Wheres my dinner

Stryker · March 26, 2003, 03:01:12 PM

hes not that bad smite, I remember the old sheepster being a right laugh at the chincky..... then again I'd drank a lot.

sheepy · March 26, 2003, 03:03:12 PM

DITTO on the drinking quite a bit.

Stryker · March 26, 2003, 03:06:49 PM

yeah it was a laugh. Good job I had drank a lot else the cracking of whips and bleating of sheep from smites room would of kept me up all morning.

SecretSquirrel · March 26, 2003, 03:38:45 PM

QuoteWhich one you going for SS?? as im going to the other

im going for the Chinese..

Tesco's, otherwise..

I prefer Indian

smite · March 26, 2003, 05:48:45 PM

nah like the chinese to much...and you dont want a room full of people who have just had curry

smilodon · March 26, 2003, 06:04:58 PM

Being completely pedantic...

Indian Takeaway isn't actually Indian...it's err cheap crappy goo barely fit for human consumption.

Real Indian food is quite rare. If you really really want to know what Indian is all about then you have to go to

Chutney Mary in Chelsea
http://www.chutneymary.com/
or
Veeraswamy in Regents Street
http://www.veeraswamy.com

It will change your view of Indian food for ever. Of course if you live somewhere completely ridiculous like Cambridgeshire then you're in for a long drive or out of luck

End of being completely pedantic. :wink:

sheepy · March 26, 2003, 06:41:01 PM

QuoteBeing completely pedantic...

Real Indian food is quite rare. If you really really want to know what Indian is all about then you have to go to

Chutney Mary in Chelsea
http://www.chutneymary.com/
or
Veeraswamy in Regents Street
http://www.veeraswamy.com

It will change your view of Indian food for ever. Of course if you live somewhere completely ridiculous like Cambridgeshire then you're in for a long drive or out of luck

End of being completely pedantic. :wink:

WRONG..... try going to india m8ty, indian food over here is just a total bastardisation of there foods, there currys are not hot, about the hottest is hte rogan josh, which is about the same as it is here, vindaloos are mild currys etc, and yes i have been to india [3 times so i do no what im on about] once u have tryed proper indian then its very difficult to apreciate anythink here as indian.

/end rant

smilodon · March 26, 2003, 07:10:54 PM

I'm not disagreeing with you at all. Both the two resturants I've linked too not only import all their ingredients from India they also import all their chefs from India too. They are credited with producing real authentic top quality Indian grub exactly as is produced in Indian homes. Check the web sites.

I've not been to India but I have been to Chutney Mary's and it's a fair bit cheaper going to Chelsea than it is going to Bombay :-)

Another link for reference http://www.realindianfood.com/

ChimpBoy · March 26, 2003, 07:19:38 PM

oooh - went to an indian the other night in central London and saw Mayor Ken leaving as I went in 8O God bless him and his wonderful congestion schemes

Stryker · March 27, 2003, 09:05:56 AM

I hope you remembered to spit on him and wash your eyes out later :-)

SecretSquirrel · March 27, 2003, 09:50:56 AM

QuoteBeing completely pedantic...

Indian Takeaway isn't actually Indian...it's err cheap crappy goo barely fit for human consumption.

Real Indian food is quite rare. If you really really want to know what Indian is all about then you have to go to

Chutney Mary in Chelsea
http://www.chutneymary.com/
or
Veeraswamy in Regents Street
http://www.veeraswamy.com

It will change your view of Indian food for ever. Of course if you live somewhere completely ridiculous like Cambridgeshire then you're in for a long drive or out of luck

End of being completely pedantic. :wink:

I wouldn't disagree with the ' its not really proper Indian food cooked & prepared the authentic Indian way' but who cares

Is Chinese anymore/Less authentic though:?:

sheepy · March 27, 2003, 10:03:01 AM

i have no idea but ive never been to china so i have nothing to compair it to.

but i prefur chinese anyway.

Dr Sadako · March 27, 2003, 10:28:20 AM

Quotei have no idea but ive never been to china so i have nothing to compair it to.

but i prefur chinese anyway.

I have been to China (Beijing) and Hong Kong and the food are very different in comparison to the standard menus here in Europe. Still you can order genuine Chinese dishes in almost all restaurants. I prefer the original chinese cooking bacause there are more flavours and usually it is a bit more spicy. There is a Taiwanese restaurant that I frequently visit where I have eaten many superb dinners.

There are different cuisines within chinese cooking. You have the south chinese cuisine and the north and also the Taiwanese cuisine that usually also goes under the term "chinese". Then there are of course difference between inland and coastal.

The south chinese cuisine is more sea based and exotic and is usually 'lighter'. The north chinese cuisine is more meat (pig, chicken, duck, dove, cow) and root vegetables. Basically you could just check the climate and vegetation of the region and you would know the difference in cuisine.

SecretSquirrel · March 27, 2003, 12:47:15 PM

Chinese food is nothing like chinese uk......when i was last in China the chips were crispy light and golden as opposed to soft soggy and pale :lol:

Gandalf · March 27, 2003, 12:48:33 PM

also real chinese uses all parts of the animal.

A couple of our guys are down in china at the moment. not in a tourist area, but in the industrial parts. this is where the real food is. the preparation and non animal ingredients seem to be the same. it's just the chickens feet and pork balls that are added instead of chicken breast and pork!