As well as being a keen amateur curry chef I also do a bit of mobile DJ'ing.Anyway last night I did a xmas party in a local Indian Restaurant,not only did I get paid but they knocked me up a free madras,rice and bombay potato,result I thought.Even better if I could get into the kitchen at some point during the evening.
At the end of the night as I was packing up I got chatting to one of the staff at the bar.Turns out he was the tandoori chef but he also fills in for the main curry chef when he has a night off.I explained that I like to rattle my curry pans now and again and told him what I had recently cooked,he was very impressed.He even quizzed me on how I make my massala paste,turns out it's not that different to what he makes himself.
I went through the usual questions,base gravy,spiced oil etc then all of a sudden he said "Why not come and have a look in the kitchen?" This is a better than I expected I thought.Off I went and met the staff,they actually had an unblended pot of gravy on the stove ready for the service next day.I went through the various ingredients on the side,he was really amazed I knew what they were.
He couldn't believe that I had my own tandoori oven(he offered to show me how to stuff a peshwari naan as I told him I struggled) and that I've had a couple of restaurant lessons as well as my home ones with Abdul..."Oh" he said "I was thinking of starting giving lessons myself".That was it,right result I
thought.So I've give him my number and once he clears it with his boss he's either coming round to my house or I'll be in the restaurant.Fingers are crossed,he seemed really keen on doing it so watch this space!!!
Topic: An interesting night. ( 3,245 )
