Namaste Tashi Delek Momo Dumpling Palace

so good, I just finished my fried beef momos at home and I want to walk back and get more. Yes. They are that good!

Our favorite place to go when we don’t feel like making momos or sha-​paley at home. Beef momos are very good, and we love the chow mein from here too. Staff is always smiling and very friendly. They moved to a new location across the street by Delhi Heights, and its much better and cleaner.

I love the momos here BUTTTTT I found hair in my momo TWICE !! Never went back and do not plan on going back ever

Maybe i was expecting something better. i thought the hot sauces were great. The beef in the dumplings had a strange consistency… maybe the indian buffet turned me off…
Not sure but not happy with dumpings

So I came here by chance, I was really hungry coming from Greenpoint and saw this place was open. I figured since the F train is on a Sunday schedule, I’d be able to order something quick and hop back to the station. So I went in, first impression was that it was small and low key. Now for the food. I had the chicken momo and a order of beef chow mein. They were good, not as savory as I thought it would be but it hit the spot for me and got rid of the taste of the watered down Pabst Blue Ribbon I had earlier. The sauces helped to kick it up a notch. Service was quick and the people were very friendly. The fact that it’s open so late is a plus, and I would come back to give them a second try.

First, by far the best Vegetable Momo in Jackson Height area. Both yellow and red sauce are how they are supposed to be.
Not a great décor to setting though. However, for taste you can;t beat it.

Gosh, where do I begin? 6 dollars for a plate of steaming beef momo, alongside a bowl of soup broth, and a bottle of mineral water is as sweet of a deal as you’re going to get as far as budget meals in New York are concerned.
Add that to the wonderful wait staff, who have been creating these delectable momo for years, and are constantly pleasant– AND tell you not to forget them when you tell them you’re leaving New York for a bit. The hot sauce and the tomato sauce are also equally delicious.
Please do note that they have moved from their present location and can be found under the Delhi Heights, which is also somewhere in Jackson Heights.
The décor may leave much to be desired, but it’s one of those places that will make you forget about such logistics. Been going here since 2006, and never been disappointed.

This is a tiny spot but it’s delicious dumplings deserve a 4.
You can’t really rate a shared restaurant.
This little dumpling vendor is spot on. Very fresh and consistent.
I am always happy with my momo !!

I don’t usually give one star to any Tibetan restaurants because I love Tibetan foods very much and most of the Tibetan restaurants I been to, the foods taste delicious.
I came here with my family. Our family ordered Momo and some other Tibetan dishes. Mind me I’m Tibetan. We needed an extra plate for our table, so I went to the front desk where they serve the food and I asked the waitress, «Acha (Sister in Tibetan) one plate please», she turn her head to the other coworker and repeated what I said in my tone. They all started to laugh and the waitress gave me the plate while laughing. She didn’t say anything. I was little bit offended, but it’s okay.
NOW the main reason I gave one star is because there was a dead COCKROACH with our Momo. I was so freaked out. It wasn’t inside the Momo, but it was like attached to the outer layer skin of the Momo. I called the waitress and told her about the COCKROACH and she said «OH it must have came from the outside.» Instead of giving us new plate of Momo with eight pieces, she only took out the one piece of the Momo that cockroach is attached to it. The waitress should check the plate of Momo or any foods before she sends it out, but she didn’t. I lost my appetite and I felt so disgusted and I didn’t even eat anything, meanwhile my family ate all the other foods like nothing happened.
If they have a COCKROACH on outer layer of Momo skin. Then that means they could have COCKROACH inside the meat too, if it’s inside the meat, you will never realize it when you eat Momo because Momo meats are very well chopped.
If you like your food with dead cockroach on the side for free, you’re welcome to eat here :)

My sister returned from a trip to India 6 months ago raving about Tibetan dumplings called momos. We thought if we could find momos anywhere in the United States, New York was a good start. Specifically, Queens. (BTW, Himalayan Restaurant Tsampas in Manhattan has changed their concept to a Peruvian-​Japanese fusion cuisine and no longer has momos).
Namaste Tashi Delek Momo Palace is at the foot of the stairs of the subway station at 74^th-​Roosevelt. It shares the same entrance with Merit Kabab Palace. For momos, go to the stand in the back. It’s $ 6.00 for 8 momos and a bottle of water. The nicest woman ever helped us. We ordered and took a seat.
The nice lady brought our order to the table. The momos came with two sauces, one spicy, the other less spicy. Absolutely delicious. We had the chicken and the veggie. The thick momo skins were awesome. So good!!!
The dining space is shared with Merit Kabab, which has a million menu items. Lunchtime gets busy and it looks like an Indian fashion show. I loved the beautiful dresses!
I am counting the days until we come back!

My favorite nite time meal its so addicted

Thanks to my sister, I’m a big fan of Tashi Delek momos. I usually get the steamed chicken momos with the hot sauce & yellow sauce (epic kick to it when mixed). Always satisfied when taking the first bite & I do a cool dance after due to immense happiness. I also sometimes get the fried chicken momos or steamed beef ones! Both tastes superb though the meat in the beef ones proved to be rubbery once. I know I should experiment more with the menu but at joints like these, you prefer to have favorite and stick to it! Highly recommend this place for the super cheap price and quantity.

Best MOMOs in NYC.
I moved to NYC few months ago. I decided to find out the best place for Momos.
I decided to try different places to find do my «Momo Research». I tried MOMOs at Tashi Delek, Laligurans, Bhim’s Café, Thakali Kitchen, and Himlayan Yak. I talked to several people who had MOMO at Tashi Delek and other places.
I hear the same thing over and over when I talk to people. Anyone who has had MOMO at Tashi Delek will say, its the best among these different places in New York. FYI, This is not a good place if you want proper décor or anything fancy.
But, just for food and taste. Momos couldn’t be better.

SUMMARY IN ADVANCE:
Tucked away in the heart of Jackson Heights is a tiny little place that has what I suppose is decent Nepalese food, but it is not as cheap as I thought it would be.
PROLOGUE:
My friend and I decided to go to Namaste Tashi Delek Momo Dumpling Palace (hereafter referred to as NTDMDP) because we found it on Unilocal and it seemed like an authentic Nepalese food stall. Unfortunately, we had a really hard time finding it. First, Google maps wouldn’t find it by name. Then we went back to the Unilocal listing and got the address, but then Google maps took us to a block full of residences. Then we called the phone number listed here, and it turned out to be the number for a totally different place called «Delhi Heights». The English of the only person on staff was quite poor, so we then had to point to the phone and ask where NTDMDP is. It is across the street from Delhi Heights. But it might not be by the time you get there… the scenery around there changes quickly: in the Google «street view» Delhi Heights is actually «Hababish Restaurant». And the place across the street is «Merit Farms». Neither of those pictures is remotely accurate.
Even if you know that NTDMDP is across the street from Delhi Heights, it is still easy to miss it, because it is literally about 25 square feet of space in the very back of *another* restaurant called «Merit Kabab Palace» (again, Google street view is out of date, at this address it shows a restaurant called «Merit Farms»). I wish I had taken a picture of the outside so that nobody else would have to go through what we went through (15 minutes of walking up and down 74^th Street, including passing the actual restaurant by twice). However, you can find a current picture of the front of the place here on Unilocal at the Merit Kebab Palace listing (picture 12 out of 12).
ACTUAL REVIEW:
So… you have to enter Merit Kebab Palace and go all the way to the back (past what seems to be very authentic Indian food) to find a tiny counter with its own menu, and *one* table that can seat four. Although it seems that you can use the other seats in the restaurant that seem to belong to the «main» restaurant, we were asked if we minded if another person sat with us (we said sure, no problem). There was a really friendly woman who helped us with our order (neither of us had ever had Nepalese food before). We settled on:
— vegetable soup ($ 4)
— a combo platter of steamed and fried dumplings ($ 8)
— mutton (goat) thali ($ 10)
The soup was a thick (ish) clear broth with a smattering of vegetables (in other words, not a lot), lightly salty, tasty, and hot (not spicy) enough to burn your tongue. Great soup for a cold day, which it definitely was.
The dumplings we had were pork, seasoned well, and the fried dumplings were golden and crispy, but not dripping with oil or anything. Another reviewer talked about the «ketchup and mustard», I can see why they called them that — they were presented to us in standard red and yellow ketchup and mustard dispensers (really they should be presented in condiment cups). Anyway, I forgot to try them, so I can’t comment on them really. I agree with another reviewer who mentioned that the dumplings were poorly wrapped and fell apart after one bite.
The mutton (goat) thali was good, but for $ 10 and a tiny stall in the back of another restaurant, overpriced. The platter included
— goat meat (still on the bone), I would guess is 2 – 3 ounces (that is, not much)
— plain white rice
— daal (lentil soup)
— curry (a potato and cauliflower stew)
— saag (spinach)
— papad (very similar if not identical to papadam of Indian food)
— achar (pickles with some kind of spicy sauce, spiciness was about a 5 out of 10)
— «salad» (a slice of carrot, a slice of cucumber, some onion and a lemon)
Everything tasted ok, I ate till I was full, but nothing really stood out that made me say, «I gotta come back here.» I don’t really like pickles, so I didn’t even like that portion of the platter.
EPILOGUE:
I’m gonna try to find some other momo and Nepalese food where maybe they actually have their own place. Oh, and if you do go to NTDMDP, you can pay by credit card or cash, but you’ll save on the sales tax if you pay in cash.

I’m particularly intrigued by the gent who believed the condiments served with the momos are «mustard and ketchup.» If I ever had my tongue surgically removed, I’d save lots of money by avoiding restaurants (even cheap takeout stalls) and sticking to Alpo by the can.
In New York these days, it’s hard to review this kind of thing «credibly.» There’s always someone who did a few semesters in college in Lhasa who’ll tell you that what you’re eating is a pale imitation of the «real thing.» And then some other scenester who hiked all the way to Qamdo (for the express purpose of getting interrogated by Chinese authorities and posting about it on Facebook) will one-​up his Lhasa bud and tell you, «No, man. That Lhasa product is for city suckers. You’ve really got to hit the roadside momo shacks of eastern Tibet just after the kerosene is delivered.»
Anyway, I liked my momos. I really preferred the steamed vegetable dumplings to the fried chicken momos. The latter were a bit oily. The skin was a bit too thick, and the filling wasn’t quite as flavorful as I’d like.
The vegetable momos suffered from none of the above deficiencies.
The above mentioned «mustard and ketchup» were the best part. The hot yellow sauce had a kick that I didn’t expect.
And now the woman who inner tubed down the Ba River as part of her graduate thesis will arrive to disabuse me of the notion that I enjoyed this place.

Momos for beginners, that’s how I refer to Namaste Tashi Delek Momo Dumpling Palace. It took me awhile to find this stall, to brave past the Tandoori chicken and chaos. For an outsider who is used to everything so formulated in the restaurant business, it can be daunting to step inside the Merit Kebab and Dumpling Palace. People are shouting all over the place, the line is scattered, and the people are so engrossed in their food you will wonder how to break through that barrier and become one of them sinking your fingers into a plate of colorful orange, yellow, and hot pink rice.
All the way in the back is Nepalese/​Tibetan food. I like to buy their momos. They come eight pieces in a Styrofoam container. I started out with beef. Once, I watched the juice of the momos quickly coagulate. I now shy away from the beef fat and have moved on to the chicken momos. The veggie momos take 10 minutes to steam and I like my food fast when I’m starving off the train. I have yet to try the healthiest option of momos. The beef and chicken ones are just always readily available.
There are two dipping sauces that come with the momos– a buttery sweet Tamarind one or the put your mouth on fire tomato chutney one. I like to get both and switch back and forth.
A lot of people say that the momos at Namaste Tashi Delek Momo Dumpling Palace are not the best but I like them. They are a nice introduction to momos and to me they most resemble a Chinese dumpling, plump and crescent shaped. The dough is not too thick. The wrapped is strong enough to hold the filling and hearty enough to warm the belly. I eat them like a meal.
On cold days I like to buy the chicken soups with Thukpa thin noodles almost like spaghetti or Thentuk hand pulled thick noodles. The soup tastes homemade and are quite substantial. I like to put the soy based sauce into it with the peppers. It gives it a nice spicy, sour, vinegarish flavor.
If you pay in cash, they charge $ 1 cheaper. The steam table looks good with lots of potatoes and chicken. You won’t run out of options with Namaste Tashi Delek Momo Dumpling Palace. You just gotta be a little adventurous.

I cant understand why this place has so many positive reviews…
The place is literally a small little stand in the back of Merit Kebab Palace; the new influx of Tibetan/​Nepalese immigrants has led to many of these small shops opening in Jackson Heights. However this is probably one of the worst choices for momos and Tibetan/​Nepalese foods.
In fact the momos I had here were terribly wrapped and they fall apart when you bite into them. For those who have had good momos they are often well wrapped with not too much dough but the highlight is the juiciness of the dumplings. When you bite into them there is an explosion of flavor and sauce/​soup. Biting into these you will only give you a sense of disappointment and regret for not going to the other spots.
The only good thing about this shop is that it is open 24 hours and because it is located at the back of another store there is a variety of different foods you can have when you decide to visit.

Was hungry and driving through the area on the way home. Decided to Unilocal my dinner and pulled over on the side of Roosevelt and search for what was close-​by, cheap, and something I’d never tried before. Nepalese dumpings it was!
Got the chicken dumplings for $ 5. Delicious and filling. Wasn’t a fan of the spicy sauce, but the milder yellow sauce was great. Very good cooking, the price is right, and obviously the local folks seemed to enjoy it. And I’ll be back sometime soon.

Buried in the back of the popular Merit Kebab Palace
), Namaste Tashik Delek provides a much needed variety of Himalayan /​Tibetan /​Nepalese fare for all hungry and curious mouths 24 hours a day.
I’ve often found myself here when taco and arepa carts just weren’t doing it for me and when Kabab King (
) looked like it was having a Black Friday sale. Late night momos have been a stellar source of post 4AM cravings that is a nod to unique variety as it is about simple tastes. The momos here are good, perhaps not as good as Potala Fresh Food (
), but still decent. I find the skin is a big doughy at times, but it still has a fresh inkling of momo juice with every bite. I personally believe they’re best during the day time, when it’s more crowded, and the momos are cranked out by the dozens.
Momos are what they do best here, but I’ve also sampled some of their balep korkun, a type of flatbread they heat up on a skillet or frying pan, as well as some of their chowmin (chow mein). Whenever I get the flatbread they serve it with this chili sauce that gets some good heat. The chowmin noodles are fluffy without being too oily, but perhaps my tastebuds show my preference to the Chinese variant, since this was a bit on the bland side. Usually I keep it real simple and go for a $ 5 order of momos and call it a meal.
I’ve eaten at Merit so many times that I can’t believe I missed this back counter where Tashi Delek sells their goods. It only took a few late night encounters for me to warm up to it, but I’m quite glad I did. And I’m even more thankful they’re open 24 hours a day.

Stopped by just to pick up 2 orders of momos (dumplings) on my way home. I got 1 order of chicken momos and 1 order of beef momos. Both were pretty good. The chicken was lighter in flavor and the beef was very meaty tasting. My only complaint was that the skin on the momos are too thick. I like the skin to be thinner. The momos come with 2 sauces (1 mild and 1 very spicy) for dipping.
Prices were pretty cheap — for takeout:
8 chicken momos for $ 5 —
7 beef momos for $ 5 —
They are open ²⁴⁄₇.
They also deliver (10 block radius) and requires a $ 20 minimum order.
They are located right by the entrance to the 7 train on 74^th Street in Jackson Heights.
Overall, dumplings were good as expected. I could imagine these dumplings to hit the spot after a night out on the town!