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Lhasa 24-Hour Food Guide

In countless people's pilgrimage lists, “scenery” means the golden roofs, red walls, and sacred lakes of the City of Sunlight, while “flavor” means the warm, sweet aftertaste of butter and sweet tea on the snowy plateau. In this holy highland city at an altitude of 3650 meters, what layers up are not only the snow peaks of the Nyainqentanglha Range, but also the tiers of flavor built from yak meat, highland barley, and Tibetan spices.