Kathmandu Restaurant

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Something about this restaurant's awning has always caught my eye. Not sure what. It's just black and white. But it's still taken us this long to get to it.

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We're experiencing a bit of Solano fatigue. If you eat out as much as most Americans and you see, by looking over this blog, how rarely we eat out, this might amaze you. But it's true. Part of the issue is we don't like to feed our kids at restaurant prices so we generally go when the older two are visiting grandparents. But that still leaves us with the baby and come dinner time, not too many places we want to take that guy.

Solano does still have some places we're anxious to try, but when will we go? Keep in mind, we've never paid for babysitting in almost eight years of parenting. We're not good at this going-out stuff.

And so we have to do takeout which mostly means, if we're going somewhere new, Asian. And while, sure, Thai and Chinese and Nepalese and Vietnamese and Japanese foods are distinct and certainly not identical, they do have certain similarities and we are, as stated, experiencing fatigue.

Just, you know, in the interests of full disclosure. Back to Kathmandu.

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Reading the reviews on the wall as I waited for our order, I think we might have been best off just ordering a plethora of appetizers. But I guess we'll never know now.

We bought two entrees:

Luksha Shamdeh:

Tibetan style lamb curry; lamb marinated in yogurt and spices cooked with potatoes & herbs.

Kathmandu Specialty:

Thick curry of nineteen varieties of beans cooked in fresh tomato, cilantro, ginger, garlic, and green onions.

Sounds great! And it was all well made, textures were good. Flavors were a bit bland. And, you'll be surprised to hear this having read the description, the two dishes were pretty similar in taste. Weird, right? But true. The flavors lacked strength, interest, personality. And all we really want when we check out a new nation's cuisine is a surprising new mix of flavors. Kathmandu did not deliver on this point.

The place was nice and I would recommend eating in. The couple that runs the place were clearly kind and good people. Just, before you order, ask them what on the menu will offer a surprise. Then order that.

(menu; believe the prices are out-of-date)