don't read this if you're hungry.

mildmanneredjanitor said:
What about bangers
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You won't want them after watching last night's (THURS) programme on Beeb1.......

28% fat of which 30% was saturated......

Pip - take it that your missus is Malay?

I was in Kuching in 81 & 82. Great food! Memories of Nasi Goreng, Beef Ginger and Peanut Pancakes from mobile stalls. Murtabak etc... FANTASTIC!

If you read my Father's book, Back to Mandalay, you will see that the old bugger went to Burma with wife number 2 (not my mother!) and left with wife number 3. How does the old f@rt do it!! And each time he married, they got younger!!!! Mind you, I'm on number 2...........!

But the upside is we get lots of Burmese goodies. Yum yum!!

PS That was well before my veggie days, folks!
 
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securespark said:
Pip - take it that your missus is Malay?

I was in Kuching in 81 & 82. Great food! Memories of Nasi Goreng, Beef Ginger and Peanut Pancakes from mobile stalls. Murtabak etc... FANTASTIC!

If you read my Father's book, Back to Mandalay, you will see that the old b*****r went to Burma with wife number 2 (not my mother!) and left with wife number 3. How does the old f@rt do it!! And each time he married, they got younger!!!! Mind you, I'm on number 2...........!

But the upside is we get lots of Burmese goodies. Yum yum!!

PS That was well before my veggie days, folks!
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Chinese.

The tantalising perfumery of the orient !! ;)
 
Eddie M said:
Used to work in Stockley Park London, v near to southall, so have eaten "authentic" curry as well. I must admit I'm addicted. Thing is about my local Indian curry house, I love the fact that the dishes are not coloured like poster paints, you can identify the meat, and it is made for you. Good stuff, can't wait till Saturday.
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Ah, Southall. My father used to work there and the whole family would often be invited to his associates' houses and enjoy the scoff. The first time, we were there munching down what we thought was a dinner buffet until about 10 o'clock, then they announced it was time to light the barbecue for dinner!

An interesting fact about Indian restaurants in the UK: about 90% of them are owned and run by Bangladeshis. I was told this by a colleague of mine who is Bengali and who's family owns several restaurants. I thought "Nah, can't be true". Next time I went to my local Indian it just happened to be with another Bengal I know. Sure enough, he started speaking Bengali with the waiters! :LOL:
 
AdamW said:
An interesting fact about Indian restaurants in the UK: about 90% of them are owned and run by Bangladeshis. I was told this by a colleague of mine who is Bengali and who's family owns several restaurants. I thought "Nah, can't be true". Next time I went to my local Indian it just happened to be with another Bengal I know. Sure enough, he started speaking Bengali with the waiters! :LOL:
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Surely not! In this day and age I'm suprised that no-one is trying to sue them then for misrepresentation under the sales of goods act 19blah de blah! :D
 
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when i used to go to the local curry house we had a dish called chicken makenwala,can't remember if the curry house was balti or tnadoori but have never seen it on a menu since? they also did a sauce to dip your poppadoms in that consisted of yoghurt +mint & was very refreshing and moreish.the only similar dip i have found is cucumber raita dip which tastes nothing like it?
any ideas people.
 
My word, that curry last might was good ! Rubs belly in appreciation :LOL:
 
Lucky s*d, I considered a takeaway but then realised I had stuff in the fridge. So twas Shepherd's pie for me. Good, but doesn't beat a curry!

The guy I know who's dad owns a chain of restaurants was telling me about how they make the sauce bases. Litres of oil and margarine (not ghee) in it. So if you have ever wondered why the Asian community has such high levels of heart disease, now you know. Doubt they could ever kill the traditional British curry though, so tasty and good that it is totally worth the increased health risk. Saying that, I know a guy who is probably about 55, and he had a period of a year or so where he ate restaurant curry 7 days a week.

I have it on authority that in the curry houses of Paris (all two of them ;) ) the patrons order milk to drink, to quench the fire. Now I'm not saying this makes them a bunch of big girls' blouses, although it does ;) , but why eat a food that you don't enjoy unless you hide the flavour with milk? I am surprised the proprietors haven't developed weaker curries especially for French tastes. After all, half the dishes we eat here bare little resemblance to the originals.

Does anyone know if the British Indian dishes have made their way back east? It would be a great twist if the hot new cuisine of 2004 in Mumbai was British Indian!
 
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