"Never order two of the same dish at Himalaya. The owner won't let you anyways. He’s larger than life, lumbering around the restaurant chatting up diners, suggesting more food, and passing out to-go orders. At least half of the people in the cluttered dining room are regulars, and the owner seems to know them all. He’s got them hooked, not only on the aromatic food like the pepper-heavy chicken hara masala or the gamey and sweet mutton biryani, but on the entire restaurant’s personality. Because eating at Himalaya, a classic Pakistani and Indian restaurant in the Mahatma Gandhi District, is a Houston rite of passage." - Chelsea Thomas, Gianni Greene