Roxborough Restaurant Among Philly-Area's Best: Philly Magazine

ROXBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Magazine is slowly releasing its new list of the 50 best restaurants in and around the city.

As of Wednesday, 21 restaurants have been featured. The remaining 20 restaurants will be released Thursday and Friday.

But in the list released so far is a Roxborough restaurant.

White Yak, 6118 Ridge Ave. in Roxborough, made the cut. The first Tibetan restaurant in the city came in at No. 43 on the list.

Here's what Philly Mag had to say about it:

The best things about White Yak are the momo dumplings and the small, warm, close-set dining room where you eat them. But the next-best thing is the way that, over time, the menu opens up and teaches you how to approach its offerings. Eat here often enough and you learn tricks, like dragging starchy potato momo through the firecracker sauce to blunt its sharp heat, or using the steamed tingmo bread to mop up the beef curry. It’s like a Choose Your Own Adventure book where there are no bad endings.

White Yak has 4.7 stars out of 5 based on 749 Google reviews.

"This is one of Philadelphia’s ELITE gems," food influencer Mike View, who goes by Pancakes and Protein Shakes online, wrote. "BYO and phenomenal food. Every single shred of vegetable is hand washed by the owner and everything is made with the upmost care and love. The food is elite but the people who own and also run this place are even better. We wouldn’t be the same city without them and that’s not even up for debate. We eat here weekly lol. HIGHLY recommend.

"Lovely ambiance, flavorful food - didn’t know what to expect of Tibetan food and I view it as a mix of Southeast Asia/East Asia (with a special twist using whatever herbs and spices is unique to them)." another user wrote. "Dumplings were awesome, and next time will take the server’s recommendation to try the side buns."

"Everything was flavorful and fresh, the restaurant was clean and smelled great, and the service was good," one reviewer said.

"Amazing experience, great food," someone else said. "I will have to come back because I want to try more dishes."

Check out White Yak online here.

See Philadelphia Magazine's list here, and remember, more restaurants will be added Thursday and Friday.