Yeti

India is a fascinating country gastronomy wise. It’s very much influenced by its neighboring countries, drawing from their culture and adapting it into their everyday lives. Tibetan cuisine for instance, has played a huge factor on Indian dining scene. Many Tibetan classics found a home on India’s streets and from there our interest in the cuisine grew. More and more gourmets are becoming adventurous with their choices hence, ‘Yeti – The Himalayan Kitchen’. This quaint cheerful food joint decided to skip your usual cuisine suspects and concentrate fully on Tibetan cuisine. It receives a mix of clientele in its first floor location in Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi. A heavy domination of western diners and some adventurous gourmets sums up Yeti’s clientele. The place is kid-friendly, in case you are wondering.

The name Yeti instantly hints on its specialty. Their menu is just not limited to Tibetan cuisine but includes Nepalese and Bhutanese cuisines as well. Food is homely and authentic. Go if you would like to take a break from all those spicy curries and pastas. Plenty of beef and pork dishes features on the menu. Yeti does not serve alcohol so wash down your meal with their flavorful mocktails. Try, Yeti’s lemon or Yeti’s special. Feeling adventurous? Go for their Tibetan yak butter tea. Pair the tea with some appetizers like, buff momo, spinach & egg drop soup, gyuma, butter fried beans, sekuwa, bara, la phing, piro aloo and Yeti special thukpa. Second course entails, mushroom datchi, phing, macha ko ledo, crispy pork & honey, fried green beans with black bean sauce, tshoem, kokra tareko, gundruk ko jhol with dried fish and pork with bamboo shoot.

The sugar buffs can rejoice in Yeti’s selection of desserts. Other than fresh fruit platter and ice cream they serve traditional Tibetan desserts like, yomari and baktsa marku. Yeti – The Himalayan Kitchen is done in a way to exude comfort and glimpse of Tibetan culture. A cozy exposed brick walled room flanked by windows from one side resembles somebody’s dining room in Tibet. To give the mountain cottage feel, Yeti mounts Tibetan curios on coarse white walls. Prayer flags, Tibetan tapestry, masks, prayer wheels and utensils lifts up the space instantly. Yeti is casual and simply designed. Sit next to the windows if you want to soak up all that sun. The restaurant is reasonably priced, an added bonus.