I'm feeling a little hot under the collar - or not. I've immigrated to Australia and I have to say the case for curry here is rather embarrassing. What is termed curry here in a restaurant can only be described as a limp ASDA frozen meal. I felt embarrassed to eat it. This is only my 3rd Australian curry experience but it has got me quite upset so far. What p*sses me off is how they try to sell it as healthy. FFS the whole point is that its greasy, heavily spiced and saturated with chillies. No poppadoms, no cobra, what is going on?

Very annoyed tonight.

Yes and they even have a whole forum devoted to it 

Hi Chillihothot sorry to hear your sad news  it's just a shame I can't mail you a good Vindaloo along with a couple of bottles of Cobra 
Guess living in a sunny heaven has it's downside   ;D

I found that to be pretty much the case when I lived in Vancouver, went to one of the so called best Indian restaurants and had butter chicken, I swear to god it was just chicken cooked in Campbells condensed tomato soup, went to another place and they served coleslaw with a Madras WTF???
They have a long way to go to reach the standards in the UK.

The situation has not improved, only worsened. I am looking at all the photos of the curry porn on this site and have that longing feeling.
Its not just the curries that I miss its also the curry houses, the service, the beer, the poppadums, the smell.

I guess at least you can make your own. Are the spices/ingredients readily available? Why not have a curry evening for your friends? Show them how it's supposed to be done!

Yes I have done so but still, theres nothing quite like going out for a curry.

A lot of the standards have slipped in the UK ! I have eaten some bad bad curry here in Norfolk. The last time myself and the wife went out alone we ate indian at a very good expensive restaurant, I ordered a mix grill main coz I fancied a change.
It was so so bad in fact I costed the plate in my head at around 2.70 pound to produce, I paid 12.50 for pleasure of not eating it!
Didn't make a fuss as special night out, but we would never return or recommend to friends, the cobra was good and cold though 

Quote from: littlechilie on August 02, 2014, 06:53 PM...the cobra was good and cold though 

Just as well...they tend to get all bitey when they warm up! 

SS I have been seduced a few times by the cold cobra, so true the bite is a little sharp the morning after ;D