Restaurante Everest View

One of our great friends in the world has a life-long relationship with Nepal and he's dragged us to more than a few mediocre to excellent Nepali restaurants.  When done poorly/marginally, Indian-Nepali food is greasy, bland/over-spiced, and served with something bordering on apologies by over-worked waiters.  But, as our friend has shown us, when it is done right, it can be one of the most satisfying culinary and cultural experiences.  So, when we saw this place advertising comida hindu y nepali, we had to give it a try for lunch one day.



And lunch was great.  We partook of the daily special, a three course meal, beginning with thin crisp crackers and three delicious sauces.  One of the sauces was almost sweat-inducing spicy, but not painful.  We also ordered some standard naan, which was not too buttery.  A great start to the meal.

Our main dishes were sag paneer and chicken tikki marsala.  Although we weren't served at precisely the same time, we still were happily sharing our dishes in a few minutes.  The portions were reasonable for one person.  The jasmine rice on the side was perfect, not too dry as is sometimes the case with fast Indio-Nepali foods.  The meal finished with two standard desserts: a sweet honey ball and a small yellow cake.  We also enjoyed some tea.

The restaurant is small and we only saw one waiter (who was actually from Nepal), who was very busy.  But, he took some time to chat with us and helped us order with confidence from a fairly long list of options.  The cost of the daily special was something like 11 euros per person, which seem reasonable for the quality.

When our Nepali-phile(?) friend visits us in Madrid, we'll bring him to Everest View and let him try out his Nepali language skills.  We'll also shoot for a dinner and see how they fare outside of the lunch hour.  But, this is a promising start for something a little outside the normal Madrid fare.

Restauarante Everest View
C/ Lagasca, 115
91 210 94 06
www.restauranteeverestview.es