KAILASH KITCHEN - A pocket friendly place for your tummy

Apparently, this is the first place which I am covering on PUBLIC DEMAND!!

THE STORY

While doing his M.A. in English from Loyola College in Chennai, Mr. Rinchen Tashi always felt that this city lacks a place which provides Tibetan or Pan-Asian food at pocket friendly rates. So after completing their graduation, Tashi and his partner came up with an idea of opening such a restaurant. Finally, they were able to convert their dream into reality and Kailash Kitchen was established on 8^th March 2008.
In the beginning, this place attracted only the people belonging to Tibet or North-East of India. But very soon, without investing a single penny on any kind of publicity, Kailash Kitchen made its own special place in the list of most amazing places to eat in Chennai.
They get a really good number of customers (mainly from all over Chennai) on a daily basis. Believe me; you won’t get a table very easily whenever you go because of the large number of people willing to eat there.

After listening to so many good reviews about the food served here and the large number of people visiting it, I believe this place has a lot of potential. It’s famous, cheap and the food is special.

FOOD

FRIED CHICKEN MOMOS

CHICKEN MOMOS

BEEF DHANGTUK

SPECIALITY: Momos and noodles

The menu is limited but whatever they serve is delectable. Everything in their menu is available with an option of beef, chicken and vegetarian. This is the least expensive place in Chennai to provide Tibetan food.

They give you the menu card and a notepad to write down your order, to avoid the confusion related to the pronunciation of the names of Tibetan dishes. Chicken momos are good, as compared to the other options available in Chennai, though I have eaten better ones in my home town itself. Fried momos are better than the steamed ones, but I found them a bit more oily than usual. Anyhow, they tasted fantastic.

Beef dhangtuk (noodles prepared in sesame oil) is delicious and is really amazing if you have a thing for spicy food. Chicken thukpa is worth trying too but tastes good only till it is hot. Dishes like baozi (fluffy stuffed bun dumplings), tso tse mein (basically noodles in preferred soup) are also available, though I haven’t personally tried them but have heard about how good they are (but nothing extra ordinary).
It is not really an ideal place for vegetarians. However, they serve only vegetarian food during Buddhist festivals.

The food reviews of this place are mostly positive.

They do take party orders but only before 12:30 in the afternoon or after 7:30 in the evening.

WHAT I SUGGEST: Order a plate of fried chicken momos with beef dhangtuk. Don’t forget to order lemonade, you might need it to overcome the flavour of chillies.

WEEKEND SPECIALS: The menu keeps on changing.

MOST SOLD DISH: Chicken momos

AMBIENCE

Go to this place only if your main target is to eat. The first thing that you will observe is the queue waiting for tables outside a small room. They just have four tables and one person to serve. Most of the times you will have to wait for long to get a table as many people visit this place. You might end up sharing your table with unknown people. The place looks a bit shady and is really hard to locate.

 

PRICES

Extremely pocket friendly as per the quantity they serve. Rates vary from INR 15 to 90. You can easily have whatever I suggested in just 200 Rupees.

BUSINESS

The owners are getting richer day by day. Looking at the number of people waiting outside to get the table, you can easily assume what the business is like.

TURN ONS

Low prices, momos, different options for non-vegetarians and the authentic taste of Tibetan food in Chennai.

TURN OFFS

Ambience, slow service, less number of tables and limited menu on some days.

SERVICE

6 people are working as staff. Service depends on how many people are visiting this place at a time.

HYGIENE

Though it is a small place, but they have taken care of the hygiene. I have even visited the kitchen. It is just like a usual kitchen of a busy restaurant, but well maintained.

OCCASIONS TO GO FOR

When your main aim is just to eat, nothing else. It is suitable for casual hang-outs.

FUTURE PLANS

To open a new branch at some other location and to expand the menu for the same cuisine served.

TIMINGS

It is closed on Mondays. For all the other days the timings are – 12:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

LOCATION

Go straight from the back gate of the Nungambakkam railway station and turn first left. There is a tilted red coloured board on the right that will show you where to get in. You might not be able to find it once, so better ask the people nearby.
Landmark: a cake shop.