Meals on Tibet Train — Train Restaurant
Every Tibet train has a kitchen and dining car serving three meals a day. The dining car has tables by large windows, so you can enjoy the plateau scenery while you eat.
Food on the train is simple and costs a little more than in a city restaurant. We suggest you also bring some of your favourite snacks.
Dining Car Rules
Outside meal times, the dining car may ask you to buy at least a drink if you want to sit there.
The dining car is also the best place to watch the plateau go by: large windows, a table, and room to move. On the morning train from Lhasa, lunch falls at Nagqu and Tso Na Lake and dinner at the Tanggula Pass and the Tuotuo River. More in Lhasa to Xining by train.
Breakfast
Breakfast is simple: eggs, bread, rice porridge, pickles and milk, or a bowl of noodles.
Tibetan Specialties
Look for dishes with yak meat, such as yak stewed with potatoes or carrots. They are popular with passengers.
Food Carts
As well as the dining car, a food trolley comes through the carriages at meal times with boxed meals of rice, vegetables and meat. This is handy when the dining car is busy. Snacks, fruit and drinks are also sold from trolleys during the day.
What to pack: bring snacks you like, such as biscuits, nuts, dried fruit and instant noodles. Hot water is always available from the boiler at the end of the carriage. A mug for tea is also a good idea.
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