Quote from: peterandjen on April 30, 2010, 07:50 PM
Im jumping in here but you can never discount people just not being a very good cook
lol
I mean 10 years and no eureka moment SS? wow thats pretty bad going rofl.

Blimey yeah, that must be it, I just can't cook!   ;D

P.S. give you know who my regards. 

I'm still not sure that I know the elusive taste which BIRs used to produce but don't any more. I mean I can't recall it. Perhaps I wasn't eating the right curries.

All I know is that the quality of everything from an average BIR seems to have gone downhill in general. But, even in the 1980s when I lived in the provinces, I know that curries always seemed to taste better in London BIRs than in my local BIRs. And, in turn, curries in India or places like Dubai (at that time) were better (albeit different) than curries in London BIRs.

Well lets face it im not the only forum user who's had Eureka moments, theres actually quite a few on here, i cant have been the first person to think this.
P.S. You can get pills for paranoia!

Quote from: peterandjen on May 01, 2010, 06:04 PM
P.S. You can get pills for paranoia!

  ;D

It's a surprise to me to hear that SS has only been trying to recreate BIR curries "exactly" for the past 10 years.  I've been trying for well over 20!

I'm not sure I've had a "eureka!" moment either.  More of "steady progression", I'd say.

I'm also sure that there are enough decent recipes, and enough information, on this forum for members to recreate decent/passable BIR curries at home. 

However, I'm equally sure that there is still that missing "something" that differentiates the resultant curries, from those from a truly good BIR restaurant curry, in both taste and smell.......

I have only been trying for the last five or so years. Makes me feel like the new kid on the block
George- if your ever near Coventry look up Bengal Delight www.bengaldelight.co.uk
As soon as you get the spoon in your mouth you will instantly remember "the taste"