The reason I was eyeing this place was because I was looking to try thukpa noodles and this was one of the restaurants that had it.
In the end, I went to Urban Yak for my thukpa fix.
As I was in the area, I went to Kailash Momo for lunch which was a really good decision because the menu had a good spread from momo dumplings, thukpa, thenthuk to Tibetan butter tea.
The menu was so comprehensive that it was really difficult to decide what to have so had to make two visits.
Interestingly, some of the noodle dishes are similar to Chinese but cooked in a different way.
Here is what I tried:
Laphing:
These were delicate thick noodles made of mung beans, they were so difficult to eat because they kept slipping and breaking.
The noodles were in this delicious garlicky broth topped with fried chilli so it was quite spicy, apart from that I seriously liked it and found them similar to Sichuan jelly noodles.
Phingsha:
This was soup with mung bean vermicelli, potatoes and vegetables, it was nice but there were more vegetables than noodles.
Authentic ones have dried mushrooms as well but I was not particularly impressed with the vegetables here because they were the obviously the frozen ones.
Thenthuk:
This was pulled noodles so it was like pieces of square noodles in the soup.
Overall, it was nice because the soup was flavourful.
Sel roti (Nepali: सेल रोटी):
These were crispy sweet rice rings served like a thali or set with potato salad, spicy sauce and salad.
The rice ring was a bit disappointing because it was too oily and not chewy or perhaps I was comparing it to a Sichuan sticky crispy rice cake.
However the potato salad was so good because it was savoury and different.
Jhol momo:
The dumplings were a bit boring because I have had better ones before.
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