Himalayan Kitchen Nagoya

About Nepali food

Nepali food is quieter than Indian food. Less cream, less oil, and heat that arrives as a sharp pickle on the side rather than being cooked through the dish. The everyday meal is dal bhat — rice, thin lentil soup, a vegetable and pickle — eaten twice a day by most of the country, and the restaurant menu is essentially that plus momo.

Momo and dal bhat, in that order. Momo tell you whether the kitchen can cook; dal bhat tells you what Nepal actually eats. If jhol momo is on the menu — momo served sitting in a thin spiced broth — order that instead of the steamed ones. Gundruk will taste strange and sour the first time, and is worth ordering anyway.