Made this last night.
I must use milder onions
next time 

Forgot to say,

Onion Relish !

I call this Onion Relish when i ask for a
extra tub with our starters :-)

mojo its great to hear about your Success,

I have allot of success with the simple starters,
breads and rice etc

I am sure we all agree old topic or not
its great to get feedback, i think i will
try it again with poppadoms etc

Hi,

Andy asked "how many of you use garam masala?"

If the book says plonk it in i will.

Have we forget a garam masala can be
whole spices too and not the powder we all
have come to know.

Hi CA and Slim :-) and all curry monsters.

Yes bad ones then, sure :-(

But at least you could find your hidden gem :-)

I go to a bir 1-2 times every 3 years or so.

If kids eat Kebab Meat and poor quality pizzas on a Saturday
night i am sure they will enjoy the BIR slop shop, so the BIR
is going to be around a long time,
along with the munchies group etc

Hi CA and all curry monsters,

I have yet to find a good BIR that produces
quality food like the 1980 - to early 1990
with quality service. i often find the vindaloo
like a red soup.

I was going to talk about a main meal i cooked
but its going a little off topic again, sorry
about that.

I am 99% with extrahotchillie on his point.

My last visit to a BIR was C*** and now the bottles
of Cobra are going for 4.50 each (nov 2007)

The prices they are now demanding is too much
for a very average (on or off) the high street BIR, often
we deserve better food and service,
if the toilets are dirty don't go back.

Last year I walked out of our local BIR.
I asked how much the Cobra was, I then asked the size
of the bottles he gave me a load of sarcasm in front of
other customers about it not being a social club ha ha !

my point being - thats 18.00 quid before we even order
our meal.

I got up and told my guests were leaving,
the manager was gobsmacked, and off we went.

This week i was informed the pub just 50 mts away
from the one i walk out off, has been bought by indians
(or what ever) they have "let go" all the local staff
and are turning the upstairs function room into a BIR.

Well said extrahotchillie.

you cant do it, its in the fabric...
you need to buy the carpets and furniture.

shut up graeme :-) okay i hear you.

  :-X

Hi cory ander and all,

This site over the last year has been very very quiet.

I believe to keep the site active it must move on in some form or
other. Sure we can boil as many onions as we like and blend blend blend
but CRO is so quiet, why ?

Tips to providing top notch food are here, I dont believe we can
emulate the BIR at home (however we have done it without knowing)
Its in the fabric of the Bir.

When you enter to collect a take away its the smell
(prob some ones fart - yes true) its in the grease
on the kitchen floor, its in the bin outside...ok I will shut up.

Dont forget the Bir can be a very dirty place, have a very close
look at carpets, walls etc they tend to have a refurb then thats it
for 10 years.

So when we walk into a bir 90% is the smell, I belive if we
worked in a BIR it would soon wear off. Just like when we cook
at home.

We could be closer than we think but after 5 hours of cooking
could you relly tell?

The Bir success is in the fabric of the Bir and the
smell is simply the tandoori, simple spices, ball peppers
and onions.

On a final note, Do we want to always smell like Indian food
when we go to work? and do we need to open a Bir to complete
our goal?

Regards, graeme

For further info see http://www.heptune.com/farts.html

Its just a good job some links dont work from the above site !

I belive we have pushed BIR to the limit
and come to a halt. With out opening our own
BIR i dont see where we can go.

We should keep the BIR section going
but move forward.

Regards
graeme.