It has been a long journey from Nepal and now we have authentic Tibetan-style MoMos cooking right here in South Etobicoke.

TC Tibetan MoMo, at 182 Royal York Rd., is home of one of the first MoMo take-outs in our community.

“My love for MoMo came from watching my father make, cook and serve them to family and friends,” says Llundup Gyatso, who with wife, Tsewang, had a dream to open their own restaurant. “Momos are not only a traditional Tibetan food, they are also symbols of festivities and celebrations.”

MoMos are a staple dish of Tibetans and the recipe as old as the Himalayan mountains. The MoMo is a Tibetan-style dumpling, are also known as perogies, gyoza or dim sum, which contains a meat or vegetable filling, that is dipped in a tasty sauce to achieve a sumptuous flavour.

“Traditional MoMo are a mix of simple dough-wrapped around fillings of a choice of meat or vegetables,” Gyatso explains in his clean and well-stocked store. “It is a very simple food, yet a tasty meal.”

The couple make their own sauces, which range from hot, to vegan or vegetables, in which the piping hot MoMos are dipped for a nice flavour. The prices are affordable and the MoMos quite good. I tried the beef.

The family arrived here in 2012 from Nepal, where Gyatso was born to Tibetan parents, who were forced to flee their homeland during the Chinese occupation.

“It was my wife’s dream to start our own business selling this delicious Tibetan food,” he insists.

They began working on their vision and regularly sell their home-made products at a farmer’s market at Wychwood Barn in Toronto.

“Slowly and steadily TC Tibetan MoMo became a part of life and has now spread its wings,” he says. “The take-out restaurant is now part of a bigger family with a flow of customers who continually show their support.”

They only use fresh produce and ingredients sourced from Ontario farmers, including organic white flour as wrapping.

TC Tibetan MoMo, at 182 Royal York Rd., can be reached by phone at 416-251-7887 or visit http://tctibetanmomo.com/