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

Yeshi started the Taste Tibet stall in 2014, shortly after we had our daughter. For years he had been the primary carer for our son,

When Yeshi first arrived in the UK we bought him a bike, because that’s what people do in Oxford. I remember that he couldn’t ride

In Tibet you will often find women doing the heavy lifting. In rural areas, where families tend to be at least semi-nomadic, most men spend

Huge thanks to everyone for the amazing turnout at our Momo Party on Saturday! Thank you also for your cards, flowers, booze and well wishes

We know that many of you miss our crispy bottoms. Back when we were a market stall set-up this was the only way we could

The cultural and historic centre of Lhasa, Tibet’s capital, is Barkhor Street. This bustling thoroughfare has a history of over 1,300 years. It’s a meeting

Thanks for bearing with us – the doors to Taste Tibet have been shut for far too long, and we’re really excited to be opening

Life can throw some pretty surreal moments, and for team Taste Tibet this is surely one of them. Back in early July we heard that

We’ve written before about the previous occupants of 109 Magdalen Road. The current Taste Tibet premises was originally a bakery, but it has also been

We are coming to the end of a long lockdown made up of all kinds of rules that many of us, even with the best

Did you hear the news? Taste Tibet is a finalist in this year’s BBC Food and Farming Awards! This is massive news not just for

We were heaving on Friday night. We’ve started to notice a pattern of this every last Friday of the month. I worked it out a

It’s hard to believe, but there are only about 700 Tibetan people in all of the UK. Unlike the governments of Switzerland, Germany, Holland and

On our days off, Yeshi and I love having lunch together at the back of our restaurant on Magdalen Road. Yesterday we made flatbreads and