Sherpa Kitchen

On my last night in Newtown, eating alone, I wandered down King St trying to decide what to eat. I settled on a place and cuisine I've been meaning to try for ages - Nepalese at the Sherpa Kitchen. When it first opened a few years ago I was interested and after it's survival for a few years on the competitive King St, I knew it was worth a try.
So I wandered by and looked at the menu and was sold when I saw the Thali plates, one vegetarian, on non-vegetarian. Perfect for eating alone, a range of different choices in one handy meal.

After consideration I went with the non-vegetarian, spurred on by my love of butter chicken and the offered goat curry. It was a good choice.


Not the best photo ever. Non vegetarian Thali: $21.90. Tempered dal, goat curry, butter chicken, tomato chutney, rice and pappadums.
Of course as roti was on the menu, I had to get one as well, can't pass up a chance at bread, plain roti: $3


And well worth it, the bread was light, crispy and tasting of butter :).

The meal in general was delicious. I did find the dal a bit bland, could have done with a bit more something, but the butter chicken had that meaty smokey aftertaste which defines good butter chicken, the goats curry had a bit of a bite (and a marrow bone hidden in it's depths :)) - but wasn't too much and the tomato chutney was both tasty and a good way to swap between the chicken and goat without too much flavor transference.
The service was good, although that may have been because I went early on a thursday and was the only person there, but they brought a jug of water for me with the menu, which is a huge plus for me.


In summary: Sherpa Kitchen, tasty food, good service. A place I'd def go back to if I still lived in Newtown or found myself in the area, not sure I'd travel for it though.
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Location:Newtown