Mousam Spice House #2 — Restaurant in Austin

The Veg Biryani I got was more like Fried Rice. You are definitely not going to get authentic Hyderabadi Biryani here. I don't know if this was a Kolkata Biryani or something. But it was definitely not a familiar taste. But then again this place is more of a Indo-Chinese/Nepali food place. So I shouldn't have ordered Biryani here? I should have ordered Momos or something?

Quantity is a bit less. But then again the price is also less. So I cannot complain. I wish they would have charged a dollar more and give better portions. After I had my Biryani, I was still hungry and wanted to order more food. I guess that is their plan all along? Rope us in with cheap prices and have us order more food :-)

The way they make their food more spicy is by adding more green chilies in it. So even though the spice level you asked for is hot, you will get a medium level dish. But in every few bites you get a chili in your mouth, which kind of makes the dish hot but not spicy. All in all, I wish they had a better way of making dishes uniformly spicy instead of hot.

Update: Tried their vegetable steamed momos today. They were fantastic! I have never had Momos before this so I have no idea if the momos were authentic or not. But they were definitely good.

I guess I should not have tried Biryani here. That's not their specialty. Clearly they have other dishes that they...

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