Mito I.
Yelp
Quick Summary:
- Recommend the samosa
- Momos pack a lot of meat and fills the stomach up fast
- Amazingly affordable prices
- Eat the momos hot the moment they arrive or they will turn cold quickly
I discovered this restaurant when my family went to the Solano Avenue Stroll earlier in this month. The store pitched a tent and was selling some of their dishes, and we tried them. We were so blown away on how good the samosa was - best samosa ever - that we knew we needed to come back and try their dishes. Returning quickly to the samosa, the outside was flaky and light, and the inside was packed with soft and rich potato. The whole dish was unbelievably light, that even after eating two samosas, it wasn't weighing heavily on my stomach. It was a memorable samosa.
Onto the main experience, we went at the dinner hour for a relative's birthday dinner, since they love curry dishes. For the dinner, we decided to try new dishes, so we ordered the Daal Tadka, the vegetable Pakora, the chicken momos, and the vegetable chow mein.
The pakora arrived first, then the chow mein, and then the Daal Tadka and momos came afterward. Later, we also ordered a plain naan because the Daal Tadka needed the naan to scoop up the different curries and soups.
Every dish was so good, it brought up a smile upon our faces. There was a pleasant wow factor in each dish that left a lasting impression even as I write this review a day later. I was surprised with the chow mein for one because it was a taste that is usually accompanied by any chow mein in most Chinese stores. It taste was strong and vibrant like soy sauce, but there was something different about it. It also reminded me of tomato. Whatever it is, we cleaned up the plate easily.
I also enjoyed the pakora; a great dish to start the dinner. It had a crispy texture and the vegetables were sweet. The momos were juicy and the skin was thick but chewy. I would warn others to eat these momos early on. We left them, so we can eat them periodically, but once they turned cold the skin was harder to cut with a fork. These dumplings also pack a lot of punch in stomach volume, so one will get full pretty fast.
The final icing on the cake was that the prices are extremely reasonable. My family was very content and full in their stomachs, and the prices were less than ordering a ramen bowl each in the city. We were very happy of the dinner experience.