... Chelsea Village,  Le Cardinal, etc etc (70's) 

I used to use this place in the 80's when I lived in Bournemouth. It was a great place then. It was the Eye of the Tiger that flew out takeaway curries to 10 Scottish football fans in Bordeaux when Scotland were playing Norway (1998 I think). Cost of food was ?600.00 plus delivery charge of ?800.00.

... and still one of the best in Lincoln (May 2011)  ;D

Now closed - permanently 

There is a lot of controversy on whether real ghee is actually bad for you. You will need to read more on this subject - there is plenty of info available on the web.

Apparantly vegetable ghee is actually a lot worse for your health than butter ghee.

I use real ghee all the time, especially to add that extra special taste to rice.

QuoteLet's put it this way SnS; up until the time I was last there (i.e. a couple of years ago, now, admittedly) I could, in my opinion, get curries that were no different to those I recall from the 1980s.

UK has changed dramatically...(thanks to Blair, Brown and Co) - and that includes BIRs
... so unless you've regularly visited UK during the last 10 years or so (which I'm sure you haven't), you cannot possibly make comments (opinion or otherwise) such as "many BIRs still produce curries from "yesteryear".

I believe PanPot, who you contradicted, actually lives in UK.

Quote from: Cory Ander on November 04, 2009, 01:10 PM

Quote from: Panpot on November 04, 2009, 12:36 PM
I too long for the old taste but it does seem to have been lost in the mist of time

I really don't see this to be the case PP.  BIR fare may have changed somewhat (dishes, recipes, ingredients, etc), throughout the years, but many BIRs still produce curries from "yesteryear" (i.e. the 1980s), in my opinion.

I thought you lived in Australia CA ? Have you moved back to UK ? Do they have BIR's in Australia (AIR's) producing curries like they used to here in UK in the 80's ? 

How can you possibly know whether BIR's here are still producing curries from the 80's ... I don't know of any .. if there are, they must be as rare as rocking horse sh*t.  :

I'm originally from Bournemouth area and regularly used the Eye of the Tiger.
This restaurant is on record for supplying the world's most expensive curry take away. Some English rugby fans in France wanted a curry so much that they had the curries flown out to them.

207 Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth BH1 1JZ, England
Phone:  01202 780900

SnS 

However (June 2009) .........

The world's most expensive curry has been launched despite the credit crunch - and costs 2,000 squid a portion. The Samundari Khazana curry, meaning Seafood Treasure, is a mix of caviar, sea snails, a whole lobster and even edible gold. The posh nosh is being served up at upmarket London eatery Bombay Brasserie.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1190013/Worlds-expensive-curry-defies-credit-crunch-2-000-portion.html#ixzz0Ug3M6oOQ

Welcome to the forum CS4.

I'm sure that after cooking your family a decent BIR style curry from this forum, they won't be wanting to leave you.

SnS   :

The variety, Bhut Jolokia is being grown for sale at Doddington Hall near Lincoln. It measures one million on the Scoville Scale of chilli hotness - five times the level of varieties we'd normally consider hot like Jalapeno. Pepper spray which is used to control crowds, measures five million on the Scoville Scale.

In 2007, it was confirmed by Guinness World Records to be the hottest chilli in the world.

The chilli can be dangerous, and should be handled with care to avoid it transferring into your eyes.

The chillies are in limited supply at Doddington Hall, but have been very popular with customers so far. They come in a sealed bag with a warning label advising customers that the chilli is extremely hot!

Doddington's cookery demonstrator Amy Claridge spoke to William Wright on the Breakfast Show about it.

http://feeds.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2009/09/17/hot_chilli_feature.shtml
http://www.doddingtonhall.com/