I know some people find it a breeze, but I really struggle trying to be vegetarian.

Trying is the operative word, since I fail at least once a week and eat some fish, inadvertant parmesan or other off-limits foodstuff. But I’ll keep at it, and as a result, it encourages me to seek out new vegetarian options in every restaurant I go to.

Thus Momo Mandap.

The above pic, taken by H, was their Crispy Chilli Mushroom, which on Deliveroo is described as “Oyster mushroom coat with ginger garlic corn flour, spicy vinegar” (admittedly not labelled as vegetarian as nothing was on the menu, but we made our best guess). We ate in, so it was hot and fresh to the table, and although the mushrooms were a little moist, they did not impact the coating, which was reminiscent of salt and pepper fried chicken. Definitely sweet chilli sauce and not spicy vinegar, but it was an enjoyable dish.

Momo Mandap is another of Aldershot’s Nepalese restaurants. It serves all the usual favourites, and in addition to the above we opted for steam veg momo and chilli veg momo, along with puri tarkari and two spiced Nepalese teas.

My ability to seek out and order the oiliest dish on the menu came to the fore with the puri, though I think they had been brushed with extra oil after cooking (I say oil, it could have been ghee but didn’t taste buttery to me).

Of course that didn’t stop me eating it, ripping into a puri before H had a chance to get the camera out. The tarkari was mildly spiced, but I think a drier bread would have worked better with it for me.

Both the steamed and chilli momo were good. The dipping sauce that came with the steamed was not as spicy as we’ve had at other places, but you can’t win them all. The chilli momo were liberally soused in a sweet chilli sauce and some bits of veg – this isn’t my favourite momo iteration but it was still appealing.

The teas were good and the whole lot came in just under £31 for both of us. The prices in all our local Nepalese restaurants are ruining us to go anywhere else.

Momo Mandap is a smart compact space, and I’d return for the mushrooms and to try the Samosa Chaat, but I don’t think it is my top Aldershot Nepalese, though I honestly couldn’t say which is, and there are still more to try…