About Taste Tibet - East Oxford
As seen on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen and C4's Sunday Brunch! Taste Tibet is an award-winning restaurant serving the best Tibetan food this side of the Himalayas. We started life as a street food and festival food stall and our menu still has this vibe. Gorge on our home-made momo dumplings or our legendary Himalayan curries - or both!
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Taste Tibet Famous Chicken Curry
Highly ratedOur legendary chicken curry, the festival cure-all, the original and best! We suggest adding some Tibetan flatbread or basmati rice as a side.£13.00Vegan Feast for One
£16.00Heavenly Vegan Momos
Highly ratedOur signature dish! All our heavenly vegan momos are hand-made from scratch using leaf spinach, Chinese chives and sweetheart cabbage. Served with a light soy side.£12.00Spinach and Chickpea Curry
£11.00Meat Feast for One
Highly ratedOur 2 meaty curry dishes of the week + Tibetan dal + basmati rice + one beef momo.£18.00Mixed Momos
£12.00Chicken Biryani
£18.00Big Beef Momos
£12.00Tibetan Sesame Chicken
£14.00
Momo Dumplings
Our hand-crafted momos, served with sauces and dips
Heavenly Vegan Momos
Highly rated· Our signature dish! All our heavenly vegan momos are hand-made from scratch using leaf spinach, Chinese chives and sweetheart cabbage. Served with a light soy side.£12.00VeganMixed Momos
A mix of heavenly vegan moms and big beef momos. We hand-make all our momos from scratch. Served with a light soy side.£12.00Dairy freeBig Beef Momos
Our signature dish! All our big beef momos are hand-made from scratch. Served with a light soy side.£12.00Dairy free
Himalayan Curries
Our legendary Himalayan curry spread, including all the specials of the week.
Taste Tibet Famous Chicken Curry
Highly rated· Our legendary chicken curry, the festival cure-all, the original and best! We suggest adding some Tibetan flatbread or basmati rice as a side.£13.00HalalTibetan Dal
Our dal is a timeworn classic and the perfect complement to any curry. Serve with Tibetan flatbread or basmati rice.£8.00VeganSpinach and Chickpea Curry
Our classic vegan curry. We suggest adding Tibetan flatbread or basmati rice on the side.£11.00VeganTibetan Sesame Chicken
This totally moreish dish is the ultimate Taste Tibet crowd pleaser. Just a hint of heat and also sesame but destined to be your new favourite.£14.00Gluten freeMixed Veg Creamy Coconut Curry
The ultimate Taste Tibet vegan curry contains seasonal veg slow cooked in our secret curry sauce. Pair with basmati rice, Tibetan dal and flatbread.£12.00Vegan
Chef's Specials
Chicken Biryani
Chef Nyima brought this one from New York, where he worked in Indian restaurant kitchens for over 15 years. It is widely recognised to be the best and most authentic biryani in Oxford. Don't miss it.£18.00HalalVeg Biryani
Chef Nyima brought this one from New York, where he worked in Indian restaurant kitchens for over 15 years. It is widely recognised to be the best and most authentic biryani in Oxford. Don't miss it.£16.00Vegetarian
Feasts For One
One-person meals featuring tastes from across the menu.
Vegan Feast for One
Our 2 vegan mains of the week + Tibetan dal + rice + one heavenly vegan momo.£16.00VeganMeat Feast for One
Highly rated· Our 2 meaty curry dishes of the week + Tibetan dal + basmati rice + one beef momo.£18.00Dairy free
Side Dishes
Gert your greens here! Our side dishes are the essential companion to your Himalayan spread. Plenty of greens in there but don't forget to add our mooli pickle as well if you like things hot.
Stir-Fried Broccoli with Garlic
Get your greens in with this banging broccoli side, stir-fried with soy, garlic, sesame oil and red chilli.£8.00VeganSmacked Cucumber
This is where our chefs take out their frustrations - they literally smack the cucumber. When it's bruised it's then better able to absorb the garlic and oils added. Never has cucumber tasted so fresh and juicy.£7.00Stir-Fried Sesame Cabbage
A must-have side: cabbage has never tasted this good.£8.00VeganHot Mooli Pickle
In Tibet, this pickle is eaten alongside curries and noodle dishes, and also makes a great pairing for beer. It's highly moreish - note it also comes in jars for those who need ready stocks!£7.00
Bread & Rice
Basmati Rice
£3.50VeganHome-made Tibetan Flatbread
Freshly-made to order, our flatbread is the perfect mate for any curry or stir-fry, as well as all our leafy sides.£5.00Vegan
Something Sweet
Chocolate Tsampa Truffles
Tsampa is roasted barley flour - the Tibetan staple food. We make our tsampa truffles using home-made butter, and organic honey and chocolate. They're the perfect way to finish your meal.£3.00Vegetarian
Freezer Food
Use Taste Tibet to stock your freezer with curries and momos for a rainy day! Our freezer meals are the perfect solution for days that the restaurant is closed or for pockets that are a bit pinched. Come browse.
Taste Tibet Famous Chicken Curry - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£9.00HalalTibetan Dal - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£7.00VeganHeavenly Vegan Momos - 8-Piece Freezer Box
Currently sold out£14.00VeganBig Beef Momos - 8-Piece Freezer Box
Currently sold out£14.00Dairy freeSpinach & Chickpea Curry - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£8.00VeganTibetan Sesame Chicken - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£9.00Green Tofu Curry - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£8.00VeganYeshi's Special Fried Pork - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£9.00Mixed Veg Creamy Coconut Curry - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£8.00VeganSpiced Potato & Pea Curry - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£8.00VeganBeef Coconut Curry
Currently sold out£9.00Marinated Beef with Rainbow Peppers - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£9.00Wild Mushroom & Root Veg Stew - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£8.00Tibetan Beef & Potato Stew
Currently sold out£8.00Tibetan Keema (spiced ground beef) - Freezer Box
Currently sold out£9.00
Drinks
We have a wide selection of alcohol and soft drinks.
Karma Lemony Lemonade
£4.00Karma Cola
£4.00Lucky Buddha Lager
Light and Refreshing, this is a true Asian-style lager with lots of flavour and a crisp, clean finish. Beautifully bottled!£6.50Brewdog Punk IPA
£5.00Brewdog Lost Lager
£5.00Beavertown Neck Oil IPA
£5.50Brewdog Punk AF
alcohol-free£4.00Canned Wine Co - Old Vine Garnacha
A beautifully balanced Garnacha from selected old vines in Aragon, Spain - in a can£9.00Canned Wine Co. Vintage Viognier
Fruity and aromatic full-bodied Viognier in a can.£9.00Canned Wine Co. - Grüner
A juicy white wine ripened in north-east Austria - in a can.£9.00Canned Wine co. - Granache Rosé
A delightful dry bright rosé wine full of clementines, summer berries and butterscotch notes - in a can.£9.00Karma Gingerella Organic Ginger Ale
£4.00Karma Organic Orangeade
£4.00Tenzing Natural Energy - Original
£3.50Tenzing Natural energy - Raspberry & Yuzu
£3.50Luscombe English Apple Juice
£4.00Luscombe Organic Orange Juice
£4.00
Store Cupboard Ingredients + Cookbook
Our chilli oils, pickles and award-winning cookbook!
Sepen Chilli Oil
When Chef Yeshi was growing up in rural Tibet, his father made the best chilli oil around. Yeshi has turned this recipe into Taste Tibet’s much-loved momo dumpling dip. Our Sepen Chilli Oil is delicious with momos, but you can also use it with just about anything you fancy a kick out of. It is made using peppercorns from Yeshi’s home in Tibet.£8.00VeganPickled Mooli Radish
Spicy, sour and salty, Tibetan people enjoy this pickle as a snack or beer buddy, or add it to stir-fries.£8.00VeganTaste Tibet Cookbook - signed by the authors
Taste Tibet is a collection of over 80 recipes from the Tibetan Plateau written for today’s home cook. Learn to create comforting soups, stews and hand-pulled noodles, as well as Taste Tibet’s legendary momo dumplings. Alongside the recipes, we bring you stories from Yeshi’s home in Tibet and reveal nomadic Himalayan food culture and practices that have much to teach us about conscious consumption in an increasingly environmentally-aware age.Published by Murdoch Books, 2022£25.00
