Curry - recommendations

Jeremy,

You're quite right - it was nauseatingly patronising. I read it again, and cringed. This is what comes of dashing off posts with a large gin & not re-reading them. Consider me justly reprimanded

throb

My advice would be to go and eat with Indians if you want "Indian" food.
All my business partners are Asian, and I just follow in their wake. They seem to feel a need to protect me from extra chilli, but apart from that I'd say they tend to fall into the "hot+beer" taste group as much as any Brits.
I'm always being told by them that "this is the real thing" in their fave resturants, and I often eat in their homes.
I haven't noticed any huge gulf between "the real thing" and those meals offered in decent curry houses in London which I've just wandered into off the street.
I think there is a bit of myth-making.

DrJ

throb,

Well, I suppose I could have pointed it out less sarcastically - I realise you didn't mean to offend.

--J

Jeremy,

I know you know I didn't, but it really shocked me to be shown that in spite of countless anti-racist courses, policies etc that I have been on / drawn up, such a slack bit of prose could have dribbled from my keyboard. I'm still appalled at myself, and thank you for noticing. Just goes to show .... all sorts of things.

throb

It is difficult. I found myself re-reading my own post looking for anything which might appear racist.
Bloody bleeding heart liberals, who'd be one?.
DrJ

Matthew is

I notice Naheed mentions Mumtaz in Bradford

Mumtaz is one of my two "stock" recommendations based on trying more than a few ( ...well you have to dont you....?! )

The other being the "Kashmir" located near the National photographic museum.

Chatting with some Asian colleagues & freinds,it seems to be that the "younger" generation seem to prefer Mumtaz (I think that it is more to do with the more "upmarket" appearance and must be said,very professional and slick operation) whereas the "older" generation seem to prefer the Kashmir ( which,i suppose could be described as more "basic")

I love the food in both,but both are markedly different,but if pushed to a preference,it would be the Kashmir for me.

Anyway,I am now salivating in true "Homer" stylie .....wherethe hell are my car keys !!!......

Chris

My fave curry houses:-
Halal, Alie Street, London (unfeasibly cheap)
Kashmir, Basingstoke
One across the road from the Blue Cat, Stockport
Another whose name escapes me in Swinton, Manchester (better than Rusholme)

I am now starving!!!!!

Rich

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In my humble opinion the supermarket sauces are shite.

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Why?

Of course they aren't as good as a fresh curry from a decent Indian.

But they aren't at all bad.

What's wrong with, say, Sharwood's sauces? There are some other decent makes too.

Chop up some chicken breast, fry and cook it in the sauce with some peppers (and extra chillies if you want real heat), cook some Pilau rice, warm some Naan bread -- very nice home curry. Cheap, easy, and tasty.

John.

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Halal, Alie Street, London (unfeasibly cheap)

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That takes me back a few years! Used to go there occasionally in the mid eighties. Great grub, great prices.

Now I live in Berlin, where the rubies are few, far between and crap. Took to making my own out of necessity. Can confidently call myself an expert at all my favourite dishes.

A book by Pat Chapman set me on the path. With a few changes to his versions I am very happy.

Sean

[This message was edited by Sean2 on SATURDAY 03 May 2003 at 22:02.]

Akbars 1276-1278 Leeds Road,Bradford.

Tried it last night,food was stunning ! ( Similar "house flavour" to Mumtaz,but better !)

Chris

For anyone north of the border - Either of the two Suruchi restaurants in Edinburgh are excellent. Not the usual universal "sauce" type dishes, but much closer to genuine regional Indian cuisine.

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Originally posted by Chris Brandon:
Akbars 1276-1278 Leeds Road,Bradford.

Tried it last night,food was stunning ! ( Similar "house flavour" to Mumtaz,but better !)

Chris

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It sounds like heaven !

Cheers, Fritz

Graham Ricketts

It was VERY good ! ......bit of a treck from Berlin to West Yorkshire though ! ( It's good...but "that" good ? )

Chris

The Eastern Eye in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

Voted best Indian restaurant in 1999.

The only drawback is that a number of politicians have eaten there including Two Jags.

They are big into cream, coriander and garlic in their dishes.



Regards,

Steve.

A nice couple of frozen Vesta jobbies, bunged in the microwave, and a flaggon of still cider to wash it doon wiv, luvvly jubbly, innit:

Fritz Von Poppadom

http://graham.ricketts.bei.t-online.de

Innit, Oh an don't forget the ketchup !!!

Graham Ricketts

Berlin Fritz, what you really want is a Chicken Curry Not Foodle - the true taste of the Orient.

The Joy Of Curry - Wed 29 Oct, BBC2, 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm 60mins

Neil Morrissey celebrates the joy of curry, and tells the story of how this dish has captured the hearts, minds and tastebuds of an adoring British public. Celebrity curryholics including John Thompson, Terry Wogan, Anthony Worral Thompson, and Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, recall tales of hot vindaloos, rustling up Vestas in the Seventies and eating cold curry for breakfast.

You can download scratch & smell cards from the BBC2 site. . .

Roy T

I can warmly recommend the chicken nawabi.

London, Zaika and Cinnamon club are excellent, also theres the Chutney Mary on the Kings road if you like posh curry and the Lahore Kebab house is excellent if you dont.

Another real gem is Kerala, on Gt Castle St - just off Oxford St. It is the most authentic Indian food I have eaten in London and absolutely delicious - cheap too.

Great Kathmandu, Burton Road, West Didsbury, Manchester. One of the best in the city.

Rusholme is pretty much of a muchness, but Hanaan is one worth visiting.

Alternatively, for a decent Thai curry, head to Koh Samui on Princess Street, Manchester. Excellent restaurant.