Sinchon Indian curry date: A course & jalapeño refills, Meno Kamena

Today I'm introducing a restaurant that we Sinchon university students go to when we're meeting someone for a meal. It's already really famous (you might even bump into a professor there.. haha) and it's already Sinchon's go-to Indian curry place, but whenever I'm craving Indian food, I go there often for proper curry and naan in a course, so I wanted to share it! It's Indian curry in Sinchon: Meno Kamena Sinchon Branch (머노까머나 신촌점).

Meno Kamena Sinchon Branch: location and opening info

Meno Kamena Sinchon Branch is on the 2nd floor of a building at 13 Yeonse-ro 11-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and it's open daily from 11:00 to 22:30. Free parking is available, and you can also reserve through Naver.

It's right there, a 2-minute walk from Yonsei University. Go up to the 2nd floor and, even though the building looks a bit shabby, inside is a super clean, spacious Indian restaurant! As soon as you sit down, they set out the tableware like this.

Atmosphere: good for a date or a meal with a senior?

Since Meno Kamena Sinchon Branch serves Indian food as a course, the atmosphere is upscale, tidy and quiet, so I think it's great for a relaxed meal with classmates, a meal with a senior (밥약, a casual meal meet-up), or a date. Can you feel the mood? That day I came with my boyfriend for a simple weekday dinner.

Side dishes and A course / B course prices

The side dishes at Meno Kamena Sinchon Branch were jalapeños, marinated onions, and pickles. The jalapeños went with the Indian food way better than I expected, so I think I refilled them about three times haha

There were two main courses, A and B, and also à la carte dishes, but I came specifically to eat a course, so I debated between the two.

• A course: ₩25,000 per person
• B course: ₩16,000 per person

The A course comes with extras the B course doesn't have, like soup, prawn, and samosa, so I ordered the A course for two.

A course order: chicken mushroom soup and green salad

The first thing out in the A course was the chicken mushroom soup. It was a warm, tasty soup with bits of chicken here and there as you eat. With the weather getting colder, it was a perfect way to start.

Next, the green salad! It came with tasty tangerine segments and a sweet orange sauce, and I liked that the portion was big.

Samosa and mint sauce

Then came samosa, an Indian dumpling-like snack, and it tasted like a potato croquette. The mint sauce served with it was so good that I pretty much dunked everything in it haha

Tandoori chicken and king prawn: is the portion enough?

Tandoori chicken and prawn, one of the A course's main dishes, came out freshly grilled, and the portion was big and tasty. Best of all, dipping them in the curry that came later was so good!

The prawns are king prawns and the chicken pieces are pretty large too, so I feel like even two grown men would be satisfied with the A set!

Lassi included in the course

For drinks we ordered one strawberry lassi and one plain lassi (a yogurt drink), and those were also all included in the A course.

Main curry: tandoori chicken masala curry and butter naan

The A course's main is curry rice, naan, and tandoori chicken masala curry! We wanted a slightly spicy curry, so we ordered the masala curry. For naan you choose between butter naan and garlic naan, and we picked butter naan. Both the curry and the naan tasted like real, original Indian food, so next time I'd like to try the garlic naan too.

Since this is where I always come when I want proper curry and naan in Sinchon, the naan is really good. Chewy and nutty,, my boyfriend likes it even more than I do, so we come here often for dates.

Who I'd recommend Meno Kamena Sinchon Branch to

• Anyone looking for a meeting spot in Sinchon
• Anyone craving Indian food
• Anyone who wants to enjoy a comfortable meal with some atmosphere, as a course