Overview
Shangri la is located in the plateau, the climate is cold, the diet is mainly Tibetan flavor, butter tea and Zanba are the main food here. The restaurants in Shangri-La County are mainly Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibetan. There are many kinds of restaurants in the county, which are easy to find. Yunnan rice noodles, vermicelli, etc. can be eaten, Tibetan dishes mainly local beef, there are all kinds of Tibetan snacks. Such as Zanba, butter tea, highland barley wine, big cake and so on.

Foods & Snacks

Zanba
Zanba is one of the traditional staple food of Tibetan herdsmen. Zanba is a kind of fried noodles in Tibetan transliteration. It is a staple food that Tibetan people must eat every day. It is not only easy to eat, rich in nutrition and high in calories, but also easy to carry and store.

Pickled Vegetable Soup
When visiting a Tibetan home, one of the dishes that you will most likely be served is pickled vegetables soup (in Russia, Jewish families often serve a similar, but served cold, vegetable soup during the summer that, instead of vinegar, is made with kvass, a  weak beer-like beverage made from fermented wheat). Pickled vegetables taste great, retain an al dente texture, and can also regulate the appetite, since the vinegar base increases the secretion of gastric juices during digestion, which provides a feeling of "being full". The Tibetans also insist that their pickled vegetable soup can ward off the common cold.

Dairy Products
Tibetans raise cattle for their meat and for their milk. Tibetans are especially fond of dairy products. Most livestock production in Tibet is on a small scale, where the individual herdsman milks his cows the old-fashioned way, with a classic milk pail. The milk is consumed as milk, of course, but is also used to make butter (and ghee), yoghurt and cheese, including cottage cheese. Milk is of course an important source of calcium for growing children, but it is enjoyed by Tibetans of all ages.

Butter tea
Butter tea is a special beverage in Tibet of China. As a staple food, it can keep cold and refresh the mind. This drink is made from butter and strong flavor tea. First, put a proper amount of butter into a special barrel, add salt, and then pour into the boiling tea juice, and repeatedly pound it with a wooden handle, so that the butter and the tea juice are dissolved into one, and the milk is formed. Some ethnic groups adjacent to Tibetans also have the custom of drinking butter tea.

Where to eat in Shangri-La

1.Congben Tibetan Restaurant
Location: near the Old Town Plaza
Note: A Tibetan style restaurant

2.Old Town Plateau Hot Pot
Location: near the Old Town Plaza
Note: Here the environment is very cozy and the hot pot very tasty

3. Tibet Cafe Inn
Location: The Changzheng Road
Note: The Tibetan-style breakfast provided here is good.