If you are wanting to try something different from the Mexican, Chinese, and American foods around the metro, stop in at Mt. Everest Cuisines to try some Nepali and Indian food. They have a regular menu most of the time but on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, they feature an all you can eat buffet. This is my go-to when I visit them. I love the buffet option because you can try a bit of everything and if you like something, you can get more.
We usually visit on the weekends for lunch, there’s a steady stream of patrons but never too busy. The buffet stays well stocked the whole time. Some of my favorites consist of the huge vegetable samosas, the palak paneer, and the vegetable pakora. The samosas are huge, I’ve had smaller ones but none this large. The palak paneer is loaded with the cheese paneer and creamy spinach. Now the vegetable pakora is absolutely addictive. I tried something new on this trip, the aloo tikki. These are little fried potato and green pea bites that were really good. The various rice dishes are great as well. The chicken tikka masala is also really good, not too spicy. Their garlic naan compliments everything on the buffet, but they also have plain naan as well. No dinner is complete without some dessert and I am in love with their version of gulab jamun. This is an unusual dessert consisting of milk solids mixed with flour and deep fried in clarified butter then soaked in a rose water – cardamom syrup. I really love this stuff, different.
I haven’t been to Mt. Everest for their regular menu that consists of way more than what they have on the buffet but if you are new to Indian food, try the buffet first, better way to find out what you do and don’t like. Five strips of bacon.
Address: 1169 E. Second St., Edmond.
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