This Month’s Film: Travellers and Magicians
Cuisine: Bhutanese

After combing the local markets within a 50 mile radius to no avail, in an idle moment this evening, I finally went online and placed an order for yak meat at DelYaks.com. For my ‘Travelers and Companions’ Bhutanese menu, I ordered two yak filet mignon, two yak rib eye filets, and a pound of lean ground yak to make Momo dumplings. DelYaks.com has a $50 minimum per order, so a total of five pounds of yak meat set me back $73.80, an average of $14.76 per pound. But $20 of that was for shipping.

Extravagant? Most certainly. But what the heck, I’m feeling adventurous, and from what I’ve learned in my reasearch, yak is among the most tender of meats with a remarkably low fat and cholesterol content. Can’t wait to give it a try.

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