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date: Fri Aug 21 2026 09:47:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Food: D Town, when I used to live in Daslani, I used to eat their veg shaphaley and kothey momo —also, I only found veg shaphaley(ཤ་བག་ལེབ།) there, perhaps because  “Sha” means meat and “Phaley” means “bread”; restaurants only use meats like mutton, chicken, or beef. Yet, the town found a veg version using mixed vegetables. However, in my opinion, mushrooms are the best alternative—it also does justice to the name. Why? because in Tibetan “sha mo”(ཤ་མོ) is Mushroom. Although momo is also a non-veg dish– white flour dumplings stuffed with beef or lamb– in Amdo, Tibet, people raise pigs and stuff pork in momo. However, D.town half-fried veg momo are juicy and open from the top,but there is saying in Tibet: ཁ་མོ་མོ་ནང་བཞིན་སྡེད། —that means: Keep your mouth like a momo —poet trying to say:  “close your mouth like momo”— usually that use for gossips. However, that shows the closed mouth of a momo, and that is not for their momo. their all desserts are eggless, and I had most of them, but once, I had their tiramisu, and when I took the first bite —I got one thing in my head: CSD canteen an Army —I thought, why canteen?  Then I thought and realised that when I was young, my father used to get the coffee toffees, and that flavour took me back to my childhood. Funny an Italinan dessert reminds mw my father.

Vibe: The wooden cafe has an infinite-note ceiling; it reminds me of a modern Tibetan family because of their Tibetan altar tables with modern Tibetan decorations and pictures of their teachers. Once I visited a Tibetan friend, and there I saw something similar: like their tables. And their Tibetan hosts make it special. And their children, toys, and Tibetan alphabet charts also add a playful and kid-friendly element.

Hygiene: In their Kitchen, from their last seating, I saw a huge open dustbin and a dirty floor — similarly, the washroom was not well maintained. I have been living here for a while, and still don't know where they bake.

Work: It's a small place and next to the main square— and seating is not comfortable for long hours —you can put tea and coffee on it, but using a laptop will hurt your back, and the internet is not stable either. It closes late, after 11 pm, so it is good for emergency meetings and work at night—that's the reason why I used to visit there with my friend.