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restauranting

Himalayan Yak Restaurant

This Ramen and Friends adventure took us to Himalayan Yak in Jackson Heights, Queens. Got to taste a bunch of things. I liked the Sha Bhaley meat patties and their hot sauces. Different hot sauces that I don’t know how to describe, but they were different and all hot. And the goat Sha Momo Dumplings were right on.

The group seemed to think it was hilarious that the Himalayan Exotic section of the menu had American Cheese in the dishes. I got the Ema-Datsi (The fiery Bhutanese national dish!!! Long green chilly in a american cheese sauce served with rice). It was sure spicy. I had to stuff my mouth with their breads to cool me down.

Himalayan Yak – 72-20 Roosevelt Ave. Jackson Heights, NY 11372

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lunch

Thakali Kitchen’s Pumpkin Gravy Pharsi Goat

It’s probably hard to get to Jackson Heights for a weekday lunch for most folks… but I was able to try Thakali Kitchen (Nepalese/Tibetan) on one of my days off and ordered the Pumpkin Gravy Pharsi Goat $5.99 lunch special. The pumpkin sauce is so good –Perfect flavor for the season. Unfortunately, only half of the meat was tender. I could do with just the sauce over rice. Nice red hot sauce on the side.

Thakali Kitchen – 74-14 37th Ave. Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Bionic Bites has some awesome photos of this place.

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lunch restauranting

Tibetan Kitchen’s Sha Momo Dumplings

I wanted to like a place called Tibetan Kitchen. When I entered the empty restaurant during lunch time, I pointed to where I wanted to sit near the window. Somehow the waitress led me to another table. I ordered the Beef Pan Fried Sha Momos (Tibetan dumplings) and waited quite a while for them. Maybe 30mins?  I got pretty impatient staring at the big hanging photo of the Dalai Lama that whole time. The one guy who came in after me was half-way through his meal by the time my food came out.

So what’s the difference between these momos and Chinese potstickers? I don’t know. These momos were really juicy. They’d squirt when you eat them. I ended up putting soy sauce on them. So I wondered more what the difference was. Oh these are $10.95 (So about $14.50 after tax and tip) for 8 dumplings. That’s the last time I’ll bitch about Rickshaw Dumpling prices.

I really do want to like Tibetan Kitchen. They have a lot of good reviews on Menupages and Yelp. There’s a few online mentions that the Dalai Lama’s food is prepared in their kitchen when he visits New York. That must be why his photo was staring down at me and I was staring back during that 30min wait. I hate writing about mediocre experiences, but the Momo photos look good.

Tibetan Kitchen – 444 3rd Ave (btw 30th & 31st St) New York, NY 10016

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restauranting

Cafe Himalaya

It was storming as I ran into Cafe Himalaya. I noticed it was BYOB, so I had to dart back out in the downpour to grab a beer from the bodega. Cool, anything for BYOB. I was tempted in the momo dumplings, but instead ordered the chili dofu (tofu). It was good. Like everyone else says on Yelp, the food is bland until you put their chili sauce on it. They were right. Came out stuffed. Still tempted in their momos.

Cafe Himalaya – 78 E 1st St (btw 1st & Ave A) New York, NY 10009