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Katmandu is an Indian restaurant located in the Palermo Viejo area of Buenos Aires. You’d be surprised but Katmandu serves up some pretty tasty authentic Indian dishes. The restaurant is not cheap by Argentinian standards but worth trying as an alternative to the parrillas and fancy fusion type restaurants. From the tandoori to the curries, the biryani and samosas; Katmandu has many choices that’ll satisfy anyone or just completely stuff a person beyond sufficiency.

I think that I’ve tried almost everything noteworthy at Katmandu. Start with the samosas that are stuffed with potatoes, peas, and raisins then fried. But that’s only the beginning as the tandoori is tender and juicy. Both the lamb and chicken are great but I’ll have to give a little bit of an edge to the lamb since I don’t regularly eat it in the states but on both occassions to Katmandu I’ve made it a point to have. As for curries, their mattar paneer, a combination of peas and cheese in curry has the right amount of spice without over-powering your tongue. Combine all that with the chicken biryani and you’ve got way too much food but everything tastes so good that you want to finish everything on the plates. If you must, there’s always the garlic nan too but at that point you’ve stuffed yourself with enough food that nan could become unnecessary. Oh, I forgot about dessert. Their Katmandu Special is your typical spumoni ice cream using pistachio ice cream with almonds, walnuts, and cherries. They don’t skimp on the nuts so be sure to save room for that too.

Katmandu is a must visit place. Their sister restaurant, Mumbai, has similar food and is open for lunch but the taste seems to be a bit more spicy that it ruins the food where as Katmandu keeps it balanced. You will splurge a little to eat here as a dinner for 4 of everything mentioned above and drinks set us back over 200 pesos. It’s not that bad when you consider the amount of food but considering other places that I’ve reviewed, Katmandu does rank on the higher end of the cost scale. Couple everything I’ve written about the food with the attentive service and you can understand why I place Katmandu is such a high esteem.