Archive for the ‘Drinking & Dining’ Category
Hungry Eye – Ramalaya Tea Room, Panipokhari
If you’re beyond the wide-eyed excitement of seeing restaurants and cafes crop up in the Valley like no one’s business, and have realised with sad resignation that momos, chicken chilli and beer are the very usual suspects everywhere, then you’d better hie thee to Ramalaya in Panipokhari. Chef Mohit Rana awaits with delicacies you’d never […]
Hungry eye – Marronnier, Chakupat
This one’s a real tuckaway, and perhaps one that deserves to remain so, if only for the continued patronage of those who’ve discovered it through dint of cultured curiosity. Hint: it’s above the Fuji Bakery and you’d be forgiven (though hungry) for retreating after opening the door to the sight of fine textiles on racks. […]
Hungry Eye – Casa de Cass, Pulchowk
A good martini, it seems, makes an impression. Even better if a curl of citrus is suspended in the clear waters, tantalisingly calling to you. To resist is merely to desist, and what could be the point of that in the smaller scheme of things? Casa de Cass is a fine spot for lunch, as […]
Hungry Eye – New Orleans, Jhamel
The following evening, plans for a Nepali New Year’s do obliterated by the mere thought of hundreds of loutish youths padding through the gallis of Thamel, as well as a reluctance to shell out a 1000 smackeroos to schmooze with the same people in the same places, I made very ordinary plans: dinner with a […]
Hungry Eye – ChopStix, Jawalakhel
Unseriously, I am considering going vegetarian for the most pathetic reason possible – in the wake of a flurry of luncheons and dinners across the culinary pleasuredome that is Patan, I feel a little…ill. It all started last year. The penultimate day of 2066, that is, when a colleague and I figured, finally, that we’d […]
Off-road rambles and stomach rumbles by the Narayani
Narayanghat is little more than a highway town, and a weekend on its outskirts, skirting the Narayani River, left me with few impressions of the city itself. Of course I remember the river, cityside of Chitwan National Park. We camped on the beach, failed to hook a single fish, and drowned our sorrows in the […]
Durbar Square Dining – Patan
The Durbar Squares of the Kathmandu Valley – Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur – are so captivating one could forgive the tourists for sighing obliviously into the tepid nescafes, burnt fries, and gristly momos that are the staple of many a restaurant favourably positioned to scoop up easy business. They won’t even notice the overpriced fare, […]
