Kathmandu Los Altos does not bury its signature dish in a menu footnote. On its own website, under “Our Promise to You,” the restaurant leads with a section called “The Art of the Momo” — a statement of intent from a kitchen that has built its identity around

Ask most Americans what Nepali food is, and they will say momo, or maybe Himalayan BBQ. Ask any Nepali what they actually eat most days, and the answer is dal bhat — rice, lentil soup, vegetable curry, and greens, built fresh at nearly every meal. It is less

Every office in Silicon Valley has ordered the same three catering options so many times that the mention of another sandwich platter gets an audible groan on Slack. Kathmandu Los Altos’s own site addresses this directly, with a section literally titled “Corporate Catering & Events” that specializes in

The last two weeks of August are, for most Los Altos families, the least organized weeks of the year. New teachers, new schedules, new after-school pickups, and homework routines that haven’t settled yet all collide at exactly the time of day when someone still has to answer the

Most vegetarian and vegan diners in the South Bay have a mental shortlist of “safe” cuisines — Indian, Mediterranean, maybe Thai. Nepali food rarely makes that list, mostly because people haven’t looked closely at what a Nepali kitchen with real vegetarian range can build. Kathmandu Los Altos is