- So, it's Trevor James here today.
And today I am really lucky, I've been invited
to a local family's house here in the little town
near Si Gung Young Chang.
Beautiful mountain range here in western Sichuan.
And we are going to have some awesome,
delicious food here.
So, what are we gonna try?
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I can honestly say, that eating with this family,
was an experience of a life time.
Everything was prepared differently,
and the flavors were out of this world.
They had their own wooden stove wok,
which they steam potatoes in
and their own homemade steamed buns
which were placed on the side of the wok
and would crisp brown on the outside
and stay fluffy and soft on the inside.
But, the dish that left the biggest impression
was their own family raised yak meat.
Dried and covered in green onions, salt,
chili oil, and a sichuan peppercorn,
and then all mixed through, damn, that was good.
The yak butter tea was also really awesome,
out of this world, it all begins with the walnuts.
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You heard it, walnuts are cracked open,
and grinded in a mortar and pestle,
and then put into a long churn, along with some salt,
a little roasted highland barley flour,
some milk, crack an egg in there,
and now here comes the magic,
some of that sour and salty yak butter.
Finally, some red tea is added to the churn.
And it's all mixed up for about 10 to 15 minutes
before it's poured into a large tea pot.
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A little yak butter, on the potato.
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The yak meat is awesome.
Its like a toffee dried beef,
but its more smokey flavored and really spicy.
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Along with these mind blowing flavors,
the real treat was to taste the staple food
of the Tibetan people, tsampa.
It's made by leaving a little butter tea in
the bottom of your bowl, and adding a little yak butter,
and a hearty tsampa flour.
Which is roasted highland barley flour and ghee.
Then, it's all mixed together by hand
and into finger sized snacks.
Don't take these for a small bite,
they fill you up quick, and they're super high in calories.
Perfect for the mountains.
Especially when washed down with more buttered tea.
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It's like a dry chewy, sour, pasty it's almost pasty,
buttery, little nugget of joy.
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Thank you very much for watching my food and travel videos.
It really means a lot to me.
But I also have to have a huge thank you,
for the family here at Si Geun Young Chang, in China.
I am just so grateful to come here and eat the awesome food.
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So, stay tuned I've got more fun,
food and travel videos coming out every week.
Right now we're gonna go check out the mountains.
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