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1986, Cheng Zhiming, the present manager of the cafe, came from the East
Tibet Plateau to the hustling and bustling Dali on the plain of Yunnan.
Penniless, he looked for business opportunities with boundless expectations
for a better future. A new arrival in Dali, he worked as an apprentice
in a blacksmith workshop. Later he went to work in a Chinese restaurant.
Though he head to work extra long hours under extremely harsh conditions,
he mastered the art of cooking. Still later, he fell in love with a girl
of the Bai clan, and eventually they got married and had a child.
In 1987, Cheng took charge of running the Tibet Cafe and for more than
a decade, Cheng dedicated himself completely into his shop. Every pillar,
every wall, every word on the menu, and every dish, whether in traditional
Chinese, Western, Yunnan or Tibetan styles, speaks for his whole-hearted
devotion.
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