Nepal, Jan. 11 -- The choices to eat out are aplenty in Kathmandu with a restaurant or cafe at almost every corner of the street. But fine dining isn't an option at a lot of these places. Chimes Restaurant at Sanepa, Lalitpur, caters to this need as well which is what makes it slightly different from all the various eateries out there.

The restaurant is relatively new. It opened its doors officially in early November but had been up and running even during its trial and testing phase for a week before the official launch. The three founding partners, Shikhar Pandey, Viking Krishna Kunwar and Thejan Limbu, had been thinking of opening a restaurant that served quality food for quite a while. Kunwar has worked with restaurants and eateries ...