Topic: Back from Spain

[extrahotchillie]

Well people I have just returned from Spain and I had a chat with the chef once again but sadly I have nothing new to report.

I made a few minor observations as I sat by the bar and watched him cook a few curries; he used an ordinary frying pan to cook the curries, added the ginger & garlic paste and got an instant flambe effect; the only other notably observation was that he scooped his base sauce from out of a plastic, yes plastic bucket so that will probably start a debate as to whether or not the base is best when it is warm before adding to the saucepan.

Sorry I couldn't get any more info for you as a party of four we had a chicken madras, and you could definitely see and taste the mustard seeds, a chicken dopiaza and the onions were caramelized and fairly crisp and you could also taste fennel seeds, a lamb balti and a mild chicken curry,all the chicken was precooked.

One lad came in and ordered a CTM & rice; it was cooked and he was walking out with it as a takeaway in about 4 minutes flat.

I personally, had the madras although I did sample each dish; I don't want it to sound like sour grapes because I couldn't get any more info out of the chef, but I have definitely cooked a better tasting madras and dopiaza myself.

[haldi]

got an instant flambe effect

was the flambe anything like this?

[DARTHPHALL]

Holy Shit !!!!!!!!!!! ;D

[Mark J]

That's got to be a photoshop right???