{"id":213580,"date":"2015-11-02T06:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T20:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=213580"},"modified":"2015-11-02T06:06:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T20:06:19","slug":"everest-kitchen-reopens-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/everest-kitchen-reopens-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest Kitchen reopens today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, exactly three months after Typhoon Soudelor shut down the Everest Kitchen in Garapan, the restaurant will reopen and will be serving once again their healthy and delicious menu items.<\/p>\n

Owner Laxmi Shrestha wasn\u2019t on island on Aug. 2, but was heartbroken upon learning of what had happened to their restaurant, especially since she couldn\u2019t return at once as her visa was still being processed.
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The Shrestha family will be reopening the Everest Kitchen today, which will now hold buffet lunches. The restaurant in Garapan was also revamped after Typhoon Soudelor\u2019s damage and now features Nepalese items as decors. (Frauleine S. Villanueva-Dizon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nAmong the only things they were able to save were her herbs and plants.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter and my sister, they carried my plants inside and hid it so I still have some,\u201d Shrestha said.<\/p>\n

Everest Kitchen is opening up as a revamped restaurant, with the help of frequent customer and friend Lisa McWilliams.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got lucky because my friend helped me with my dream to rebuild,\u201d Shrestha said.<\/p>\n

One of the first things you\u2019ll notice is the new fa\u00e7ade, which has a fresh signage and glass windows. Inside, the place boasts even more of the Nepalese culture as the walls are now lined with items from the South Asian country.<\/p>\n

McWilliams, an interior designer, helped Shrestha with redecorating the place.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore it was a Nepalese restaurant, but I didn\u2019t feel she was telling anybody it was a nice Nepalese restaurant with beautiful food,\u201d McWilliams said.<\/p>\n

A painting done by Shrestha\u2019s daughter Elina greets guests. It shows Mt. Everest with Nepal\u2019s national flower and bird, the rhododendron and the Himalayan monal.<\/p>\n

Plates, pitchers, and cups traditional to the Nepalese flatware are on display on the other wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe wanted to do something d\u00e9cor-wise for Everest Kitchen. So she brought back all these beautiful Nepalese brass and gold, and also the special fabric called Dhaka fabric,\u201d McWilliams said.<\/p>\n

More paintings and pictures showing Nepalese dresses and other traditional ways are also on display in various parts of the room.<\/p>\n

\u201cPretty much everything you see inside, she hand-carried to bring a little bit of Nepal to Saipan,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Everest Kitchen also has new items on the menu while retaining its usual healthy and \u201cmade from scratch\u201d trademark using fresh and raw ingredients.<\/p>\n

The restaurant will now be offering lunch buffets from Mondays to Fridays, which will offer nine different dishes at $12.<\/p>\n

Everest Kitchen will also introduce platters that will have all the signature Nepalese and Mediterranean food such as the baba ganoush, hummus, falafel, yogurt sauce dipping, pita bread, and side salad.<\/p>\n

Other items are mozzarella salad, club sandwiches, and homemade burgers.<\/p>\n

In about a month, Everest Kitchen will open for dinners again and soon, they hope to open for breakfast as well. They hope to set up part of the restaurant as a caf\u00e9 and a healthy juice bar.<\/p>\n

\u201cFood is my life. For me, food is everything,\u201d Shrestha said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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