Tibetan food is shaped by altitude — barley (tsampa) and yak products form the foundation. Butter tea (po cha) is salty and an acquired taste that you're expected to accept graciously. "Tashi delek" is both greeting and blessing. Monks are deeply respected.
ཞུ་གནང་ (zhu gnang) — Please, ཞིམ་པོ་ (zhim po) — Delicious, རིན་འབབ་ (rin bab) — The bill, བཀྲ་ཤིས (tashi) — Cheers / Blessings, ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་ (thugs rje che) — Thank you