Just seen this one. I know it's a bit late but...

When I lived in Newcastle, I noticed that the curries tended to be hotter than elsewhere (lived in Hull before that and have had them in London too).  Also, a chicken dish seemd to have had the chicken cooked beforehand but not in dice - think they may have boiled a whole chicken and taken the meat off.  Certainly this was the case from many takeaways in the West End around Brighton Grove.  Too be honest I wasn't as keen on them as others from other parts of the UK.

While I am on here, is there anyone on the forum that lives in Hull and uses the Golden Bengal on Hessle Road?  Rafique the owner was a school friend of mine and I would like to get in touch.  I now live in France and the curries here are pretty awful, so when I am back in the summer I am going to see if he will show me how to cook like he doe in his takeaway.  That way i will be able to get a good fix back here.  If anyone goes there, can you try to get his email address if he has one and let me know it?  Tell him Richard who went to Kingston school with him was asking.

Thanks,

Richard

Thanks,

If nobody else can help with a sev press then I'll try to get a potato ricer.

Richard

Hi all,

I'm new to this board after looking for decent restaurant recipes all over the place.  Living in the South of France means that it is hard to get a decent curry in the restaurants and this coupled with 5yrs in Italy where decent curry just didn't exist has lead me on the search for a good way of making my own.  I'm certainly looking forward to trying out the various recipes on the site!

One thing I would love to get is decent bombay mix.  It just doesn't seem to exist over here and My wife and I get fed up having to wait for someone to bring it back from the UK.

So, does anyone know where I would be able to order one of the sev machines to make the gram flour noodles that go into bombay mix.  I have searched the internet to no avail.  I know that when we lived in Newcastle the local asian shops sold them but of course there was no reason to buy one with all the shops selling bags of it.

Thanks,

Richard