Topic: Indian cook in your home

[Ryu]

Nothing new here. This kind of business are old.

[Curry King]

Nothing new here. This kind of business are old.

What do you mean exactly as it is not often you find 'actual' restaurant chefs prepared to spill the beans for cash or otherwise?

[gazman1976]

Well said curry king, i had a lesson in the ashoka kitchen but even then they are very quick and dont show you everything, i have just started a new job and my boss is indian but was raised in Glasgow, he brought in pakora the other day and it was yum, i have been asking him for recipes , he gave me the pakora and is going to ask his mum for a chicken madras recipe for me so as soon as i get it i shall be trying then posting it if its any good

Garry

[TyeNoodle]

Nothing new here. This kind of business are old.

Oh yeah, happens all the time.. I've lost count of the number of these sorts of adverts in the Anglesey Chronicle  :

[jb]

Do you know which restaurant he works for? I think he lives in Stanford-le-hope which could mean he works in either Monty's Curry Centre or Bombay Nights. It would be good to try the restaurant version to compare with the home cooked one.

Just managed to find an internet cafe(I'm still on holiday in sunny Cromer in Norfolk and I'm probably not going to be back until Tues or Wed next week now...sorry...I'm trying to arrange a meeting with the guy now hopefully on one of these days).

Must add that this is the first time I have found an authentic Indian chef whose is willing to show me how to cook Bir meals.OK he might turn out to be not as good as he seems but who knows?  I have nothing to loose!!!!

' chriswg' what makes you thing he works in Monty's or Bombay Nights?? I haven't actually asked him yet. They are just round the corner from where I live,I have had loads of takeaways and sit-it meals from these two places so if he does work in one of them I will definitely know what to expect in taste etc.

[haldi]

I hope there is an update on what happened
Wasn't the lesson on Sunday 20th ?

[jb]

No I was trying to arrange something for this week,I emailed him but I am still waiting for him to reply.I just hope I haven't scared him off!!

[canicant]

Did anything ever come of this or is it still in the pipeline?

Rob.

[jb]

Sadly no another false alarm I'm afraid.I emailed the guy again yesterday but he's just not responding to my emails.I don't know why,he seemed so keen when I spoke to him on the phone.He was charging ?30 for an hour's lesson,so it's not as if he's going to be out of pocket.Perhaps after I starting talking about base sauces and spice mixtures he had second thoughts about it all and realised he wasn't going to be able to pull the wool over my eyes.

[George]

Sadly no another false alarm I'm afraid

I'm sorry to hear that, although I hope he might still contact you in due course.

I just hope the 'Undercover' book I ordered yesterday does not join the same infamous group of let-downs. If it's up to 'average' BIR standards but nothing new, I won't complain, unless it appears lifted from other sources. If it makes superb tasting dishes, the author will rise to hero status.