The Dalai Lama eats both meat and vegetarian foods.
In the early years in Tibet the Dalai Lama would eat meat as part of their local diet, which relied on eating livestock instead of vegetables.
After the Dalai Lama fleed Tibet in 1959, the Dalai Lama then adopted a lacto ovo vegetarian diet, which is common among Buddhists in India.
In 1999, it was published that the Dalai Lama would only be vegetarian every other day and partakes of meat regularly.
When he is in Dharamsala, he is vegetarian, but not necessarily when he is outside Dharamsala.
For breakfast, His Holiness typically has hot porridge, tsampa (barley powder), bread with preserves, and tea.
Regularly during breakfast, His Holiness tunes his radio to the BBC World News in English.
From 6 am to 9 am His Holiness continues his morning meditation and prayers.