Chasing Yak during the day over the Yunnan (Tibet) mountains & grasslands and having them for dinner as burgers or ribs ~ priceless...
Delicious Yak dishes below were expertly prepared by the talented Chef's at Hylandia Hotel (Shangri-La international Hotel Group) Zhongdian (Yunnan).
Speaking about Yak, they are present everywhere in the higher Tibet regions, either roaming the grasslands fully assembled or on display in restaurants and shops in parts...
The Yak is a long-haired bovid found throughout the Himalaya region of southern Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. Most yaks are domesticated Bos grunniens. There is also a small, vulnerable population of wild yaks, Bos mutus.
English word "Yak" is a loan originating from Tibetan: གཡག་, Wylie: g.yag – in Tibetan this refers only to the male of the species, the female being called Tibetan: འབྲི་, Wylie: 'bri or nak. In English, as in most other languages which have borrowed the word, "yak" is usually used for both sexes.
Delicious Yak dishes below were expertly prepared by the talented Chef's at Hylandia Hotel (Shangri-La international Hotel Group) Zhongdian (Yunnan).
Speaking about Yak, they are present everywhere in the higher Tibet regions, either roaming the grasslands fully assembled or on display in restaurants and shops in parts...
The Yak is a long-haired bovid found throughout the Himalaya region of southern Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. Most yaks are domesticated Bos grunniens. There is also a small, vulnerable population of wild yaks, Bos mutus.
English word "Yak" is a loan originating from Tibetan: གཡག་, Wylie: g.yag – in Tibetan this refers only to the male of the species, the female being called Tibetan: འབྲི་, Wylie: 'bri or nak. In English, as in most other languages which have borrowed the word, "yak" is usually used for both sexes.
