Topic: Oops!

[Peripatetic Phil]

Thinks are looking up.

Excellent news, Rob, and with your experience today of catering for the masses, Moodymare may well benefit from some suggestions from you, although she has to cook only for 60, not 800 !

** Phil.

[Kashmiri Bob]

Never seen anything like it Phil.  I've been to a banquet hall kitchen once before serving 100 guests, but today was off the chart. Some of the handi pans were that big you could have had a bath in them!  Here's a few pics of my doggy bag supper; just a few of the offerings.

Tandoori chicken (in my 6 l stock pot)




Sheek kebab (excuse the presentation; a few got broken on the trip home)




Fish pakora




Not sure what this is yet.  Spinach seems a likely ingredient.  Possibly saag aloo.  Also given the bowl.  It's a whopper!




Lamb bhuna.  Large bucket sized portion.  Apparently this dish is slow cooked overnight.






Not a bad supper. Not bad at all.

Rob 

[curryhell]

Don't you not think you should be sending out the invites Rob?? Far too much there for one.  That definitely looks like spinach, the kind found in a tin  and pureed at that    But i bet it tastes good though   

[Peripatetic Phil]

Here's a few pics of my doggy bag supper; just a few of the offerings.

Wait a minute, wait a minute -- you wrote "a doggy bag".  Just what sort of a dog do you have ?  Even an Irish wolfhound or a St Bernard would have trouble scoffing 1/50th of that, so you must own the mother and father of all dogs, weighing in at about 400kg.  Does it do sumo as well ?!

** Phil.

[natterjak]

Love the look of those tandoori chicken rob. I never seem to get that much penetration of the marinade into my chicken. Has it been deep fried?

[Micky Tikka]

Bob do you eat curry every night   ;D

[Kashmiri Bob]

It's a totally outrageous amount of food isn't it?  The curry alone would feed at least 25 people.  None will be wasted mind. The main guests at the wedding were also filling the boots of their cars before they left. I missed out on a bucket of the chicken jalfrezi; awesome taste.  Apparently these banquets are 4-5 quid a head.  There are definitely many things to learned. I'll be checking out further my on-the-bone bhuna with this one. I already know mine is an incredibly good approximation.  My effort is more of a staff curry though, made with mix powder, and fennel is quite noticeable over the powdered cumin.  Don't think there's mix powder in the bucket version; much more delicately spiced, more fragrant, and a lot less chilli.  Obviously trad, but the ginger/garlic paste, cassia, green cardamom, asian bay (bagar) is unmistakable, and BIR. Glorious. It seems I'm going to another wedding tomorrow at another place.  This time I'll take my camera, and hopefully get a few pics.   

Rob 

[Peripatetic Phil]

It seems I'm going to another wedding tomorrow at another place.

You lucky s@d.
** Phil, green with jealousy !

[chewytikka]

Whoa, yumyum! Lucky Man!

Bit of a swizz if you didn't get any rice  ;D ;D

[Peripatetic Phil]

Not good. It's a lot worse than it looks.  The cracks have gone straight through and are creeping towards the other 3 rings as I type.  My hop is kaput. I am going to be out of action for a while. Nightmare!

Here you are, Rob :  this will tide you over until the halogen fairy pays her next visit.  No risk of a gas leak, and every home should have one

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** Phil.