Little Tibet

On Saturday we headed south to visit our

guy in Bloomington.  He has such a busy 

schedule that we only got to spend 2 hours 

with him but we made the most of it and

went out to lunch.  We headed to Kirkwood 

and we were going to go to our favorite

Turkish restaurant when we decided to take

a stroll down the street since the temperature

was above freezing and we were getting another

snow storm later in the day and temps in the 30's

actually felt balmy after the winter we have

endured.  Just down the block we came upon a

restaurant called Little Tibet and in our ongoing

quest to sample the foods of the world, we decided

to give it a try.

The boys had Kham Ando Thugpa, a hearty

stew.  I sampled Mr. Wonderful's and I found

it to be hot but not very flavorful.  The guy

from Bloomington requested a bolder heat 

level that I would call "Scorch Your Esophagus".

I sampled his too and I think I actually was

breathing fire for a bit.

I ordered Sha Balay, described as pan-fried

dough patties filled with seasoned ground beef

and yellow onion.  I didn't get what I ordered.

My patties had just a sliver of beef with no spice,

no onion, sadly...  Well, glad to try something new

and different but this is not food I would get a 

hankering for anytime soon.