If you don’t know anything about Tibetan food, locals in Lhasa will tell you to go to Makye Ame, where head chef Tenzin Dundrup whips up a tender yak meat dish that literally melts in your mouth.

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Producer: Jessica Novia
Videographer: Wu Congwen
Editor: Joel Roche

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