Dimple-ji, I have never run a restaurant, but some of my friends are in the restaurant business in Nepal. And having watched them, I can tell you that running a restaurant is an extremely stressful activity. It's not for the faint-hearted. Given that, maybe the guy at OM was just having a bad day that day . . . and took it out on you -- the paying customers WITHOUT realizing the extent of PR damage he brought upon himself. Happens. You know. Sure, he should not have done that, but then we Nepalis are not exactly world famous for self-control, are we? So, even after hearing your experience, I, from afar, would still NOT judge Om Restaurant negatively at this point. My attitude is: Let the restaurant take some to evolve (in terms of everything). In coming weeks and months, if it serves the market well, it'll survive these initial hiccups. If it doesn't, well, it'll be history -- and that will be that. That said, I would NOT worry too much about the owner's' adherence to his roots and all that. Some of us are flamingly Nepali wherever we go around the world; some of us pretend to be non-Nepalis. Most of us fall somewhere in between those extremes. As that poem goes, "Santaan thari thari kaa . .. " let's just enjoy the diversity of approaches of being a Nepali in this globalized world! oohi ash