Choila in Brisbane
Choila is the Newari table at its smoky best: cooked meat, usually buff or chicken, grilled hard then tossed with mustard oil, garlic, ginger, chilli and a hit of timur. Sharp, smoky, oily and hot, it is built to eat with beaten rice and a cold drink.
It is one of the great Nepali dishes to order for a group. Get it with chiura, the beaten rice, let everyone pick at it, and you will understand why Newari food has such a following.
We have mapped 17 spots for choila in Queensland, with the most around Surfers Paradise, Maroochydore and Forest Lake.
What to order
Buff choila
The traditional cut, deeply smoky.
Chicken choila
A lighter but no less punchy version.
Choila with chiura
Beaten rice is the classic partner. Order both.
Kathmandu Momo
4.6(3795)
8848 Momo House Forest Lake
4.8(856)
8848 Momo House
4.0(777)
8848 Momo House Goldcoast
4.3(761)
8848 Momo House Maroochydore (Sunshine Coast)
4.4(682)
8848 Momo House Mount Gravatt
4.4(638)
Kathmandu Newa Chhe'n
4.3(612)
Jhigu Bhoye Chhen Nepalese Restaurant
4.8(503)
Muskan Bar and Kitchen
4.6(448)
8848 Momo House Nundah
4.5(406)
8848 Momo House Rockhampton
4.6(254)
Gurkha's Fusion
4.6(237)
8848 Momo House Mango hill
3.7(234)
8848 Momo House Springfield
4.5(228)
8848 Momo House Warner
4.6(201)
Crazy MoMo House
4.6(198)
8848 Momo House Cairns
4.0(184)Frequently asked
What is choila?
A Newari dish of grilled meat tossed with mustard oil, garlic, chilli and timur. Smoky, spicy and usually eaten with beaten rice.
Is choila spicy?
It has real heat and a numbing tingle from timur, but you can ask for it milder.