Jason King
AmyHuangNepalese Kitchen Surry Hills
December 18th 2009 08:32
I had been looking for a restaurant to take my folks to after a sensational afternoon in the city watching Wicked. Another article on that to come - but it was ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!! The restaurants I was looking at were Spice Temple, Quay, Sailor's Inn and others around Sydney that were way too pricey for my budget - so I asked my friends over a few weeks as to what they could suggest. Carrie offerred up Nepalese Kitchen on Crowne St Surry Hills. It sounded different and something myself and the folks could enjoy.
I did some research into it and found it had a great reputation and the food was very affordable, basically nothing over $20- a plate and some of them priced so cheap it appeared ridiculous. I invited Brookie, my old flatmate and fondly named Bumholio
and her mum Raylee along. To top it off one of my longest work friends Gary joined us for a predrink which turned into a meal.
Upon entering you immediately know it has atmosphere, is buzzing and very clean with amazing things on the walls to look at and smells that make your belly rumble. The place on a Sunday night was packed to the rafters and when a table emptied it was immediately filled. Bumholio, being the smart little PA she is, suggested we get takeaway from the pub a few doors down so we enjoyed the meal with four beautiful bottles of red.
We started with minimal entrees as my mum wanted us to hook straight into lots of shared mains, but we had this amazing potato like balls stuffed with herbs - and it was AMAZING!!! I am pretty sure they were homemade dumplings, momos, stuffed with cheese and spinach, spicy chicken or vegetables. We had the chicken and the cheese and spinach and honestly the spinach ones kicked the chicken's butts.
The idea of Nepalese food is that they use the chilli for taste and never for hot heat. Brooke cannot eat spicey foods at all, something I had forgotten until I told her on the night we were eating at a Nepalese Restaurant and saw the panic appear on her face. This girl used to cook all her foods so they could be made with a Kanton Jar until her dear husband taught what the meaning of "cooking" was She is going to hit me for writing this, but she did eat everything so it can't be spicey.
But you could describe Nepalese as a fusion between Indian and Lebanese and oh so so so much better. I would actually add it to my top 3 food types now behind Thai and Italian. Our mains were many so I will list a few of them. We had to have the famous dish of the restaurant, goat curry (boka ko tarkari), which is so tender and lightly laced with sweet cinnamon and cloves. The layers of flavour are there, and it is nowhere near as heavy as you would imagine a goat dish (not that I am a regular goat eater). We also had a scrumptious Fish curry that was also "fall apart" tender and mildly spiced and warming. There was a chicken curry that was a table favourite and Raylee's suggesiton of the mushroom dish was well worth it. We did not order what I was labelling as the "fart dish", however, I wish I had now as from my research it appears it is another of their signature dishes. The "fart dish" is a NINE bean curry cooked with chilli, parsley seeds and spices.
We never indulged in desert as we were all satisfied, it is not bloating and heavy and we could have kept on eating but the deserts were all decadent and included unique ice creams and even more amazing delights. I will be indulging on my next visit for sure. This restaurant was a great accompiniment to the delightful company and perfect day. I HIGHLY recommend it!! From what I have read they also have a cushion room upstairs if you want a more private evening for a larger group and they do cater to large groups up to about 30 people in a backyard courtyard.
Located at 481 Crown Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 Tel : 61 2 9319 4264
I highly recommend booking a table - it's cheap, the food is divine, the service is friendly, non invasive and very quick. Our meal for 6 people came to a very affordable TOTAL of $150-.You can also see the place packed with locals, including the hotties on the table behind us that Brooke, Gary and myself could not take our eyes off.
Photo by Natalie Boog
I did some research into it and found it had a great reputation and the food was very affordable, basically nothing over $20- a plate and some of them priced so cheap it appeared ridiculous. I invited Brookie, my old flatmate and fondly named Bumholio
and her mum Raylee along. To top it off one of my longest work friends Gary joined us for a predrink which turned into a meal.Upon entering you immediately know it has atmosphere, is buzzing and very clean with amazing things on the walls to look at and smells that make your belly rumble. The place on a Sunday night was packed to the rafters and when a table emptied it was immediately filled. Bumholio, being the smart little PA she is, suggested we get takeaway from the pub a few doors down so we enjoyed the meal with four beautiful bottles of red.
We started with minimal entrees as my mum wanted us to hook straight into lots of shared mains, but we had this amazing potato like balls stuffed with herbs - and it was AMAZING!!! I am pretty sure they were homemade dumplings, momos, stuffed with cheese and spinach, spicy chicken or vegetables. We had the chicken and the cheese and spinach and honestly the spinach ones kicked the chicken's butts.
The idea of Nepalese food is that they use the chilli for taste and never for hot heat. Brooke cannot eat spicey foods at all, something I had forgotten until I told her on the night we were eating at a Nepalese Restaurant and saw the panic appear on her face. This girl used to cook all her foods so they could be made with a Kanton Jar until her dear husband taught what the meaning of "cooking" was
She is going to hit me for writing this, but she did eat everything so it can't be spicey.But you could describe Nepalese as a fusion between Indian and Lebanese and oh so so so much better. I would actually add it to my top 3 food types now behind Thai and Italian. Our mains were many so I will list a few of them. We had to have the famous dish of the restaurant, goat curry (boka ko tarkari), which is so tender and lightly laced with sweet cinnamon and cloves. The layers of flavour are there, and it is nowhere near as heavy as you would imagine a goat dish (not that I am a regular goat eater). We also had a scrumptious Fish curry that was also "fall apart" tender and mildly spiced and warming. There was a chicken curry that was a table favourite and Raylee's suggesiton of the mushroom dish was well worth it. We did not order what I was labelling as the "fart dish", however, I wish I had now as from my research it appears it is another of their signature dishes. The "fart dish" is a NINE bean curry cooked with chilli, parsley seeds and spices.
We never indulged in desert as we were all satisfied, it is not bloating and heavy and we could have kept on eating but the deserts were all decadent and included unique ice creams and even more amazing delights. I will be indulging on my next visit for sure. This restaurant was a great accompiniment to the delightful company and perfect day. I HIGHLY recommend it!! From what I have read they also have a cushion room upstairs if you want a more private evening for a larger group and they do cater to large groups up to about 30 people in a backyard courtyard.
Located at 481 Crown Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 Tel : 61 2 9319 4264
I highly recommend booking a table - it's cheap, the food is divine, the service is friendly, non invasive and very quick. Our meal for 6 people came to a very affordable TOTAL of $150-.You can also see the place packed with locals, including the hotties on the table behind us that Brooke, Gary and myself could not take our eyes off
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