Kathmundu Kitchen

Sector: Whitley Street Stardate: Friday 18 February 2000 Event: First episode of TOS Go back to Naan Trek home page

For the first episode of The Original Series (a.k.a. Curry Review 2000) we visited the Kathmundu Kitchen shortly after it had opened.

Decor: Very smart with its red and yellow walls, wooden floor and frosted windows. Lights too bright though.
Music: "Atmospheric" semi-authentic pan pipes.

• No other customers (at 8pm on a Friday).

Time to get served: 25 minutes.
Favourite menu description: Menu descriptions either very cursory or non-existant.

• Very friendly and helpful waiters, knowledgeable but not pushy.
• Were asked if there were any special dietary requirements.
• Offer to take food home.

Popadums and Chutneys: Popadums "a bit soft", spicy ones not very spicy. Three dips excluding lime pickle.
Lime pickle: Medium/mild but very tasty with innovative inclusion of carrots.
Onion bagees (£2.50): Very nice, but it seems guys get 3 while girls get 2!

Vegetable Dansak (£3.40): "Non-descript, bland compared to Gulab" (Dixon)
Prawn Dansak (£5.35): "Just right" (Gregory)
Something Vindaloo: "Milder than most, 7/10" (Allan)
Chicken Dansak (£4.95): "A bit bland" (Tansley)
Chicken Shashlick: "Good/OK, 7/10" (Holden)
Prawn Chilli: "Smashing" (Hogan)

• Very good vegetarian options.
• Generous portions, good rice (£1.75).
• No chapattis, only roti, but didn't look very unleavened.
• Apparently the desert menu had "not arrived yet" - offered only ice cream in three flavours.

Key:

Yes

No

Too drunk to remember

• Nepallese tea available "tastes like PG tips with cinnamon" (Anon).
• Spotless toilets.
• Credit card slip has line for gratuity.

Somewhere worth revisiting after they've been open for a bit longer. We award the Kathmundu Kitchen 3 Cobras: