Compassion Games Team at The Everest Kitchen in LFP

Jon Ramer, center, Mohan Birgurung, right
in front of the Everest Kitchen in Town Center, LFP
Photo by Anne Stadler

By Anne Stadler

When you walk in the door of The Everest Kitchen in the Lake Forest Park Town Center, you're welcomed into a community of kindness and service, focused on good food.

Mohan Birgurung and his wife Huni, who immigrated from Nepal twenty years ago, have created a new life here in Lake Forest Park, bringing with them cooking and culture from their roots in Nepal.

And that's not all. Mohan says their restaurant is about more than food, it's about community. 

"I want to encourage people to open their hearts, to be part of a community of compassion and kindness."

Enter Jon Ramer, a Lake Forest Park neighbor, founder of the Compassion Games International. He's inviting everyone to join in honoring Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday by "LIVING beloved community" from January 15--18th .... living the kind of community Mohan encourages.

It's a Compassion Game that teams from all over the country are participating in. Ramer calls them "coopetitions", emphasizing cooperation and community building rather than competition.

So the Everest Kitchen's staff decided to be a Team in the International Compassion Games.

When you come in for a meal anytime between January 15 and 18th, you'll be served by people who are living the values of Kindness, Compassion and Respect. You'll help The Everest Kitchen Team honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And you'll be helping to create the kind of community we all want to live in.