BIR Myth's

[kid curry]

Well put BB.

My father is in his late 50s and knows his Curry's and says the curry from our local restaurant has stayed the same since he first tasted it.

I think the biggest problem is,where you had just one takeaway in your high street years ago, and your restaurant was maybe a few miles away we appreciated it more.(And still to this day they cook the best Curry's in my area!)

But these days to many are opening up to make a quick buck and the quality is naff,and when we try them, which we all have done we say"oh my god that was crap I'm not going there again.)

Like the chef said to me on my visit there is only one way to cook a good curry,And i asked so excitedly "WHATS THAT"and he said "THE RIGHT WAY"

[Bobby Bhuna]

Industrial Spec Gas Burners IMO a myth

That's a bit of a bold statement Mick. Industrial spec is one large difference between us and them and could go some way towards getting it right.

[Graeme]

WoW.... some self self-opinionated bir members giving
it some wallop on this topic...

Anyway, who are we to dismiss other bir members ideas anyway?

But pls do continue and I am sure a fight will break out soon
with the "f**" term being used once again. I am sure its on its way  :-X

Thank you Bobby B and K Curry,
some sense (and courtesy to other bir members)
comes back into this topic.

Back in the good old days...
IMHO, The food was of a better quality and the taste was better
more of the time (some birs were poor quality back then too)
The same takeaway provided me with my fix for over 25 years,
the chef left and the owner started to cook himself. Sending
me red soup instead of my normal brown sludge, the smell alone
of my old style curry would have your mouth watering causing me
to have another fix the next day.

This could have been due to cooking style or the quality of the
food that had to be produced to keep customers, i simply don't know.

Anyway sorry to interrupt do please continue...
you will be adding my almond powder to this list soon 

dont even think about it

[mickdabass]

soz I was being a bit sarcy. I just meant that after reading Haldis thread on the subject, i didnt think that there wasn't much to be gained from high output gas bbq burners :-[

[Graeme]

"i didnt think that there wasn't much to be
gained from high output gas bbq burners"

In the videos the burners dont seem to be
that high do they, but could still be far
hotter than my hob at home. lets ask Haldi 

[Bobby Bhuna]

Back to the "pre 90s taste". Having thought about it, I really don't think it is a myth. Our members (or a least most of them) aren't daft! Added to that it tends to be our more experienced longer term members who speak of this. They know one curry from another so I'm willing to give them the benifit of the doubt.

I'm not suggesting that come 1990 every curry changed, only that perhaps a trend towards making curries slightly differently came into play. Maybe something came out that made things cheaper, or as mentioned previously, maybe health regulations were enforced.

The only constructive thing we can do from here is to get someone (fancy a trip SS ) from the old school to identify somewhere serving curry worthy of a good BIR circa 1989 ;D. We can then work from there.

In my experience, I have had curry from one grubby place on Easter Road, Edinburgh, that for me has all the things that describe this pre 1990 taste, although how accuratley can you describe an aroma / taste. It's called The Shapla. It looks pretty ghetto but did win the best in Scotland award a year or back.

[Graeme]

The last old style bir i had was around a year ago
very nice.

[Secret Santa]

The only constructive thing we can do from here is to get someone (fancy a trip SS ) from the old school to identify somewhere serving curry worthy of a good BIR circa 1989 ;D. We can then work from there.

The thing is Bobby I haven't been able to find any restaurants in my locality (Northamptonshire) that have that old fashioned taste and smell any more. Admittedly I eat out much less nowadays but I thought I would stumble across at least one. I know CA recommended one in Cambridge a while ago and I might try that eventually, just to see if our ideas of this old fashioned curry actually match.

I really would like to find even just one that does that old style, if nothing else, just so I can say na na na na na naaaaaa! to all the young unbelieving whippersnappers we seem to have here.   ;D   ( I'm only 46 btw, so not really an oldie myself!)

[Jeera]

Old school curries are definitely not an urban myth, I posted these BIRs before - they still exist.

1. Anarkali, Victoria road Glasgow - the best there is in my view.
2. Terrys Balti, Blackpool (been only once, but the curry had the taste - side dishes/accompaniments were a bit weird, but that's probably regional variation)

[Bobby Bhuna]

1. Anarkali, Victoria road Glasgow - the best there is in my view.

I'm going to try this one next time I'm in Glasgow!