Comforting Motherly Food at Darjeeling Restaurant, India

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Rating: 4.0; Vote: 1

my website for lots more Indian street food Have Facebook? Darjeeling, located at the base of the Himalayas, is a beautiful little town in the West Bengal state of India. After staying in Kolkata for a few weeks, and spending a little time in Nagaland, I headed to Darjeeling. The closest train station to Darjeeling is New Jalpaiguri, which is better known as NJP. From there you have to take a jeep to Darjeeling town which takes approximately 4 hours. After arriving in Darjeeling, we were extremely hungry, and the first restaurant we could come across was Singalila Restaurant, located right in the center of Darjeeling, just below the Chow Rasta. As soon as I pulled back the curtain and took a whiff, I could tell it was going to be an incredible meal The restaurant is run by a motherly lady and her daughters that cook a delightful mixture of Sikkimese and Nepali and Himalayan food. They have Tibetan thukpa noodles and also they serves momo dumplings, but I was far more interested in eating rice and curry So as we sat down, we simply order rice, which came with a variety of different vegetable curries and then I also ordered a beef curry and a pork curry. On another day, I had their chicken curry which was equally delicious, but you always have to just eat what they have available that particular day. The weather was extremely cold, probably close to freezing, but as soon as the mother brought me a fresh hot plate of rice paired with all the different curries I felt a lot warmer and more comfortable. You'll be served first a plate of rice that comes with dal soup - sort of more Nepali style than Indian style, the vegetable dish of the day, possibly some curry potatoes or other starch. You can then add a meat curry to your meal if you'd like. The biggest bonus for me for eating eat Singalila restaurant in Darjeeling was the communal plate of raw red onions, chillies, and outrageously delicious green sauce. I honestly could barely believe how good the green sauce was, and I'm not totally sure what all the ingredients included. It was very spicy and garlicky and it went well with everything throughout the meal. I loved this restaurant so much that I returned for lunch three days in a row - the food was that good If you're ever in Darjeeling, India, be sure to visit Singalila Restaurant for a home cooked motherly style meal - the food is marvelous
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Sushma 007
I love your face wen u eat. No words how u enjoy eating n u make us smile. Wow. Even I'm indian nepali n I love my home siliguri/darjeeling food. Ur so lucky u can travel n try different foods n visit new places. i wish I could do that too as I too love food And love to Ur baby. He is lucky too keep traveling. All the best n God bless u all
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Kasu kasu
Damn. Dude I hadn't missed home in like 4 months. I see you eating one meal, and I wanna go back rn. We have this dish called sungur ra raiya saag. It's pork meat and a kind of collared greens I think. It's gooood man. You gotta try that out if you come here again.
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Bella Patel
Mark, did you try Tea from Dargiling. Dargiling Tea is a popular tea in the whole country. My Grandpa (my mom's dad & her 2 brothers) & his 2 sons used to go every year to Dargiling to buy tea cause they are the wholesaler of the tea in India.
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Joe Serrano
Oh man Mark The steamed white rice in yummy combo with the beef curry, with potatoes and green chutney and the hot pepper, really SENSATIONAL and MOUTH WATERING LOL. its all your fault I'm droolin' all over my keyboard; )
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Young Toko
Mark visit to Northeast India that is Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Assam and Nagaland. Northeast Indian states got amazingly awesome dishes, all with the traditional form. So do visit Northeast India for food
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did you just eat that one of the hottest chilly with spoon fool of rice and curry? lol not everybody can eat that chilli just like that and for a foreigner i am surprised there wasnt a reaction for that one
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Half Monk
That green sauce is actually chutney of green chillies. Here in north we also like that. Sometimes we add tomotes too along with green chillies, pudina anardana etc. Yes its tasty. I usually eat it with paranthas.
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Siva 143
Mr mark, why r u so crazy about eating beef? omg. its so irritating. even 7n india also u didnt miss eating beef. im an indian feel vomiting when c ppl eating beef. try to eat lamb or chicken after this. plzz
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Margaret Shangh
Mark I wish you come to Ukhrul district it's in Manipur. I've been watching your videos for the past 2 years and I know your taste bud. You gonna love it here. Trust me you won't regret coming here.
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Sagar Thapa
dude its not India its a part of Nepal which Indian goverment took away by illegal u can check the history if u dnt believe me must of people there 97% r Nepali n all peopled wear dhaka topii in head
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