Comments on: Brits Love Brick Lane Curry; Indians Not So Much

By: Rudy McBagel

Rudy McBagel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:12:07 +0000

You should also try Manchester’s ‘Curry Mile’ 80 ‘Indian’ resturants…from Punjabi to Afghani to Bangladeshi to Mohgul to Kerelan to Madrasi(it’s Chennai now…but sod it that gandhi has a lot to answer for,peaceful protest my arse.Led to partition the forming of Pakistan(evil)).

Anyway, yes, London curry is poncy and over priced.

By: Psychedelic Tastebuds

Psychedelic Tastebuds — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:59:48 +0000

Disgusting stuff, greasy and gross. Having said that, it’s not people’s fault if they don’t know what wonderful Indian food is supposed to taste like. (Brummies probably don’t know, either, unless they’ve been in London.) To educate the tastebuds, spend a few bucks for the $14.95 or $13.95 (it changes) seven-day-a-week all-you-can-eat lunch buffet at the always excellemt Bombay Palace on 52nd St bet. 5th and 6th Aves. You will feel the tingle of the spices dancing on your tongue, the tender tandooris, the falling-apart, flowery caulifolower. the zing of fresh ginger, and rich, creamy desserts. Aha! Brilliant!

By: JD Weatherspoone

JD Weatherspoone — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:01:38 +0000

I do wish Brick Lane would get into the habit of automatically placing a small cup of mango chutney on the table when they bring the spicy poppadoms.

Zach, IIRC, Birmingham is where british style curry originated. Could be wrong on that but that’s what I was told once. Would not surprise me in the least if Joe Average Indian Guy did not like british curry as much as say, err, Joe Average Brit does.

And you haven’t had a balti until you’ve been to the Balti King!! 6 page menu!
http://www.baltiking-sheffield.co.uk/

By: Rudy McBagel

Rudy McBagel — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:23:23 +0000

its a @hotmail acc, same handle.

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:22:27 +0000

I’m waiting for it too… this may be the one where Anastasia does the bartender

By: Mamacita

Mamacita — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:18:54 +0000

Smoooch* right back at cha Rudy.

are you ever going to check that gmail account you gave me??!?

By: Rudy McBagel

Rudy McBagel — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:09:48 +0000

Can we please have Mamacitas Bar Revue(Fast replacing the Tuesday Freak in popularity in my book) Please.

I just Love her stuffed ’skins.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:49:07 +0000

So this is what I learned from dating an Indian for 2.5 years. His family is Indian but they are considered Parsi. So their ancestors immigrated from the Middle East to India. So I would think their food would be different from regular Indian food. Alot of their curries are not curry powder based but nut based. There are a lot of creamy dishes also found in Middle Eastern foods.

By: Rudy McBagel

Rudy McBagel — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:08:12 +0000

I will be Dining in the real Brick Lane in abbbouuut 4 hours.

No excuse for watery Masala.

And Guinness….with a Curry?. Bet your Flatmates love you.

By: Dan L

Dan L — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:59:27 +0000

You do realize that you just extrapolated the opinion of ONE Brit to Brits in general, and ONE Indian to Indians in general. I mean, if you had TWO of each, you would have at least had a weak grammatical (if not moral) right to use the the plural “Indians.”