Topic: An interesting night.

[jb]

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!!!

[h4ppy-chris]

nice one jb a perfect end to your night.

[Kashmiri Bob]

Thats a result Chris.  Nice one!

Rob 

[curryhell]

Nice one jb.  Look forward to the follow up on this.  Which restaurant are we talking about?

[Kashmiri Bob]

Oops!  I should say nice one jb.

Rob 

[Secret Santa]

Nice one jb. Do you think you could ask him about how they make a thali please as I've never had a straight answer yet (despite enquiring many times). I want to know how they make seven or eight tiny portions of various veg and meat curries all at the same time. The obvious answer is that they make several tiny portions at the same time (DUH!), but I just can't envision them doing that. I'd be grateful if you could get the answer from a real BIR chef.

[ELW]

Great bit of wheelin & dealing jb. Lesson at home using your own gear would tell us more i reckon.

[goncalo]

Great bit of wheelin & dealing jb. Lesson at home using your own gear would tell us more i reckon.

I agree with ELW. Lessons using home equipment can be more useful, but please report how it goes regardless ;-)