Jokhang Square, Lhasa. Photo: Jan Kranendonk / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Tibetan Family Kitchen
Family-run home-style Tibetan cooking just off the Barkhor, with views toward Jokhang Square. Known for fried yak momos, yogurt rice and potato pancakes; it also runs cooking classes.
Near Tibetan Family Kitchen
Other places within 15 km.
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Restaurants
Xue Yu Tian Cun Yak Hot Pot
Busy local hotpot restaurant near the Jokhang. Fresh-cut yak meat is cooked at the table in a tangy sour-soup broth, a good change from momos and thukpa.
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Temples & Monasteries
Jokhang Temple
Jorkhang Temple is holiest and most sacred site in Tibet where devout Buddhists make their pilgrimage, sometimes performing prostration (3 steps, 1 prostration) throughout their journey.
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Sight
Tsome Ling
Tsome Ling: or Tsomonling, south of Ramoche is one of the four former royal temples.
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Temples & Monasteries
Ramoche Temple
Ramoche is the sister temple to Jokhang temple, founded around the same time.
