Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Yak & Yeti Restaurant - Anandapur [6 pictures]

Yak & Yeti Restaurant provides fine table-service dining during lunch and dinner. Situated at the base of Mt. Everest in the small town of Anandapur in the Asia area of Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park, this grand old house turned restaurant sets out adventurous meals of Asian cuisine that combines flavors from China, India and Nepal.

The menu at Yak & Yeti Restaurant is comprised of delicacies such as roasted half duckling with an orange wasabi glaze and—a signature dish—tempura-battered shrimp dipped in chili plum sauce with coconut-ginger rice.

Hot teas, chilled sake, Asian beers and wine are available as a beverage accompaniment to your meal at Yak & Yeti Restaurant. The daring might indulge in one of the exotic specialty drinks from the full-service bar like the Yak Attack, Shanghai Express and Bonsai Blast.

The children's menu at Yak & Yeti Restaurant offers egg rolls, burgers and a veggie lo mein—sure to satisfy young adventurers as well as picky eaters.

This restaurant offers a feast to pique your yearning to find the yeti.

Beautifully decorated with Nepalese artistic touches and sand-washed hues, Yak & Yeti Restaurant features an array of artifacts from the collection "the proprietor" and his family amassed from their travels across Southeast Asia. Some of these souvenirs include statues, fine tapestries and 900-pound, gold inlaid silk puppets.

Collect a few trinkets of your own from the Yak & Yeti Restaurant gift shop, which carries an assortment of regional wares, from incense, sushi plates and fine teapots, to silk purses and saris.

On June 8, 1924, George Mallory disappeared on Mount Everest during his third summit attempt. He was almost 38 years old. He was carrying rudimentary equipment, including a few heavy oxygen tanks, and reaching the "third pole" would be as challenging as going to the moon. At over 29,000 feet, Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain. Early explorers considered it the “third pole,” since the North and South Poles were discovered only decades earlier.