Kathmandu Kitchen & Grill Clarkston

If you are a Nepali or love very typical Nepali food (not the Americanized version), this is a place for you. This is a super cheap place with really tasty food. Almost all of the food is good here including momo soup, momo, thali, thukpa.

Walking in, the place was quite and dead empty but for one table. It was 3pm after all, after the usual lunch rush. I was already high from the sound of foreign languages and aura of cultural intrigue that permeates the shopping center, and looking inside was like a reprieve. I wasn't overwhelmed. We were quickly welcomed casually by the waiter, who seated and menu'd us up in no time. Two masala teas, garlic naan, veggie thukpa, fried chicken momo. The tea is still cooling off right now - it came out hot as lava. After it did get bearbale, it's delicious. Smoky and thick like you like masala chai. The naan was a soft, buttery, pizza wedge shape. It was so sweet, but I couldn't tell from what. Best naan I've had in a long time. The veggie thukpa had buckwheat noodles - very thick and chop up easily in the bowl or your mouth. On top was a generous helping of some regular mixed vegetables, which seemed to be marinated in the same broth filling the bowl, which was currylike in the sense that Dal was floating in it, giving some substance. Quite spicy. Overall delicious. The fried chicken momo was to die for, right when it came out. The flavor became a little less intensely rich as they cooled off, but that was when I utilized the lime and chutney that was actually meant to spice up the thukpa, I've now learned, and that did the trick. Overall great dish, and less than a dollar a momo and enough to share. Overall, categorized. Food 10/10. Affordable and flavorful. Ambience 6/10. Pretty basic, but no obstructions or distracting decor. Service 5/10. Nice gentleman, seemed like he needed some more help, and only a little bit more attention himself.