You may recall Mad Momos, the Himalayan/American restaurant and beer garden that opened a couple of years ago at 14th and Parkwood in northern Columbia Heights. I went there last weekend and had a fantastic meal — you should check it out if you haven’t been.
Their signature dish is the momo, a type of dumpling, but my friend and I had already had those (they’re good) so we opted for some variety. I got a curly kale salad with feta, walnuts, momo crisps (little crunchy bits) and craisins, and it was great. It was big too, I also ordered a cilantro-pesto flatbread naan, sort of like a mini pizza, with house-ground sausage — also awesome, but since the salad was so big I saved most of it to take home. My buddy got a ginger beef noodle bowl with vermicelli noodles, sweet onions and ginger, which was similarly delicious. Here’s the full menu.
They have a good drinks menu with some tasty craft beers, wines and cocktails. I had an IPA by Smuttynose called Finest Kind — the server said it was their most popular beer and it was really good. I think even non-IPA likers would enjoy it.
That, plus sitting on the patio on a nice evening, made for a good time. I recommend checking them out if you haven’t been.
