Himalayan bean bowl, left, and chicken dumplings in jhol both benefit from cooling off to let their flavors emerge.
I first encountered Little Tibet a decade ago during its first summer as a food cart, serving a few varieties of momo and some traditional beef jerky dishes. The cart hadn’t even made it onto the Mall-Concourse roster yet. It struck me that this was Tibetan food not especially geared to the American palate. It felt like what I might get if I were ordering from a food cart in Tibet. (Full disclosure: I have never been to Tibet.)
In the years since, Little Tibet has graduated to a Mall-Concourse spot, a brick and mortar restaurant on East Johnson Street, and now a second brick and mortar cafe location in Northgate Shopping Center. While the menu has changed, that homey feeling remains…