Gifts from Tibet...

Hmmm....white bags of gifts! It's March and spring is coming to London, but it seems that Mr.Santa has arrived to the Sweet Tea House again (though most of us are rather close to Buddhist culture,) HO HO HO. Well, they are actually not from Father Christmas - they are gifts that has been sent by Gonkar's friends in Tibet!!!

Insides are Barley Flour and Yack Meat.

Apparently, Barley Flour (photo below) is commonly used to make porrige in the morning (instead of oat.)


And the dried Yack Meat (photo below) - which I never ever had before - is common daily Tibetan staple eaten as a snack. As the yacks are grown freely in the wild land, they are organic too.

Although I normally do not eat meat, I was so curious and tempted to try....

So Gonkar picked up the softest one for me, and I did try it!

It still felt quite hard, and tastes very...WILD!! (i.e.taste of red meat, full of blood and energy.haha)

You would certainly maintian your teeth very healthy and strong too, if you grew up chewing this "snack" every day.

And having thought about the fact that elderly people in Tibet still go to Pilgrimage for two hours every morning (= walking on the MOUNTAIN for TWO HOURS EVERY MORNING), together with these diets, there's no wonder why they have a very long and strong lives in Tibet!