Yak and Yeti Himalayan Restaurant.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
• Position: DINING

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For a little taste of the Himalayas in Anchorage, head on over to the Yak and Yeti Himalayan Restaurant located at 3301 Spenard Road--or the Yak and Yeti Cafe, located at 1360 W. Northern Lights Boulevard in the REI mall. Owned by Suzanne Hull, a lifelong Alaskan, and Lobsang Dorjee, a Tibetan who was born and raised in India, the family-run restaurant and cafe feature "some of our favorite dishes from India, Nepal, and Tibet," Dorjee writes.

The restaurant menu caters easily to any group of diners, as it features both vegetarian and non-vegetarian appetizers and entrees. Any of the dishes can be prepared to be as spicy as an adventurous diner may want, from "medium" to "screaming hot." The menu also offers traditional items--such as Kheer, an Indian rice pudding garnished with nuts--and not-exactly-traditional items, such as Lhassi, a yogurt drink, which is "traditionally...