Man...I'm happy but annoyed at the same time. 

I decided to get a vindaloo from a little kebab shop close by as it was highly convenient for me just to pop in quickly, get a vindaloo, get home eat it then head out. NO WAY did I expect a decent taste from this as it was from the local KEBAB takeaway and not a proper BIR.

When I took the lid off the alum tray, I nearly died, it had "The Smell", lovely colour, nice texture. 

I dipped the fork in the tray immediately and sampled a piece of chicken......my god......"The Taste".

Yes I'm delighted with this find as the curries out of this place are really cheap.... a set meal for one included the vindaloo, fried rice, poppadoms, nan bread, veggie pakora all for ?7....yes....?7.......bargain of the year......AND "The Taste"

BUT....I'm also annoyed that if this so called nothing more than a chippie that sells Kebabs can achieve what WE are searching for....then what is going on.....why can't we make them like this too.....we are surely missing something really obvious....ahhhhhrrrrrr 

I am now going to be a regular customer of theirs and get to know the chef. 

Yes most frustrating Nair.  Would it not be infuriating if it turned out he just used the catering packs of Knorr curry base  with a little tarting up.  Get in there mate and sort him out or we will send the Dark Lord and his Apprentices (or is it Apprentici) in to do a job on him.

Good luck
CP

They can't be on brilliant wages and most people hate their boss it's possible he could be bribed. Perhaps we should have a kitty for such purposes.

A8

 : : Don't send a kitty, It'll end up in the curry  . But seriously, A simlar thing has happened to quite a few chippies over the year's in my local area and to be honest after tasting a couple of them, I would have to agree with Chili Prawn that they just taste like tarted up cheap vesta/knorr jobs  { yuk }

I walked by that kebab shop again tonight on my way to my local chinese to get a chicken curry.....(I'm such a healthy person walking aren't I  ;D) and I very very nearly went in and bought another vindaloo. I thought to myself, I better not or the chef will think I'm bonkers, although he did see me pretend to look at the menu in the window  ......so I will have to wait till tomorrow night then....ah well 

Things you do in the name of curry science lol  ;D

NairB,

Get in there and offer him ?10 for the vindaloo recipe or better still a lesson on cooking it.
Tell him Stew sent you  from cr0

S

Your not suggesting we post an Alley Cat Chicken Vindaloo recipe on the Forum are you Stew :

Quote from: Chilli Prawn on December 11, 2006, 04:07 PM
Your not suggesting we post an Alley Cat Chicken Vindaloo recipe on the Forum are you Stew :

Chilli Prawn - If that recipe told us how to get the taste and smell, I wouldn't care less if it included bits of my own pet dog and would personally supply him with all my neighbours cats!!!!

And Stew, Im trying to think of a way in getting hold of that recipe.....might have to offer the chef a little more than just the ?10    .........JOKE  Not that desperate 

That's pretty weird stuff. Even though there's quite a few low quality kebab shops out there, you'd be surprised at the rate of a mute few that still lurk around. Hopefully you can get your hands on that recipe and share it with the rest of us eh? 

Get in there look ominous & wield a Hammer seems to be a tried & trusted method & repeat.. "the recipe's not for me its for the lord Satan, He's cooking up A large batch of Vindalloo for the Dark Brotherhood as a Christmas suprise"!
Works every time, if nothing else they'll think your crazy enough to bash them into Kebab meat just for a laugh.

All the best for the Season of goodwill.
DARTHPHALL