Zoom in and you will be able to make out the blue premises license application on the front door: The strange twists and turns of

Our new posh digs on Magdalen Road feel really quite surreal. There has been nothing posh about our set up in the nearly seven years

This year has been huge for Taste Tibet. There has been a radical shift in the way that we operate and the bonds that we

Many people don’t realise that there are vast cultural differences between the countries of East Asia. Some of us are aware of the extreme codes

Reproduced from www.pictureoxon.org.uk, refs POX0600855 and POX0600854. Even if you know very little about Tibet you may know that most Tibetan people are Buddhists, and

Yeshi and I met on a mountain path in northern India on Friday 13th November 2009. For as long as we’ve been together it has

Here to lighten up your lockdown, folks! Our new shop is very nearly ready, and we’re planning to open takeaway only as soon as next

As COVID cases rise around the country and shops and restaurants struggle to keep abreast of the ever-changing rules and regulations that affect us at

Last week one reader asked us to do a “how we met” blog. When I’m feeling a bit more romantic it will land! Meantime we

Time is experienced so differently in Tibet. Watch the video sent recently from relatives back home and all becomes clear. This was Yeshi’s life for

When Yeshi first moved from India to Oxford he was initially excited to make the acquaintance of new fruits and vegetables. He tried his hand

Argh! Anyone else out there enjoying the challenge that is opening new walls during a lockdown? Here’s the thing. We have this fabulous made-new building

Our kids, a product of mum and dad of course, are not the most conventional of children. They are reluctant to accept direction and rules,

Thanks so much to everyone for your huge support during back-to-school week. We could sense the relief at our stall, and heard of at least

That long hair thing – it’s not a trick to get to you to buy momos. Back in Kham, where Yeshi is from, many men

We are off blackberry picking at the weekend (or maybe lavender if we are lucky, and if the COVID situation allows). We never usually get

Butter is getting more and more expensive – that’s something that everyone has noticed over the last few years. Globally, the price of butter rose

It’s been a huge week, with lots of things going spectacularly awry. Some weeks are like this. It’s not all bad, but the bad does

Did you know that Oxford’s Tibetan Buddhist Centre is just a stone’s throw away from our new premises on Magdalen Road? Over on the other

It’s summer! Taste Tibet will be celebrating with two pop ups at Silvie this Thursday and Friday evening. Please join us! Our beautiful tent will

With apologies to those of you missing the nod to Ariana Grande, two very important announcements in this week’s blog: If you live in or

Anyone else undertaking massive renovation work during COVID? Ha! The lovely Izzy, who helped us to get this project off the ground, told us that

We took this picture in Tibet in 2018. Doorways are a spectacular feature of Tibetan architecture, but did you know that they are also considered

For those of you who missed the news (and blink and maybe you did – Chef Yeshi doesn’t like “bragging”, as he calls it), Taste