 Thakali cuisine—transitional between Himalayan and lowland cuisines—is eaten by "Thakali" people living in "Thak-Khola" Valley, an ancient and relatively easy trade route through the high Himalaya.This cuisine is also served in inns ("bhattis") run by Thakalis alongside other trade routes and in Pokhara and other towns in the hills of central Nepal, that were said to offer the best food and accommodations before the great proliferation of facilities catering to foreign trekkers.Very few Thakali own their own yaks, so butter made from the yak milk is usually purchased at the market, along with other staples like rice, tea, lentils, sugar and spices.