I love Indian food.  When my son was growing up, the food we could always count on him eating was Indian food - especially at 8. If you have children, you know what that can be like.  Even on a trip to Italy, we managed to find fabulous Indian food.  So hubby, Pete Nowlen, and I were very excited to try out Kathmandu Kitchen with Cary Arnold (our lovely editor), Jon Sanchez (her handsome husband), and Ara Arbabzadeh our photographer, for this month’s edition of Davis Life Magazine.  Kathmandu Kitchen is actually Nepalese, which I’m sure is important but, truthfully, I can barely tell the difference - I love both.  

The most amazing thing about the evening to me was the fact that Cary and Jon had never tried Indian or Nepalese.  Pete and I (and Ara) had the honor of teaching them the ways of the vindaloo.

We met for drinks beforehand at Seasons to get everyone in a good mood (liquor is the social lubricant, after all).  By the time we hit Kathmandu Kitchen we were starving.  When we arrived at a little after 7, on a Thursday, the place was packed. I noticed it was mostly college