Last Updated on June 7, 2023 by Christine Kaaloa
Shah Rukh Khan.
He was the first person that greeted me when I walked through the door of our Indian restaurant. I let out a partial shriek…
Okay, so it wasn’t Shah Rukh in person. He was on TV, lip-syncing and dancing through music videos from his movies. But it didn’t matter, he was in Korea and I was looking at him!
Everyone has their weakness. Mine is Indian food and Bollywood films. From cut and paste directions from K-blogger, Seoul Eats‘ review on vegetarian restaurants, Soo Ha and I were plugging for an Indian/Nepalese food joint called Everest Restaurant. It’s said to be near Dongdaemun station in a sort of Little India area of Seoul.
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Searching for Indian food in Seoul’s Little India …on a scooter
Round and round we sped, while getting slammed with ice-burning air from Soo Ha’s scooter. We passed busy streets and crowded alleys–
Where the hell was that friggin’ station?!
Riding on a scooter (without a face mask) during the mean bite of winter perhaps, was not a good plan; but there’s nothing like seeing Seoul from the back of a scooter, especially with Soo Ha. Korean-Canadian and living in the city for roughly 10 years, Soo Ha cuts (uh, ‘illegal’) corners, hops onto sidewalks and whizzes past traffic, like a certified crazy food delivery person in Seoul.
I love that about her!
Finally locating the station, we parked the scooter and followed the directions.
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High atop the second floor, sat the cozy eatery. The rich musk of Indian-scented spices were warm and enveloping and the menu offered both, vegetarian and meat dishes.
We ordered a Thali dish with a vegetable curry, daal, spinach and potato curry . We ordered both, garlic and butter naans. Knosh-ably good, the portions felt more generous than other Indian restaurants I’d been to and dishes came at a palatable price.
Sometimes, ethnic food –even Indian– can be a bit Koreanized. Corn mixed in mayonnaise, mustard drizzles… not here. The food was straight-forward simple and fit to the taste of the Indian and Nepalese locals, who were casually coming and going in the place.
Indian /Nepalese
Information
070-8285-5368
LIne 1, Dongdaemun Station, Exit 3.
Go out the exit and walk straight to the end of the block. Turn left at the bank and walk 50 meters down a small side alley street. It’s just before the picture below, on the right- aquamarine doorway. Go up the stairs.
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