yeshi was colourblind. Lots of men are, they say. He had, in particular, a real blue/green thing. He’d

Yeshi in his element last month in Wales. On a rainy day in Pembrokeshire, we visited the Castell Henllys Iron Age fort, where roundhouses have been reconstructed

Energy price increases came into effect in the UK on October 1st. The nights are getting colder and darker, and everyone is feeling the pinch.

Did you come to our momo party on Saturday? We had Earth Ale in the house with their delicious draught beers and a selection of bottles and

During the Queen’s funeral yesterday, Yeshi wondered all the time when people were getting a chance to eat. It was a long day, and food

It’s been a heavy old week. On Tuesday, before news of the Queen’s ill health broke, we followed events in the Commons as the announcements

Oxford – we are back! It’s been an awesome summer talking Tibet and getting our food out to audiences far and wide. We’ve pitched up

In Tibet, when it’s hot outside there’s no reaching for a cool drink: hot tea is always the answer. Stripping down isn’t advisable either. Yeshi made a video

Most of you know this already, but sharing our passion for fresh food, wellbeing and sustainable living – Tibetan style – has been Taste Tibet’s

Everyone has been asking about Glastonbury.  In fact, Hay Festival was arguably more exciting (if you’re into books, that is). I personally spent a lot of time hanging out

The glamorous life of the jet-setting, award-winning restauranteurs/published authors Julie and Yeshi, as featured on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen, on R4 and in your Saturday Guardian

Yeshi’s family are semi-nomadic. This means that they are not on the road all the time. For six months of every year they keep their

There are lots of things that we get wrong about Tibet and Tibetan people. The no. 2 misconception (let’s move past the no. 1 mistake

Tibetan people don’t use cookbooks – Yeshi didn’t even know that such things existed before he came to the UK. Tibetans learn to cook at

Food is central to our story. People often say how lucky I am to have Yeshi cook for me every day, but this was a

One year ago today we submitted the manuscript for the book that has now landed – finally – in our hands (for those of you

Has anyone been watching Jamie Oliver’s new Channel 4 show, The Great Cookbook Challenge? Eighteen chefs/home cooks are competing to win a cookbook deal with

It’s the Lunar New Year today. The Spring Festival, as it’s known in China, is an occasion that’s actually celebrated right across East Asia, usually

Did you spy Yeshi in Saturday’s Guardian? He was hard to miss. Deborah Linton interviewed us as part of a wider piece about the immigrant-run

This is not the most abundant season in Tibet. The lunar new year – coming soon – is a marker for farmers to get back

Yeshi’s family are just back from a long stay in Lhasa, Tibet’s capital. Last week they sent this picture of mum and dad picnicking outside

Happy new year, momo lovers! We are just back from a mini-break in Wales and realising that some New Year’s resolutions need to be made.

The tradition of the Taste Tibet Year In Review started inadvertently in 2020, which was a hugely challenging year for Taste Tibet, as it was

When Yeshi was growing up in Tibet, zero waste happened naturally. There was no landfill. His family wore shoes, belts and bags made from yak

No Reservations was an Anthony Bourdain show – maybe you’ve watched it. Travelling the world and eating at the kinds of places you couldn’t or

Keeping this week’s check-in brief. It’s been a whirlwind few days/weeks and there’s a backlog of normal life stuff to deal with – anyone have

We’re not doing much sleeping at the moment. We are headed to London for the BBC Food and Farming Awards on Wednesday night, and it’s

It’s been a huge week! Did you catch us on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen Live? There was a short pre-recorded film [at 01.09:50] about Taste Tibet

This week, exactly one year to the day since Taste Tibet opened the doors to our place on Magdalen Road, we will actually be marking

This week we’re setting a couple of things straight about Tibet and Tibetan people. First – let’s get it out the way – Tibet is