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Around
the TV Tower
Most of the guest houses in this area have small
restaurants, which saves you the trek down into town. They
all have the usual travelers menus that include pancakes and
jaffles. The Tower View is popular, Triveni Guest House is
very clean and the Ratna is very good value.
Laden La & Nehru Rds
There are numerous cheap restaurants along Laden La Rd all
clustered together between the State Bank of India and the
post office. Several of them are Tibetan-run while the
remainder offer Indian cuisine of various sorts. Most of
them are pretty basic and could use a good scrub down. They
include the Golden Dragon, Vineet, Utsang. Potala, Lotus,
Penang, Soatlee and Washington.
Lhasa Restaurant
It is a very cheap and very basic Tibetan restaurant serving
good momos and thukpa.
Park Restaurant
It has probably the best Indian cuisine in town. Tandoori
items are mouthwatering - chicken sheek kebabs, chicken
tikka masala. Decor is Graeco-Roman greenhouse finished off
with shower-room curtains, but the food is excellent.
Keventer's Snack Bar
Kev's (Keventer's Snack Bar), on Nehru Rd, is a popular
place for breakfast and there are wonderful views from the
open terrace. They have got ham, bacon, sausages and cheese,
but service can be tediously slow.
Glenary's
Glenary's, is an excellent place with a definite
ghost-of-the-Raj air to it. Downstairs is the bakery; if you
arrive early enough you can get very good brown bread. They
also have croissants, doughnuts, garlic bread and a
wonderful range of cakes. Tea time here is still a special
occasion upstairs in the restaurant where you can also have
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