I totally agree that UK curry house standards have gone down in the main since the 70s / 80s.
I was spoiled in that in 1976 I 'emigrated' to the Middle East - Bahrain & Dubai - & travelled all over Middle East, Africa & Far East in my construction related work and was exposed to some of the most fantastic local foods imaginable. Hence my preference for more 'authentic' dishes than the BIR versions so increasingly devalued today. To me, it would appear that as the older Bangladeshi, Indian, Nepalese chefs have retired or literally died, the people who have taken over their shoes are often ex waiters who have inherited the curry house or borrowed a few bob and opened a takeaway without the real old school chef knowledge or ability.
In that case, they should be allowed to import
'quality' chefs to improve the situation - we don't need more waiters!
I had it on good authority from an excellent local Bangladeshi chef that a lot of his 1st and 2nd generation uk born Bangladeshi origin colleagues were not too interested in real work, since they could make bundles of money more easily dealing in drugs such as marijuana.
Now re Georges point on 'immigrants' / Islam per se. As someone who has lived and worked amongst such people for 8 years in my ME days - '76 to '84,
they were indeed in those days far happier times there than today - but still not without problems for Westerners, I feel more qualified than most to have an opinion on Georges subject :-
1. I recently raised on this site the subject of Brick Lane curry houses and extreme anti western views and extreme unwarranted violence videoed against innocent Brit passers-by from curry house staff. There is strong evidence of radical Bangladeshis present in London. This cannot be denied or dismissed. This problem is growing and is more widespread than just London. One thing is for certain, the media are NOT reporting it - probably under instruction from gov - Just as in the EU, the riots in France, Sweden etc are NOT being covered in the mainstream media. Probably because of fear of a backlash, or more likely they don't want you to know about the problems the mass immigration of millions of Muslim young men into the EU has caused. An idiotic move in my mind. Knowing what I know about their culture and views on the West and attitudes particularly towards women, gays etc. A recipe for disaster if ever there was one, and the poor innocent citizens of the EU are reaping the effects of Mad Cow Merkels madness.
2. Islam is resurgent and has one aim - to dominate the world. It hates the decadent Western way of life and it's avowed aim is to destroy it by takeover. This they will achieve by population growth and are well on their way to achieve this. Merkel has accelerated their plans by 10s of years with her immigration policy - something she now seems to be regretting. Too late - the damage is done there, unless the EU has the stomach for drastic repatriation measures.
There are many articles written on Islam and its methods of takeover and historical evidence of them achieving it and also on how they go about it - the steps they achieve and the escalation of demands as they progress their population numbers. The stages are easy to recognise too - early days in the UK - but the signs are unmistakenly there. Don't take my word for it - Google it, Watch the many videos on it, Read the articles / books on it - many by alarmed Muslims themselves warning the West about what is coming to them. The book INFIDEL is a good read by a very courageous Muslim lady - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
A Lebanese Christian ladies view -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abyBT0-_nyAWinston Churchill had it about right - 100 years ago !!
http://blog.godreports.com/2015/01/winston-churchill-warned-about-dangers-of-radical-islam-over-100-years-ago/I personally knew Lebanese Christians who were ideally placed to give real views on their arab Muslim neighbours. Western minded arabs of the Christian faith who spoke the local arabic dialogue - so were completely in tune with the Muslim mindset. Their opinion was simple - a backward ( retarded even) medieval religious mindset completely opposed to the decadence of the Western world and opposed totally and intolerant to any other religious beliefs.
3. Hold altruistic Western views on these 'poor' Muslim immigrants - and they will exploit this to the fullest extent - shafting you and pulling your trousers back up without you feeling a thing. By the time you realise what has been done to you and the country, you will be bowing to the East with your @rse in the air thinking ' How the fcuk did that come about?'
4. Note my avator - bullsh1t is not something I do !