Topic: A visit to a Restaurant

[Madrasandy]

Me and the Mrs tried out a Restaurant we hadnt been to before, a small family run Bangladeshi one, Ruby Spice.
The staff were excellent and friendly, food was really delicious, one of the best Ive had.
We had onion bhaji, seekh kebab for starters, both very very nice indeed.

For mains we had-

Sahi Royal Jalfrezi - "Cooked in a clay oven in a thick tangy sauce cooked with a handful of fresh green chillies, lemon juice & capsicum"

Bangalore Jalfrezi - "Sliced chicken breast cooked with mince meat, fresh garlic, ginger, pepper, green chillies & egg"

Excellent curries, cant wait to try others from here now.

Anyway I got talking to one of the family that run it, had a good chat, he was interested in my curry cooking and chilli knowledge, and we exchanged facebook details, got to see the chefs cooking for 5 minutes, all done on very high heat/flame, it was a very enjoyable night.

Who knows might get to see them cooking some more, see what happens.

[Gav Iscon]

Sounds good MA. Glad you enjoyed your night out

[chewytikka]

All sounds good fun MA.

It will be good to see how Bengalis do it in Hull.
Some really good dishes on their menu, they even do a MakOni
and a proper Butter Chicken.

cheers Chewy
p.s. Don

[meggeth]

Soooo.......how did they compare with your home made curries? How close are you to a good restaurant meal percentage wise?

And did they offer you a job? An insider would be great.... 

[Madrasandy]

Cheers gav, hope I can get in their kitchens ct, the food was outstanding, I have sent a friend request and hope to pay another visit soon.

Meggeth after having some average take aways and the fact I havent really been out for curry in the past year I thought my curries were good, but after last nights I realise that there is still a good % missing from my curries, be it in the base, the mix powder or the technique, I really dont know which? I am now a little disappointed with my own curries, which makes me more determined to try and get in their kitchen.

In the restaurant you have to walk past the kitchen to get to the toilets, there was no door on the kitchen only a metal chain type curtain to I could see perfectly well, and watched for a few minutes as they did the usual of adding spice with chef spoon , flames were high and everything was been cooked on high.
It is only a small kitchen and a small family run restaurant, I like this as its more personal, and I think you get better quality service and food.

[Curry addict bob]

Yes over the years I've managed to get into 3 different kitchen and one in particular allows me to come in early afternoon noon when the restaurant is closed I've been shown several recipes! And I come away as I've won the lottery brilliant
Hope you managed to get in the kitchen with a note pad Andy

CAB.