Right then now for some more information and opinions
Heres another thread shedding some light on previous procedings
https://curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=1892.msg16344#msg16344Andy used to post here from about october 2006 to february 2007. His are the "10 years experience" recipes youll find here. His recent recipes couldnt be more different of course duh? :
He claimed that the recipes were from a yorkshire curry restaurant and takeaway that have been in business for over 10 years. But he arrogantly never felt the need to substantiate his grandiose claims and to my knowledgde never has. No photos, no videos, no restaurant addresses, nothing to substantiate his claims despite his promises to the contrary.
It was also the case that his recipes never looked anything like those from a typical bir. Many experienced members here thought so and queried his claims. In fact it looked very much like he copied one particular tomato/onion paste recipe from the natco web site (a recipe allegedly posted by a "M") and he still alledgedly copies other recipes, such as his garam masala recipe, from other sources such as madjhur jaffrey. These seem like word for word copies.
His recipes have since turned tail more times, and more dramatically, than a stunt kite in a high wind i might add. Just a little too implausible for an established restaurant or takeway I think. Hes locked his website down tighter than a ducks bottom, with access permissions, seemingly on route to charging for access. Why anyone would pay for his recipes though is beyond me.
Look. Many people are happy with his recipes, whatever rubbish he throws out. Then again, many of his members are from other parts of the world and wouldnt really know a proper bir curry if it leapt up and bit them in the proverbial backside. He does get raptuous applause from these people for sure :
He seemed to use this forum as a stepping stone to poach members from here on his way to seemingly hatching his master plan to make a money from curries (books, supply of spices, cooking classes, paid website access, VIDEOS too it seems? etc). Nothing wrong with that but hes repeatedly denied it which makes him seem very dishonest and untrustworthy to me, if nothing else.
But facts speak louder than words. The best part of fifteen quid for an ebook???
You have to register to download an alleged 8 page sample of the ebook :
Maybe someone can post a copy here so we can all take a look at it and see the authors and address of the alledged restaurant ourselves? We can then try it out. We might be pleasantly suprised and i for one will need to eat my hat :
As for voicing opinions on rcr, id love to but anything other than a "rah rah andy youre the best" gets greeted with infantile derision, insults and a ban :
Go check it out for yourselves
www.indian-recipe.org and see what you think. You might be utterly delighted with it, if youre from another country or planet or arent really interested in a proper bir curry or dont actually know what one is :
Oh heres a photo of his chicken bhuna. I dont know about you but i wouldnt be happy if my chicken bhuna turned out looking like that. Hell i wouldnt even be happy if YOUR chicken bhuna turned out like that. It was promptly deleted from rcr when some enlightened fellow pointed out that it looked pretty dreadful
Oh, and that member was promptly deleted too lmao. Shame really I happen to think they were right in their opinion lol
