Nepali cuisine

Moonw said:
I used to hate it. Hate it.

After spending some time in US, though...I kinda warmed up to it. Now both me and my wife love it.

So, I'm not sure it's something in the DNA, it's not the only shift I've seen in myself regarding culinary tastes during the years...
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My wife started craving peanut butter when she was pregnant, but even now years later she still loves the stuff. Maybe you're right, you just have to get used to it.
 
blue lander said:
My wife started craving peanut butter when she was pregnant, but even now years later she still loves the stuff. Maybe you're right, you just have to get used to it.
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Yes, that is even more intriguing. But, at least, let's put that on an "altered state" - meaning there's a cocktail of hormones running through the body during pregnancy. How come she still likes it, though, years afterwards - the only way to explain it is, in my limited understanding, that we get used to it. The dopamine receptors need to fire for one to feel something as enjoyable, but how they get to this state from being totally uninterested before is beyond my comprehension, that "click" moment is a mystery to me.

Great example!
 
Okay, I'm gonna try the Nepalese restaurant again tonight. I ordered momo and thukpa, which is apparently a kind of Tibetan noodle soup. I'll let everyone know how it goes
 
Yum!


These are the Momo. They're actually more similar to potstickers/mandu/gyoza than Mongolian dumpings. They tasted like ground chicken, onions, cilantro and just a hint of curry. It came with some sort of chutney dipping sauce.

I didn't take a picture of the thukpa but that was really good too. The noodles were a bit like Japanese yakisoba, and they were mixed with fresh tomatoes, peppers, etc and little chunks of spiced chicken.
 
Sounds like a great dinner especially the Momo, I love that sort of flavor profile, and the picture looks good. Glad it turned out well for you, so I imagine you will go back again some day. Perhaps try a new dish or 2 to let us know about? I do enjoy finding out about new foods. I have yet to find a country where the majority of their foods I don't like. Always a couple "exceptions" in every cuisine, things that must be a flavor you had to grow up with to love (like tuna noodle casserole, YUCK!), but I do enjoy most things from every country I have been able to try.
 
We must have conflicting taste buds, I love Tuna Casserole. Hardly ever get it.

Course my formative years after leaving home relied on the two basic food groups. Macaroni and Cheese and Steak.

Guess I don't get out much and I'm ok with that.
 
Bawanna said:
We must have conflicting taste buds, I love Tuna Casserole. Hardly ever get it.

Course my formative years after leaving home relied on the two basic food groups. Macaroni and Cheese and Steak.

Guess I don't get out much and I'm ok with that.
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I love tuna casserole, never any leftovers at my place!
 
I'm definitely going back there Shavru, maybe try something off their indo-Chinese menu.

My next target, though, is an afghan restaurant around here that sells Mantu, a kind of dumpling found in several central Asian countries.
 
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