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Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:23 am
by tr0tsky
baron_von_carlton wrote:ahier wrote:oli90 wrote:Who drives to the pub, has one beer and is then drunk enough to actually want to eat a kebab?
who needs to be drunk to want to eat a kebab? as long as you are buying the right kebabs then a kebab is always delicious
Turkish Ocakbasi is amongst the best food in the world. Nobody grills a piece of lamb like the Turks.
Also when we meet in Bangkok I hope you're gonna show me some badboy (budget) eateries!
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:33 am
by jazzamataz
Intended Malice wrote: Indian food makes my stomach turn, Indian curry is vile--it looks and tastes digested while on your plate.
I'd slap whomever cooked you curry with a wet fish, and then go get some Indian friends if I were you... Home made Indian food is delicious.
Curry house crap is just that. Crap.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:04 am
by clifford_-
jazzamataz wrote:Intended Malice wrote: Indian food makes my stomach turn, Indian curry is vile--it looks and tastes digested while on your plate.
I'd slap whomever cooked you curry with a wet fish, and then go get some Indian friends if I were you... Home made Indian food is delicious.
Curry house crap is just that. Crap.
Not after 5 hours down the boozer, a bhuna at that time comes up trumps!!
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:22 am
by kwami
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:52 am
by symmetricalsounds
jazzamataz wrote:
Curry house crap is just that. Crap.
truth
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:27 am
by slothrop
Intended Malice wrote:But, yeah British food is seriously terrible, a sarny and Fish and Chips get old after about 3 days. Pies should have fruit filling, not meat damn it!
British food can and should be massively varied and extremely nice - fresh seafood, summer veg, proper cheese, smoked bacon, soft fruits, sausages, ham, roasts, game, proper mustard, pies, chutney...
What is shit is a) british supermarkets and the complete lockdown on most food shopping that they have and b) mainstream british restaurants - probably because staff and premises are improbably pricey and also because most people who buy cheapish food don't give a shit how it's cooked provided it comes with chips.
Complaining that british food is shit is like complaining that nightclubs in London are shit when you only ever go to Tiger Tiger or something...
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:28 am
by legend4ry
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:38 am
by slothrop
Also, saying that the British can't do their own pubs and beer is like saying that Americans can't do smugness and ignorance.
Other than that, yeah, I'm with whoever said that it's called multiculturalism / global trade and we quite like it. Seems better than parading your ignorance by going on about how you do everything better than everyone else and ignoring all the good stuff that isn't happening on your doorstep.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:56 am
by tr0tsky
Intended Malice wrote: Indian food makes my stomach turn, Indian curry is vile--it looks and tastes digested while on your plate.
You're fucking stupid bledwin.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:02 pm
by the acid never lies
Intended Malice wrote: Indian food makes my stomach turn, Indian curry is vile--it looks and tastes digested while on your plate.
If I didn't already discount most of what you said, I would start doing that right about... now.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:04 pm
by the acid never lies
Also, chicken tikka masala is British
And globalism / multiculturalism are not the same thing
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:24 pm
by slothrop
the acid never lies wrote:And globalism / multiculturalism are not the same thing
Firmly agree, obviously. OTOH the fact that many of the things that you see / do / eat / drink / use in britain have origins in other parts of the world isn't purely because of one or the other.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:39 pm
by clifford_-
the acid never lies wrote:Also, chicken tikka masala is British
And globalism / multiculturalism are not the same thing
it was a scottish bloke that asked for gravy on his tikka.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:05 pm
by slothrop
tr0tsky wrote:WHO KNOWS ABOUT GREEN LANES?
Although these days the cool kids are occasionally heading up past the main drag to go to Muma's for the Eritrean / Sudanese flex and massive injera as well.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:15 pm
by tr0tsky
slothrop wrote:tr0tsky wrote:WHO KNOWS ABOUT GREEN LANES?
Although these days the cool kids are occasionally heading up past the main drag to go to Muma's for the Eritrean / Sudanese flex and massive injera as well.
Mate are you sure you're not one of my friends?
We've been on the Muna's flex now for about 4 years. She's a lovely woman who always remembers us and has a chat during the meal.
You ought to also check out The Village (no homo) bulgarian place down the road towards Green Lanes over ground station, they do an amazing grilled meat platter thing.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:15 pm
by HamCrescendo
dar, i wish the height of my culinary/restaurant knowledge wasn't:
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:21 pm
by uncle bill
I answered True...except I don't drink Belgian beer. I drink English beer.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:31 pm
by Intended Malice
jazzamataz wrote:Intended Malice wrote: Indian food makes my stomach turn, Indian curry is vile--it looks and tastes digested while on your plate.
I'd slap whomever cooked you curry with a wet fish, and then go get some Indian friends if I were you... Home made Indian food is delicious.
Curry house crap is just that. Crap.
So did I, I had to spend an hour in the bathroom of a coffee shop soon after, worst yet I had an interview lined up moments afterward. The chicken tandoori and a lentil dish I had was kind of tasty, it just didn't taste so well coming back up.
I just don't get the Indian taste, everything tastes overly spiced, such that you can't taste the actual contents of what is in your meal, but then that may be the objective after all. Its like people who smother gravy or ketchup on everything, gross. I'm used to Mediterranean cuisine, where the contents of the meal are highlighted and spices are only used to enhance, not mask.
I have an Indian associate, and colleague but after what I endured I'll never try it again, my stomach is incredibly sensitive and even now I have like these tremors in my abdomen just remembering it.
I'll take my Japanese
Curry house crap, thanks.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:38 pm
by symmetricalsounds
Intended Malice wrote: everything tastes overly spiced, such that you can't taste the actual contents of what is in your meal, but then that may be the objective after all.
no it's not the objective you're just a pussy when it comes to spice, plus you've stated you've only had restaurant curries which means your opinion is invalid.
Re: Being British
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:40 pm
by HamCrescendo
nothing wrong with restraunt curries tbh if you get a good place
my mates fam does a nice goan curry but I still prefer a commercial chicken tikka masala from the curryhouse down the road
