Hi Guy's
Well, I've just briefly skimmed over his recipes and there are some suprises in there for me.
1, Ten chicken stock cubes! Ok, I do like the idea of stock being in there, and i have said previously that I'd like to boil a couple of chickens in my next base, so that's interesting for me.
2, What is this main dish that he is making? It certainly isn't a restaurant dish that I know of. The fact that it takes 20 minutes to make rules that out for me! Has anybody else heard of adding mint sauce to the main dish?
3,
Add about a half of the garlic/ginger and fry until it goes golden brown and smells a bit like toffee! I have only ever smelled "toffee" once I have fried off the ground spices, not the garlic and ginger!
4, Not sure I understand the need to use fresh methi and dried methi in the same dish, unless it's for texture?
5, Lastly, I've never come across pilau rice with garlic and ginger in it, but I'd be willing to suggest that it would taste awesome?
As for his attitude, I don't have a problem with it. As said plenty of time before here, the written word is quite often devoid of emotion, and can easily be misconstrued. I thought his comments about the muesli brigade was quite comical really.
It's a shame that he won't be joining us, though I'm not convinced his style is restaurant style.
just my ten penneth

Ray
