Postcards from Tibet

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,

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