Reply to: Taste of India

[vetran]

[jbond007]

I agree most of the takeaways aren't proper Indian. Been on a few business trip to India and tried the food at local restaurants (not 5 star hotels), and it is completely different (in a good way) to the local takeaways here.

Having said that, there are lot of good Indian restaurants here too. There is one in covent garden (Punjabi something, don't know the exact name), that is excellent. And ofcourse, if you go to Southall you will definitely get good ones.

Another place that was interesting was Leicester(Belgrave Road, I believe), amazing food, lot different from what is offered in curry houses

[LondonManc]

I like the regional / special menus they put on at certain times of the year.

The only time I have -slightly- seen them struggle was when we turned up mob handed - 20 diners.

Even so, the service barely missed a beat .

Yes, when some people had the three courses and others only two. Got a bit lob-sided but the food was still excellent. We'll have to go next time I bring the enemy down.

[MrMarkyMark]

I had the Laverstoke Park buffalo last time I was there. Fantastic.

Looks like they've got a couple of new items on the menu too. Might have to book in for another visit.

I like the regional / special menus they put on at certain times of the year.

The only time I have -slightly- seen them struggle was when we turned up mob handed - 20 diners.

Even so, the service barely missed a beat .

[LondonManc]

They do Cobra and Kingfisher .

Can really recommend the Chicken Chetinnad and the marinated for 100 hour steamed Lamb.
Sundays they only do a buffet, which I have not yet tried.

Great staff and totally different from your usual Indian, obviously.

Let us know what you think

I had the Laverstoke Park buffalo last time I was there. Fantastic.

Looks like they've got a couple of new items on the menu too. Might have to book in for another visit.

[NigelJK]

We're finally starting to see the 'real thing' (if there is one) here abouts (Manchester).

We have a restaurant that specialises in 'Mumbai street food' (and very good it is too): Cheadle, Greater Manchester
We have one that does a wide variety of street food.Cheadle, Greater Mancher
And one that does a kind of hybrid.Stockport, Greater Manchester

All of these require booking before hand. I'm sure there are others but when you find a good one you stick with it.

[MrMarkyMark]

Looks good will try to book a table this w/e to assuage my withdrawal symptoms.
Hope they serve Kingfisher, serving wine with Indian food is just not right.

They do Cobra and Kingfisher .

Can really recommend the Chicken Chetinnad and the marinated for 100 hour steamed Lamb.
Sundays they only do a buffet, which I have not yet tried.

Great staff and totally different from your usual Indian, obviously.

Let us know what you think

[sasguru]

Been to most of the "best" Cinnamon Club, Chutney Marys etc.

However as LM stated earlier, this is one of the best IMO....

Babur Restaurant | Gourmet Indian | Forest Hill | London

Looks good will try to book a table this w/e to assuage my withdrawal symptoms.
Hope they serve Kingfisher, serving wine with Indian food is just not right.

[MrMarkyMark]

I was talking about the centre of the world aka that there London.
May be different in Northern monkey areas.

Been to most of the "best" Cinnamon Club, Chutney Marys etc.

However as LM stated earlier, this is one of the best IMO....

Babur Restaurant | Gourmet Indian | Forest Hill | London

[sasguru]

Absolute bollocks. I'd struggle to find some non-Kashmiri/Pakistani heritage stuff in west Yorkshire.

Can't be bollocks. Assguru wrote it so it must be true.

I was talking about the centre of the world aka that there London.
May be different in Northern monkey areas.

Anyway Pakistani cuisine is still not Indian

[fullyautomatix]

It helps enormously, thank-you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bangladesh

[barrydidit]

Bangladesh was one part of Pakistan, if that helps.

It helps enormously, thank-you.

[fullyautomatix]

Apparently not. Apparently the lack of trained staff means that 2-3 Indian restaurants are closing every week in the UK. Obviously it's the lack of immigration that's the problem ;-) Still, an interesting read. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...sh-curry-house

When I said flourishing, I meant being able to successfully sell the "curry" to the masses here who seem addicted to curry and beer as takeaways.

If the restaurants have some dodgy business model which depends on illegal immigration, I am not going to give a thumbs up for that!

[LondonManc]

Bangladesh was one part of Pakistan, if that helps.

Kashmir is nowhere near Bangladesh. HTH too.

While the curry houses we frequent are more likely than not run by Bengalis and the dishes served very much theirs (especially the fish dishes, such as ayir), the Asian population of West Yorkshire is predominantly of Pakistani origin. Many restaurants as such, in West Yorkshire, will be run by Pakistanis but serve Bengali cuisine.

On a national level, most Bengalis over here are from the relatively small region of Sylhet (with the Bengali guys I know offering no explanation for that phenomenon!)

[Smartie]

I agree with SAS on this one.

Problem is, in India, the regional cuisine changes every 100 miles. Which is why the curry restaurants here in UK are flourishing, they all provide the same templated menu with the same food, somehow the UK curry restaurants have standardised the varied Indian cuisine.

Apparently not. Apparently the lack of trained staff means that 2-3 Indian restaurants are closing every week in the UK. Obviously it's the lack of immigration that's the problem ;-) Still, an interesting read. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...sh-curry-house