Keen to see what all the chatter and hype was about, we headed down to Himalayan Monal on Friargate to try what is the highest rated Asian food in the city of Preston, according to TripAdvisor ratings... Here's what we thought.
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00:00Hi, my name is Sumail. I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Evening Post and today I'm going to be going to eat at Himalayan Manal
00:08which is a fusion restaurant between Nepalese food, Indian food, Indo-Chinese food, South India, North India.
00:16There's a whole range of options. There's chow mein, biryanis, momos, paneers, curries. I'm really, really excited to try it.
00:24As the highest rated Asian restaurant in Preston, the stakes are really high so I hope it can fulfil it.
00:32When I went into Himalayan Manal, it was quite quiet. There wasn't really a lunchtime rush. It was about 1pm-ish which was just when it had opened.
00:42The management was really, really, really lovely, really friendly. The manager seemed to know everyone in there and it seems to be a family run business which is always really nice to see.
00:53The chicken chilli momo was really nice. The filling was great. There was salad garnishings. I think it was carrots and cucumbers and it was loaded with peppers.
01:05The momo is a sort of dumpling. It's normally quite soft. It's a steamed dumpling but in this case, the exterior was quite hard as if it was a bit stale so it was a bit tough to get through.
01:16The filling was lovely. It was delicious. The flavours were a bit tangy, a bit sweet and a bit spicy although you could choose your spice levels.
01:27Then I had the chicken chow mein which was just chicken, noodles and veg. Again, it was quite nice but it was quite dry. There wasn't a lot of sauce in there.
01:37It was really just dry chicken, dry noodles, dry veg and the chicken itself was a bit tough. It was just a bit difficult to get through but the flavours were still there.
01:48In both dishes, the portions were really, really good. Even for a starter, the momos, there were about six of them so it came in a really good portion which was quite nice.
01:58I couldn't get through all of it so that's always a plus.