Topic: help me out, guys

[bee]

i'm a food blogger from india, now an american citizen. here's my blog:
www.jugalbandi.info

i lived in britain between 1996 and 2001, and still am fascinated by the british love for 'curry' as you guys call it.

friday nights would often be 'curry night' and many of my english buddies would ask me to join them for 'curry' at some bangladeshi or indian or pakistani place. i thought these places had a recurring repertoire of dishes - roghan josh, chiken tikka masala, that kind of thing. quite good, but limited. you brits seem to have a certain notion of what 'curry' is or should be, unlike my notion of 'curry'. there's no simple type of thing that does qualify as 'curry' in india - it's a whole gamut, but i know that something like the yellow runny gujarati kadhi would not qualify as 'curry' to the english curry lover.

i'm writing an article about british 'curry'. the kind of posts i see here - about things 'smelling like curry' and something 'looking like curry' fascinates me. obviously, when you guys talk of 'curry', you are referring to some specific attributes.

i need to pick your brains,  and i need a picture from one of you of your fav BIR place, or your own restaurant. more than one are welcome.

btw, what is BIR? Bangladeshi Indian restaurant? British Indian restaurant? or something else? 

tell me if you are open to having your brains picked, and i will post my questions here.

your site will get mention and credits in my blog.
- bee

[Cory Ander]

Hi Bee, and welcome to cr0 

i'm writing an article about british 'curry'. the kind of posts i see here - about things 'smelling like curry' and something 'looking like curry' fascinates me. obviously, when you guys talk of 'curry', you are referring to some specific attributes

Yes, you are correct Bee.  Many of us (but not all of us) are here to replicate what is supplied in your typical British Indian Restaurant ("BIR").  These are primarily Bangladeshi owned restaurants specialising in what might be best considered as "traditional English Indian fare" 

Those that are familiar with them will recognise the distinctive taste, smell and appearance of a range of typical BIR curries.

I need a picture from one of you of your fav BIR place, or your own restaurant. more than one are welcome

George recently posted something that might suffice here http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1684.msg15226#msg15226

....though this looks more like a typical Balit House to me.  Try doing a web search ("Indian restaurants/UK only"); I'm sure you'll find many sites and pics.

btw, what is BIR? Bangladeshi Indian restaurant? British Indian restaurant? or something else?

BIR = British Indian Restaurant 

Hope this helps a little.  Please feel free to message me if you want any more info.

Regards,

[bee]

thanks, buddy. love your name.

[Curry King]

Hi Bee,

It's more like an obsession for some of us who have been trying to recreate BIR curry's at home for years! 

Any questions just ask!

cK

[curryqueen]

Hi Bee,

I think there is one thing that needs pointing out and that is we are all trying to replicate the same taste and smell in a curry.  Only trouble is that if you bought say a vindaloo in say 10 different parts of Britain then there would invariably be significant differences in each one.  At times on this forum we have begged to differ with regard to the taste and the end result of the dish bearing that in mind.  So you see that it is a never ending onslaught to reaching that desired "smell and taste" throughout.  CQ

[bee]

describe that smell and taste to me, please.

i did get an idea, from that poem somone put up here called 'bohemian rhapsody'  , but other descriptions would b enlightening.

a question for all people here: when you think of curry, what does it evoke in terms of smell and taste?
you can describe any specific curry, or curries as a whole.


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[Curry King]

Here you go bee, a thread from a couple of years ago might be of some use 

http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=252.0

cK

[bee]

that is priceless. thank you. i will post the article on my site by the month end and post a link here.

- bee



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