Our story
A momo house in a red-brick house
The Guchha Mo:Mo and Cafe: a busy lane in Kathmandu, our name across the front, a small brick dining room and a rooftop over the temple roofs.
THE HOUSE
Find the white sign
Look for the white sign with our round yellow logo across the red-brick front. Inside is a small dining room of brick walls, wooden tables and stools; upstairs, the window where we wave down to the lane; on top, a roof where a bowl of jhol momo comes with a view of the old city's temple roofs.
THE STALL
And under the red neon
When Kathmandu holds a food fair, we take the momos out: a red tent, a GUCHHA MOMO neon sign, a big steaming pot and the crew in black Guchha t-shirts.
WHY ONE BITE
Named after a marble
A guchha is a marble, the kind children flick across a courtyard. A guchha momo is about that size, small enough to go in whole, so nothing of it is lost: the skin, the filling and the juice all at once, with the achar. That is the momo we are named for, and the first on our menu.
ORDER LIKE A LOCAL
Five words for the counter
A little Nepali goes a long way at a momo counter.
एक प्लेटEk platesay ek play-t
One plate. Say it with the momo you want: ek plate guchha.
अचारAcharsay a-char
The dipping sauce. Ask for more; nobody minds.
पिरोPirosay pee-ro
Spicy. Say piro if you like the heat, ali kam piro for a little less.
मीठो छ!Mitho chha!say mee-tho chha
It is delicious! The best thing to say after the first bite.
धन्यवादDhanyabadsay dhun-ya-baad
Thank you. Say it with a namaste on your way out.