Nepalese food in Ridgewood at Nepalese Indian Restaurant via Ridgefood

Image source: Ridgefood – fried vegetable momos at Nepalese Indian Restaurant in Ridgewood

Ridgefood, a delightful food blog based in Ridgewood, Queens, reviewed Nepalese Indian Restaurant, a new Nepalese and Indian spot that has opened up on Seneca Ave; they’ve been open for a little over a week. The Ridgefood folks tried the vegetable momos (fried, not steamed, though they’d like to try the steamed momos, too); a thali plate containing what looks like rice, saag paneer, naan, pappadums, and perhaps some kind of condiment featuring tamarind; shrimp tandoori masala (reportedly a rich, heavy dish); and Paneer makhan, made with paneer, creamy cashew sauce, and almonds – also very rich. They liked all these dishes and consider them to be highlights on the menu.

If it’s not evident, most of the dishes above are Indian, and the Ridgefooders would love to see more actual Nepalese dishes on the menu. Apart from the momos (from what we can tell from the photo, these are the more commercially made style of momo, not the homestyle round ones that are twisted at the top, which you see often in Jackson Heights), the Nepalese menu items include thukpa (a kind of noodle soup), samaya baji (“an amazing-sounding combo-type plate with ingredients such as rice cakes, black soybean, boiled eggs, fruit, lentil patties, fresh ginger, and dried fish” – we’ve tried the version at Woodside Cafe in Woodside and it is excellent), and sel roti (a fried ring/donut made of rice flour seasoned with cardamom and cloves – it is good eaten with tea).

There was some criticism about the service part of the meal, but on the other hand, the restaurant is offering a 20% discount for take-out and delivery.

We hope to check this place out ourselves – we love Indian and Nepalese food, and are willing to give this place a shot.

Nepalese Indian Restaurant, 907 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385 (718) 417-1873; nepaleseindianrestaurant.com GMAP

The Early Word on Ridgewood’s Nepalese Indian Restaurant [Ridgefood]