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Himalayan Wild Yak restaurant in Ashburn, VA Himalayan Wild Yak is one of the most talked about new restaurants in Ashburn’s Brambleton Town Center. Named for the bovine indigenous to the Himalayan mountains of Tibet, Mongolia and Nepal, the wild yak is a healthy, lean alternative to beef.

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Himalayan Wild Yak Restaurant

A new restaurant focusing on Nepalese cuisine is planning on opening in the Brambleton Town Center this coming spring. It will be called Himalayan Wild Yak and it’s coming from Dip Magar, the owner of the Royal Nepal Restaurant over in Alexandria. Himalayan Wild Yak will open on the first floor of the restaurant space next door to the Regal Fox movie theater. That’s the spot that was previously the Lost Rhino Retreat.

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Himalayan Wild Yak Restaurant Opens in Brambleton

When patrons at one of Ashburn’s newest restaurants in Brambleton Town Center first enter, they are greeted by an unusual, yet memorable character at the door — a yak named Rocky.

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Alice’s Latest Obsession: Himalayan Wild Yak

Our critic has added this Ashburn Nepali restaurant to her regular rotation. Here’s why you should, too. My other half isn’t as adventurous as I am when it comes to proteins outside of the big three (chicken, beef, and pork). Really, who is? I’ve had meals around the world that look like something out of The Freshman. I’ve often said that I love bear, when prepared correctly, as much as my favorite, duck.

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Himalayan Wild Yak Aims High

As restaurant mascots go, I’d be hard-pressed to come up with a catchier one than “Rocky,” the charm at one of the best new restaurants in Northern Virginia. Big and hairy, he’s the first thing you see when you step inside Himalayan Wild Yak in Ashburn. Tuk Gurung, who co-owns the Nepalese restaurant with fellow chef Keshar Jarga and Dip Jarga Magar, says they wanted the interior to be as distinctive as the cooking at the Brambleton Town Center restaurant.

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Himalayan Wild Yak Swings Open with Momo Dumplings

Himalayan Wild Yak [22885 Brambleton Plaza, Ashburn] is now serving Nepalese food in Ashburn with a menu abounding with yak dishes: marinated and grilled yak appetizer; yak sausage; yak biryani; and yak fried rice; plus tea polished with whipped yak butter, milk, pink salt, and sugar. Goat, bison, pork, chicken, and lamb make the menu as well, plus Indian dishes like butter chicken and chana masala. The interior is anchored by none other than a taxidermy yak.

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A Taste of Nepali in Brambleton

The Nepalese newcomer west of Dulles Airport makes itself hard to forget. I mean, there's a stuffed yak near the entrance, and he even has a name: Rocky. The beast shares its stage with a beauty - the cooking - and a menu that shrugs off supply issues with more than 30 dishes.