Our Latest Great Place to Eat - Kathmandu Kitchen
Friday 01 March 2013
Joanna Lumley attracted a lot of publicity for the State of Nepal in recent times when she took up the cause of the legendary Ghurkas, a fiercesome and brave military unit in the British Army who were being denied the right to live in the U.K. despite their military service for Britain. Miss Lumley won! However, I guess when we hear of Nepal, the first thing we think of is the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest. It is not a place that many of us realistically would have visited until more recent years when the world suddenly became a smaller place and the adventurous took off! Landlocked on the north by Tibet and China, and on the south by India, its culinary influences are many and varied which makes it interesting and, if you like Indian cuisine, you will definitely like the food of Nepal.
Kathmandu Kitchen is a new Nepalese & Indian restaurant just opened on Dublin’s Dame Street and we liked its easy friendly atmosphere and ample portions of spicy aromatic food. The décor is rustic with red painted walls, and a service bar to the right as you go in. The menu is extensive but the Nepalese staff and owner, Raj Koirala, are eager to advise, and Indian foodaphiles will easily recognize many of the Nepalese dishes as being similar to those on Indian menus.
Mo Mo’s are meat filled dumplings, and one of the most famous of Nepalese dishes. Herbed and spiced meatballs, wrapped in a simple flour and water dough, they are substantial enough to get you half way up the North Face of the Everest. MoMo’s take their influences from China and Tibet where the meat fillings used range from chicken and goat to buffalo meat, but they are more robust than Chinese dumplings. Various regions have their own specialties, including the eponymous Kathmandu, where yak and pork meat are the most popular. Herbs and spices.......
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LUCINDA