yearn for good indian chicken tikka masala

[Mags 112]

Damn. I have a month left here in the UK and I'm going to shove enough Indian food down my gob to feed a small army in that time. Here is my menu for the next week:

Monday: Chicken Korma

Tuesday: Prawn Dansak

Wednesday: Vegetable Biriyani

Thursday: Prawn Puri (a starter...but I love it)

Friday: Vegetable Dansak

On Saturday and Sunday I might have a pizza....

Chicken vindaloo!!! get a chicken vindaloo and explain it to me in excrutiating detail

You first.....

Lol, if I could find a good one around here, I totally would!!!

Really? A vindaloo? I take my hat off to ya girl...you are one tough cookie!

[Fandango 1,439]

Damn. I have a month left here in the UK and I'm going to shove enough Indian food down my gob to feed a small army in that time. Here is my menu for the next week:

Monday: Chicken Korma

Tuesday: Prawn Dansak

Wednesday: Vegetable Biriyani

Thursday: Prawn Puri (a starter...but I love it)

Friday: Vegetable Dansak

On Saturday and Sunday I might have a pizza....

Chicken vindaloo!!! get a chicken vindaloo and explain it to me in excrutiating detail

You first.....

Lol, if I could find a good one around here, I totally would!!!

Really? A vindaloo? I take my hat off to ya girl...you are one tough cookie!

I only did it a few times, lol...I'm bein nostalgic Usually it's a madras for me

[Mags 112]

Damn. I have a month left here in the UK and I'm going to shove enough Indian food down my gob to feed a small army in that time. Here is my menu for the next week:

Monday: Chicken Korma

Tuesday: Prawn Dansak

Wednesday: Vegetable Biriyani

Thursday: Prawn Puri (a starter...but I love it)

Friday: Vegetable Dansak

On Saturday and Sunday I might have a pizza....

Chicken vindaloo!!! get a chicken vindaloo and explain it to me in excrutiating detail

You first.....

Lol, if I could find a good one around here, I totally would!!!

Really? A vindaloo? I take my hat off to ya girl...you are one tough cookie!

I only did it a few times, lol...I'm bein nostalgic Usually it's a madras for me

Hell, even a few times gets the big from me!

[Fandango 1,439]

Damn. I have a month left here in the UK and I'm going to shove enough Indian food down my gob to feed a small army in that time. Here is my menu for the next week:

Monday: Chicken Korma

Tuesday: Prawn Dansak

Wednesday: Vegetable Biriyani

Thursday: Prawn Puri (a starter...but I love it)

Friday: Vegetable Dansak

On Saturday and Sunday I might have a pizza....

Chicken vindaloo!!! get a chicken vindaloo and explain it to me in excrutiating detail

You first.....

Lol, if I could find a good one around here, I totally would!!!

Really? A vindaloo? I take my hat off to ya girl...you are one tough cookie!

I only did it a few times, lol...I'm bein nostalgic Usually it's a madras for me

Hell, even a few times gets the big from me!

Gwan, do it once.....I'm sure the story would be a good one to tell once you're here

*why is there no azz burning smiley? lol*

[featherB 1]

This thread has made me decide that when I finally get my K1 (impatient, me - we only sent the petition off the other week), I am most definitely going to go and stuff my face with as much Indian food as I can possibly handle, on my last night in the UK.

I'm sure the other passengers on the plane will appreciate that the next morning....

[Lou Lou 1]

The main problem I encounter is they never cook it spicy enough. I now ask them to make the dishes "English hot" and they understand what I mean. And why does every effing dish come with rice?? I don't want pounds of rice with every dish I order. I really thought there was no hope for good Indian food over here but have been to several excellent restaurants. Far better than the crappy take-outs in the UK. I also make my own from scratch with great success. Of course it takes a long time but it really is worth it.

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm yeaaaarning.

Edited November 12, 2006 by mawilson

[Kez/JWolf 6]

I am yearning for a white pudding supper... or Bridie chips and beans....

[sparkofcreation 0]

My husband is originally from Dundee, lived in Glasgow for several years ...

Do you have a Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, anything like that near you? They usually sell jars of the curry sauce, you can just bake the chicken in it and voilà. In New Jersey some grocery stores sold it, and there were a gazillion Indian grocery stores, but I don't know how big the Indian population is in Michigan.

We do have decent Indian food here, although the last place we went to, the chicken tikka masala was so-so. But everything else was good.

In New Jersey there used to be fantastic Indian food that I ate all the time, but then about three or four years ago white people "discovered" Indian food and started going to all my favorite restaurants and complaining the food was too hot, and all of a sudden it became impossible for a white person to get served Indian food with the proper spices (I once ordered daal "medium" and was served puréed lentils with nothing else in them!). Very frustrating. We had to stop going to anywhere that wasn't four tables in the middle of nowhere that no one knew about.

In Albuquerque, though, the "native" food is hot, so that's not a problem. (Of course, there are hardly any Indians, so that presents its own problems!)

...the food there is more traditional than the English variant.

[...]

I've a feeling if I look around I'll probably find quite a few indian places in NYC. As with NJ though they seem to be quite expensive - the bill at the one I went to turned out to be $70 for two...

$70, wow! NYC is full of cheaper Indian eateries. Kati Roll, for example, although that is more 'fast food' than restaurant. The food is great though, although my preferences are more towards the traditional preparations. I have no idea what an English curry house tastes like.

Or if you feel like driving, check out Oak Tree Road in Iselin, New Jersey. Parking is on Middlesex Avenue, near the intersection with Route 27. Lots of Indian restaurants, fast food, etc. You should be able to get a meal for two for less than $30 in most places, less than $15 in some.

Agreed about Iselin; there are still a *few* places where a non-Indian can get good Indian food there. Not all of them.

And I lived in New Jersey nearly all my life and have never had a meal in an Indian restaurant that was over $25-30 for two people.

Edited November 13, 2006 by sparkofcreation

[kim&james 0]

Oh god this thread makes me hungry...

Im stuck in food hell here in mississippi..../sigh

trying to find a good Indian restaurant - not a chance in hell

trying to find a good Yum cha - whats that? (chinese restaurant here is run by veitnamese and includes americanised chinese food .. I want yum cha)

trying to find a good thai restaurant for yellow curry - There is one but it is horrible...

Im so hungry oh and these buggers here dont have custard!

[scotty 0]

well after spending about 2 hrs checking out indian cuisine on the web again I went for lunch to a place in Farmington hills called appropriately House of India it was the best yet, the chicken pakora was spot on warm and crispy although they do seem at little lost when it comes to the sauce.

My boneless chicken tikka came on the sizzling hotplate as specified with the onions caramelised to perfection and I even got a nice bhoona like sauce on the side.(chicken could have been a bit more succulent)

The nan bread came hot and oily (you guys from the uk will get my drift )just like it should be.

All in all it has been the best so far

I too have tried cooking up indian food but it never ever tastes like the real thing.

Ps. for you guys back in the uk if you get the chance this is the best indian food you will ever find, people come from far and wide to visit it and always leave impressed well satisfied.

http://www.bombaycottage.com/

Regards Scotty

[saturn5man 0]

You might find this interesting, then :

The Indian dish ‘Chicken Tikka Marsala’ is a good example. It was created from the available ingredients 25 years ago in Birmingham. Not a localization of an existing dish. Ironically, the dish can now be found in restaurants in India.

Neil.

...the food there is more traditional than the English variant.

[...]

I've a feeling if I look around I'll probably find quite a few indian places in NYC. As with NJ though they seem to be quite expensive - the bill at the one I went to turned out to be $70 for two...

$70, wow! NYC is full of cheaper Indian eateries. Kati Roll, for example, although that is more 'fast food' than restaurant. The food is great though, although my preferences are more towards the traditional preparations. I have no idea what an English curry house tastes like.

Or if you feel like driving, check out Oak Tree Road in Iselin, New Jersey. Parking is on Middlesex Avenue, near the intersection with Route 27. Lots of Indian restaurants, fast food, etc. You should be able to get a meal for two for less than $30 in most places, less than $15 in some.

We went to this place in Union on route 22 - I forget the name of it. Nice place, but 'upscale'. That was my congratulation dinner for getting my new job.

The English curry experience tends to be a lot spicier - also there seems to be a larger variety of dishes - I think because our bastardised version contains a lot of Pakistani and Bangladeshi dishes rather than strictly Indian.

The English don't have a national dish - unless you count fish and chips, so we make do with 'borrowing' everyone elses. I guess there had to be some upside to British Imperialism in the east We'd all be a lot poorer without curry.

I'll check out Iselin though - and NYC. We're usually only in the city for work - so if I can find in NJ I'll be happy.

[Delhiguy 0]

OK, now I really do sympathise with you guys in the US right now, cus I had my favourite butter chicken yesterday night here in Delhi and I realised I wouldn't get that if I moved back right now to the States. Chicken tikka masala is of course different from it, but not much tastewise and having had it in the best curry houses of London, I would suggest all chicken tikka masala lovers to try out Butter chicken in the indian restaurants you find in the US. You just might end up really loving it! I know I did when I was in Florida, and having just moved from london to Florida at that time(3 yrs ago), I couldnt get enough of it, after I had found the right restaurant serving it. The chicken tikka masalas werent that great, and all my Brit friends ended up with butter chicken after I introduced them to it. If possible, try to find one where they use "desi ghee" (real Indian butter), which gives it a very distinctive taste, and no added artifcial taste/colouring.

I also suggest you go to an Indian restuarant run by a North Indian cook, especially if they have learned their art in India. No offence, but in general, South Indian cooks, Bangladeshi cooks tend to add their own particular tastes to the curry preparations that takes the rich bite out of these traditionally North Indian curries. hell, even in Mumbai I ahd difficulty getting the right taste from these curries, but the Delhi restaurants have it down pat

And remember, no self-respecting Indian would ever eat these dishes with rice, its always with tandoori roti (Indian bread), pretty close to pitta bread actually

Finally, a topic that made me smile and now I gotto go, cus my mouth is watering, its lunch time, you guys have got me going and I gotto go order some butter chicken rather than the subway sandwich I was gonna before ...

[Lou Lou 1]

For any type of food that you are desperate for in your area, try chowhound.com. Post your woes and a foodie out there will help you find what you want! It's a great site.

I also suggest you go to an Indian restuarant run by a North Indian cook, especially if they have learned their art in India. No offence, but in general, South Indian cooks, Bangladeshi cooks tend to add their own particular tastes to the curry preparations that takes the rich bite out of these traditionally North Indian curries. hell, even in Mumbai I ahd difficulty getting the right taste from these curries, but the Delhi restaurants have it down pat

And remember, no self-respecting Indian would ever eat these dishes with rice, its always with tandoori roti (Indian bread), pretty close to pitta bread actually

My local Indian restaurant owners are directly from North India, a lot of them are in NE, it seems. I agree I don't want the rice.

[Mags 112]

OK, now I really do sympathise with you guys in the US right now, cus I had my favourite butter chicken yesterday night here in Delhi and I realised I wouldn't get that if I moved back right now to the States. Chicken tikka masala is of course different from it, but not much tastewise and having had it in the best curry houses of London, I would suggest all chicken tikka masala lovers to try out Butter chicken in the indian restaurants you find in the US. You just might end up really loving it! I know I did when I was in Florida, and having just moved from london to Florida at that time(3 yrs ago), I couldnt get enough of it, after I had found the right restaurant serving it. The chicken tikka masalas werent that great, and all my Brit friends ended up with butter chicken after I introduced them to it. If possible, try to find one where they use "desi ghee" (real Indian butter), which gives it a very distinctive taste, and no added artifcial taste/colouring.

I also suggest you go to an Indian restuarant run by a North Indian cook, especially if they have learned their art in India. No offence, but in general, South Indian cooks, Bangladeshi cooks tend to add their own particular tastes to the curry preparations that takes the rich bite out of these traditionally North Indian curries. hell, even in Mumbai I ahd difficulty getting the right taste from these curries, but the Delhi restaurants have it down pat

And remember, no self-respecting Indian would ever eat these dishes with rice, its always with tandoori roti (Indian bread), pretty close to pitta bread actually

Finally, a topic that made me smile and now I gotto go, cus my mouth is watering, its lunch time, you guys have got me going and I gotto go order some butter chicken rather than the subway sandwich I was gonna before ...

Oh...Butter Chicken is the food of the gods. Pure ambrosia! Love it.