In the same way to their costume and housing. Tibetans of Jiuzhaigou treasure affectionate feelings to their food and food tradition. While touring among beautiful scenery, you with be delighted with sweet roasted qingke barley cake. strong buttered tea. aromatic qingke bar ley liquor. and delicious local dishes.
Zanba(roasted qingke barley cake)
A staple of Tibetans, it looks like mainland-China's fried wheat flour, prepared with main ingredients of barley flour as well as pea and oat powder.
Tibetans bring the Zanba cake wherever they go, to farm, to graze and to travel. It is a convenient fast food, espe- cially welcome in sparsely-populated and fuel-scarce areas.
Buttered Tea
Its main ingredients are butler and milk as well as wal- nut kernel, peanut and sesame, egg and salt, being stirred lo mix in a barrel, then mixed with boiled tea and brawn- red coloring matter. After being stirred for a few seconds, a fragrant barrel of buttered lea is ready. It is poured into a big kettle and kept warm on a stove for drinking.
Ya'an Tea
Selected from large tea leaves, it is produced in Ya'an Prefecture, also called the "Horse Tea" in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Tibetans eat lots of meals but few vegetables and fruits. The Ya'an Tea is a right drink to supplement For their vitamin deficiency, lt is also an important component lo prepare the buttered tea, all for a strong and authentic flavor.
Qingke Bayley Liquor
It is an indispensable drink of Tibetans, also serves as a treat at big occasions and for guests. To make this liquor, wash and steam it, and then ferment it for a couple days. When it appears yellowish and tastes sweet, it is ready to drink. It is also called the Tibetan beer.
Flour Slices with Picked Cabbage
It is a traditional Tibetan food. To make it, first cook the pickled-cabbage soup, then mix it with flour slices with bacon shops or fresh yak meat slices, potato slices, as well as shallot and salt.
Blood Sausage
It is a choice food of the Tibetan cuisine to honor dis- tinguished guests. This nutritious and tasty food is made of blood, spices, yak or pig meat, all wrapped in the intestine like a western sausage.
Qingke Barley Cake
Baked from the qingke barley Hour, it looks golden and tastes delicious.
Yak Meat
Preserved in sauce and other ingredients, it is cut into slices and prepared as a salad with hot pepper powder, good to go with liquor. Jiuzhaigou's processing factory produces and vacuum-packs the fast-food yak meat for your convenience as a gift for friends and relatives.
Buckwheat Noodles
Buckwheat flour can be made into steamed bread and noodles. A coarse food, the noodle is good to your health, and tastes delicious. A bowl of buckwheat noodles, with a cold dish, offers a typical Tibetan flavor.
Potato Zanba Cake
To make a delicious one, first cook the potato and peel it, and smash it into dry paste. Then cut the paste into slices and cook them with pickled cabbage, of course with hot pepper or honey.
Other Food
Other special and delicious local foods also include cheese, milk residue, cream, bean curd, and bacon.
To make yogurt, boil the milk and put it in a wood barrel, together with old yogurt as ferment. Control the temperature at 3 0 ℃ -40 ℃ . When ready, it looks like bean curd, smells fragrant and tastes nice.