Phone: +491602688177
Address: Chausseestr.2, Berlin, 10115, Germany
City: Berlin
Dishes: 34
Reviews: 580
Website: http://www.momos-berlin.de
"As I have stated before, I have eaten in thousands of restaurants all over England Wales, Ireland, Spain and now Berlin, Germany, in numerous differing cuisines, my father was a chef and I worked in catering as well. This served to provide invaluable food...experience for the mind and palate, so when I say something is pretentious, trust me, it is! I had a certain excitement for this place, I knew little about it but my partner had researched this place and it had garnered a lot of positive reviews, so one lazy afternoon we decided to give it a go. Well, first off I noticed the clientele were pretty much made up of young Millennials; my heart tends to sink when I see this as this means, inexperienced customers who seem to just love everything overpriced and sold to on the principal of overhyped novelty! And this was very much the case; we opted for 36 dumplings in Vegan style which seemed the easiest choice, with a drink this bumped up the bill to over €25 so we were hoping this was going to be something good. Unfortunately being British by birth not by identity, I have often seen dumplings as those lovely stodgy dough balls in stews as an English past time dish, and I used to love them! However, since the rise of Asian Fusion from the last 20 years, these dumplings were those tiny Asian style things served often as a starter in Oriental Outlets. When I realised this my heart sank even further. You could get a choice of half of them steamed and the other half pan fried. When they arrived with three meagre dips of Soy Sauce (let 's face it, Soy Sauce is merely liquid salt), Lemon-Mint which was actually quite nice just not enough of it and Spicy Tomato that was so overpowering it eliminated the original flavour of the dumplings. The dumplings themselves were undercooked on both the steam and pan-fried. In fact, the pan fried dumplings were only fried on one side, is this some new weirdo Millennial idea?! The mind boggles! The fillings were, well, OK at best but the Spicy Seitan was so spicy as was the tomato dip, that it again over powered the flavour of everything else as now my mouth was on fire. I did read another review that questioned as to what the fuss was all about and I had to agree, if you have the mentality of a nine year old and the palate of a teenager who enjoy over priced, undercooked, glorified stodge, then this place is for you, for the more discerning and experienced foodies amongst us, then save your money and go elsewhere."
All prices are estimates.
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