Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Food Adventure - Nepal

My sister was back for a holiday & she suggested that we have a Nepal food adventure. So, we went for it. Along Jalan Silang, there were lot of shops full of foreign workers. We felt like stepping into another world. Boy......I couldn't understand a thing ... the foreign languages on the sign board ...and it is just in the middle of KL. There are these "specialty" shops that serve the foreign community that work in Malaysia.


We went into a restaurant named the KHUKRI. According to wikipedia, the kukri (Devanāgarī: खुकुरी) (also sometimes spelled khukri or khukuri) is a curved Gurkha knife which can be used as a tool as well as a close combat mêlée weapon. The cutting edge is inwardly curved in shape and is the icon of Nepal. Definitely that KHUKRI restaurant served Nepalese food. It was so strange, we are the only guests in the restaurant that are not from Nepal.

It was an interesting experience. We noticed that the Nepalese like spicy food, but it is not that spicy & rich compared to India food. Love the mutton curry, it was a decent curry- mild, full of flavor & tasty. The chicken cooked in Nepalese spice was good, it tasted a bit like Chinese fried chicken saute in some spice.
The momo was good & pork is the filling of the momo. The chili dipping sauce was really tasty.
The traditional Nepal food ,a thick dough made of millet flour (ḍhĩḍo ढिंडो) is cooked and eaten with the hand is a challenge to me. You need to take a pcs of the dough & dip it in ghee , then dip in light curry & eat it. But I just dip in the mutton curry & eat it because ghee is really fattening. Ops.......