Flavours from Kathmandu

Only if we could have lunch at the Nepalese & Indian restaurant today, as was the case yesterday... I know - it was special as it was our Sunday outing that can't happen every day. The reality is that today we already had a normal but also tasty lunch made by me, at home, however, I can't get the taste of yesterday's foodie experience out of my head.

Even if we didn't have to travel to the capital of Nepal, for me it was a great journey of flavours. To go to eat in Kathmandu (Kathmandu Restaurant) was my son's idea. He went there many times but me and my husband were not brave enough to do it - until yesterday. For the first time, my sense of taste had the honour of enjoying some of the traditional dishes from India and Nepal and I think it was kind of love at first sight. Or at first taste, to be more precise.

It was a special experience, but to be honest, a bit pricy too. It is not a place I could afford every day, but the food and treats were indeed top-notch. The napkin was also of good quality so I felt pity to use it and spoil its nice appearance... (of course, I used it not long after I started consuming the starter).

I wish I could be able to do a nice review, something like @ninaeatshere can write, but I know I am not an experienced food reviewer. I do like to introduce traditional dishes to myself of the places we visit but talking about them is already a bit more challenging. Anyway, I will try to do my best. 😇

I am starting with the starters 😁

Meat and Vegetable Samosas

The recommendation for these starters came from my son as he already tried both of them and it seems that also liked them. He was not wrong, they are tasty snacks filled with boiled green peas, lentils, mashed potatoes and probably some other vegetables and spices. It was more spicy than the meat samosa.

They came with a thin thread of sauce, which was sweet. Interesting combination of spicy and sweet. In some moments I was unsure if the hot feeling I got was coming from the dish being very warm or spicy. The meat samosa was filled with minced meat and vegetables and as I said, it was less spicy than the vegetable samosa.

I loved both the meat and the vegetable versions.

Vegetable Samosa

Meat Samosa

The main courses arrived after a few minutes of break, just to have a bit of rest from the starters and let our tongue recover from the spicy tastes. I ordered Chicken Tikka Masala. Before we left our home, I already read the menu on the restaurant's page and decided that it would be the dish to order. It just sounded familiar and it gave me confidence.

The dish contained tomato sauce and cream, and the meat was bathing in the sauce that you see in the photo. I really liked it, but I couldn't finish the whole portion. It was too much and too strong for me and I also tried the food that my son and husband ordered, so I ate more than I should.

Chicken Tikka Masala

My son's choice was Chicken Mango. This is the yellow sauce with cream you see, and also the meat was in the sauce. The photos don't do justice as you can think these are small portions but the plates are deep.

There is quite a lot of food in this bowl. I tried it and it was a bit sweeter than the sauce I ordered. We also ordered basmati rice with our dishes as gourmet and Naan bread.

Chicken Mango

Naan Bread

My husband chose Lamb Sekuwa, with a sauce that came in a separate bowl. The marinated meat was grilled and came sizzling. The photo is not blurred, it is the steam coming from the dish. I tried this dish and the sauce too, and in the end, I couldn't decide which was my favourite. I think I just equally loved all the food that was served.

Spicy food and a bit spicy bill. We paid almost 60 euros (it is around $65) for this lunch, which I guess is reasonable if we take into account the tasty food and the quantity of the same. Still, we usually pay a bit less in other restaurants.

However, to the question would I come again here... the answer is of course positive! I loved the new flavour, but maybe it is just as in general I like food!! 😁