Restaurant Mini-review

Is that something like a flavoured baseball bat?


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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher

Heh. "Bring me the blandest thing on the menu".

IM(L)E, Indian food tends away from the (uniformly) stupidly hot stuff
that "curry houses" punt here. It has complex flavours (emphasis on
flavour) that sometimes have *extreme* heat.

One of the nicest dishes I have ever eaten was in Bangalore. Each
mouthful had me initially thinking "Oh fuuuuuuck" as I tasted it, then
the chillies just... disappeared and spices filled my mouth. And each
successive mouthful did the same. And (damn it!) I never noted the name
of the dish.

Funny thing is, that eating with Indian ex-pats in the Middle East
tended towards the "bog-roll in the fridge" end of the spectrum. I think
they were missing home, and over-compensating.

Imli was very nice, and pretty close to my experience of eating in parts
of India.

 

Bombay Bad Boy?

 

You mean you're still posting from the bog now?

 

Nothing like your experience, but a visit to Bangladesh opened my eyes
to the world of 'proper' curry - completely different ball game

Recipes - names of favourite dishes?

 

Somewhere I've got a book called "The Curry Secret" which is about making
curries in the style of British curry houses. You make a basic gravy which
you can freeze and just add various spices to make the curry style that you
like. Probably explains a lot.

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Rusted and ropy.
Dog-eared old copy.
Vintage and classic,
or just plain Jurassic:
all words to describe me.

 

Aloo ghobi. The DVD of "Bend it like Beckham" has instructions by the
director, including funny kibitzing by her mother.

Thali. All-you-can-eat meal served on a stainless platter. 2 or 3
curries with rice, raita, chutneys, & dhal. Found in many train
station cafes, but especially good out west.

 

well, we had a take-away from Masala Lounge in Winchmore Hill last
night - bloody lovely. Their Lamb Shashlik is about the best I've ever
tasted.

 

oh...but there's a relevant Elvis Costello lyric there.

Anyway, if I were eating at one of that restaurant groups places it'd
have to be Veeraswamy (I still swear the recipes in my (circa
1950-something) Veeraswamy cookbook are the best).

Or, if you're ever out on the piss in Upper St., Masala Zone'll mash
up something credible and cheap and consistent.

 

I appear to have a meaning for sock puppet in my mind that doesn't match
yours and I can tell you it's rather disturbing. [1]

[1][2]
http://tinyurl.com/ydpv2or
http://www.e4.com/misfits/pictures/catchup-nathan.html?decorator-index=31
"All right. Yes. It's my wank sock."


[2] I blame it on my brother for handing me the DVD for channel 4's
Misfits, apparently he reckoned I would be amused.

 

God, now *I'm* disturbed. Or more disturbed, anyway.

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Is there? Time to throw down an Ace I'm afraid.

With a group I'd agree. With just the two of us, and Pat being a
veggie, CM seems to offer a better choice of plated selections.

There are a few of those around, and we plan to hit one of them one
lunchtime early in the week.

 

<sigh>

# I don't want to go to Chelsea

OK - fair enough. There used to be (well, it's still there, but
appears to have gone to seed) a fantastic Indian restaurant near
Turnpike Lane called the Jashan that did fantastic veggie food;
several ukrm-er's have been there 'cos it's sort of just down the hill
from where the Ally Pally bike show used to be. It's a real pity it's
gone crap.

definitely a good lunchtime choice, and if you want something even
quicker, then the "Tiffinbites" chain aren't too bad at all.

 

Veeraswamy and Chutney Mary are owned and operated by the same bunch.

 

....as is Masala Zone, fwiw.

 

Lunch at Chester Zoo was, as expected, somewhat underwhelming.

 

Hence darsy's "one of that restaurant groups places" comment about,
ooooh, 4 lines up.

 

It's horrible.

 

you're not normally this stupid.

 

He's right, though.

http://www.realindianfood.com/

Veeraswamy, Chutney Mary, Amaya & Masala Zone all owned by Masala World
Ltd.