Nepalese restaurant
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It is great food.
In my local small town, we are spoiled with Nepalese food. We have 2 good restaurants and also a food truck that comes in to the town on Saturdays.
We are close to Bramcote Barracks, which is a Gurkha Regiment, so over the past x amount of decades, along with Joanna Lumleys push for British citizenship of soldiers, many have assimilated here after once their service is up. Both restaurant owners do a lot for the community in terms of fundraising.
In my local small town, we are spoiled with Nepalese food. We have 2 good restaurants and also a food truck that comes in to the town on Saturdays.
We are close to Bramcote Barracks, which is a Gurkha Regiment, so over the past x amount of decades, along with Joanna Lumleys push for British citizenship of soldiers, many have assimilated here after once their service is up. Both restaurant owners do a lot for the community in terms of fundraising.
Momos are always worth a try. Any suggestion of anything is quite tough and thats because a lot of "Nepalese" restaurants are no such thing. Not so long ago it was rare to find one and they were often run by retired Gurkhas etc. Nowadays they are everywhere and many of them are just Indian or Bangladeshi restaurants trying to differentiate themselves in the local market.
A real Nepalese restaurant is usually easy to spot from the menu which should be focused on, in addition to momos, stuff like Yomari, Sel Roti, Choila (nice and spicy), Sekuti Sadheko (like biltong), dal bhat, thukpa soup, goat curries, aloo ko achar, wai wai noodles etc.
A real Nepalese restaurant is usually easy to spot from the menu which should be focused on, in addition to momos, stuff like Yomari, Sel Roti, Choila (nice and spicy), Sekuti Sadheko (like biltong), dal bhat, thukpa soup, goat curries, aloo ko achar, wai wai noodles etc.
craigjm said:
Momos are always worth a try. Any suggestion of anything is quite tough and thats because a lot of "Nepalese" restaurants are no such thing. Not so long ago it was rare to find one and they were often run by retired Gurkhas etc. Nowadays they are everywhere and many of them are just Indian or Bangladeshi restaurants trying to differentiate themselves in the local market.
A real Nepalese restaurant is usually easy to spot from the menu which should be focused on, in addition to momos, stuff like Yomari, Sel Roti, Choila (nice and spicy), Sekuti Sadheko (like biltong), dal bhat, thukpa soup, goat curries, aloo ko achar, wai wai noodles etc.
Indeed, my wife is Nepali and I recognise all of those 'real' dishes you mention, my FiL used to make them all and I really enjoyed them, notably Choila. Momo is very nice (especially with added bone marrow and the obligatory chilli and tomato chutney) and fun to make but tends to be the tikka of Nepali food.A real Nepalese restaurant is usually easy to spot from the menu which should be focused on, in addition to momos, stuff like Yomari, Sel Roti, Choila (nice and spicy), Sekuti Sadheko (like biltong), dal bhat, thukpa soup, goat curries, aloo ko achar, wai wai noodles etc.
FiL used to make what he called a 'beef roll' - left over beef with onions and spices wrapped in a deep fried roti and dipped in a tomato and chilli relish - bloody gorgeous.
Sadly with him now gone and Mrs Loto being more into western stuff I don't tend to experience it much these days.
Not sure how authentic it was/is, I used to dine at this lovely, but simple establishment in Hong Kong.
Prices are HKD; Hong Kong is not a cheap city.
Images from: restaurantguru.com
Owned/run by a 5ft nothing muscular man of few words, built like brick outhouse and his four lovely but decidedly mischievous daughters; the latter probably accounted for his lack of verbosity.
Prices are HKD; Hong Kong is not a cheap city.
Images from: restaurantguru.com
Owned/run by a 5ft nothing muscular man of few words, built like brick outhouse and his four lovely but decidedly mischievous daughters; the latter probably accounted for his lack of verbosity.
craigjm said:
Momos are always worth a try. Any suggestion of anything is quite tough and thats because a lot of "Nepalese" restaurants are no such thing. Not so long ago it was rare to find one and they were often run by retired Gurkhas etc. Nowadays they are everywhere and many of them are just Indian or Bangladeshi restaurants trying to differentiate themselves in the local market.
A real Nepalese restaurant is usually easy to spot from the menu which should be focused on, in addition to momos, stuff like Yomari, Sel Roti, Choila (nice and spicy), Sekuti Sadheko (like biltong), dal bhat, thukpa soup, goat curries, aloo ko achar, wai wai noodles etc.
The Gurkha Square in Fleet was exactly like this, though after a few years they dropped a number of the less popular dishes (including a chicken piece in minced lamb dish I rather liked). I still got X-Mas cards from them for a few years after I stopped working at Hart District Council (in Fleet), but in time the management and chefs changed and it went down hill. Still there, with another Nepalese restaurant now just down the road, but I am rarely back in Fleet at the right time for an evening meal.A real Nepalese restaurant is usually easy to spot from the menu which should be focused on, in addition to momos, stuff like Yomari, Sel Roti, Choila (nice and spicy), Sekuti Sadheko (like biltong), dal bhat, thukpa soup, goat curries, aloo ko achar, wai wai noodles etc.
LRDefender said:
Did you ask them if they sold tongba?
It's a very interesting drink that is made from fermented millet I believe, I've tried it a few times and always found it quite unique....
sour mushroom beer taste yuk. Its one of those things I try when I see it knowing I am going to hate it It's a very interesting drink that is made from fermented millet I believe, I've tried it a few times and always found it quite unique....
Gurkha Palace in Farnborough, Hampshire, has been an excellent restaurant for over 20 years.
Cooking with offal is quite normal in Nepalese cuisine, so if you see spicy chicken livers (usually a starter) then go for it.
Typically, i find Nepalese spicing levels are higher than Bengali cooking. You have been warned.
All delicious though, get stuck in.
Cooking with offal is quite normal in Nepalese cuisine, so if you see spicy chicken livers (usually a starter) then go for it.
Typically, i find Nepalese spicing levels are higher than Bengali cooking. You have been warned.
All delicious though, get stuck in.
sly fox said:
Gurkha Palace in Farnborough, Hampshire, has been an excellent restaurant for over 20 years.
Cooking with offal is quite normal in Nepalese cuisine, so if you see spicy chicken livers (usually a starter) then go for it.
Typically, i find Nepalese spicing levels are higher than Bengali cooking. You have been warned.
All delicious though, get stuck in.
With the Farnborough area having the largest Nepali community in the country, it should have the best Nepali food!!Cooking with offal is quite normal in Nepalese cuisine, so if you see spicy chicken livers (usually a starter) then go for it.
Typically, i find Nepalese spicing levels are higher than Bengali cooking. You have been warned.
All delicious though, get stuck in.
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