What is it you love about your favourite Indian restaurant?
What is it you love about your favourite Indian restaurant?
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Original Poster:

39 posts

212 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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Went for a brilliant curry last night. And got to thinking. What is it about Indian food that us brits like so much?

I guess for me, its just as simple as the taste of a good chicken madras with a kingfisher beer is second to none.

Any thoughts?

Plotloss

67,280 posts

285 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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The fact that my best mates father has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds in there over the years and as a result when I go in with him we get treated like royalty hehe

selwonk

2,139 posts

240 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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The fact that they drop off in 10 minutes and send us a Christmas card every year

Nikkie

246 posts

217 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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I can land at heathrow at 7.15pm on a Friday night, phone without booking and order my meal from the car, walk in sit down eat a fantastic meal and still be home before 10pm no matter how busy they are!!!

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

241 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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The good stuff is simple, quick and [clish]bursting with flavour[/clish].

I've become very fond of Nawab in Quinton, especially as I'm usually staying at the Innkeeper's Lodge over the road and it makes a welcome escape from the horrors of the Toby Carvery[1]. Service is second to none, portions are generous but not daft, and it's reasonably priced - two mains, two rice, two (very, very good) breads and some poppadoms for me and my colleague, with a couple or three beers each, came to less than thirty nicker.

My local takeaway does what local government doesn't; it delivers what it says it's going to deliver, on time, at the price I was quoted when I placed the order. And it's reet proper tasty, too.

[1]"Try one of our legendary juices" WTF? What's legendary about juice? Does it come with a wide screen telly and satnav? "Legendary bottomless custard jug?" Now you're just taking the piss.

scotal

8,751 posts

294 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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CommanderJameson said:
The good stuff is simple, quick and [clish]bursting with flavour[/clish].

I've become very fond of Nawab in Quinton, especially as I'm usually staying at the Innkeeper's Lodge over the road and it makes a welcome escape from the horrors of the Toby Carvery[1]. Service is second to none, portions are generous but not daft, and it's reasonably priced - two mains, two rice, two (very, very good) breads and some poppadoms for me and my colleague, with a couple or three beers each, came to less than thirty nicker.

My local takeaway does what local government doesn't; it delivers what it says it's going to deliver, on time, at the price I was quoted when I placed the order. And it's reet proper tasty, too.

[1]"Try one of our legendary juices" WTF? What's legendary about juice? Does it come with a wide screen telly and satnav? "Legendary bottomless custard jug?" Now you're just taking the piss.
Whats a clish?? cliche?

And if the custard jug is bottomless, wont you just end up with custard in your lap?

Mr Beaumont

462 posts

220 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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My local does a brilliant Butter Chicken. It is fantastic.

anonymous-user

69 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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My local ruby has the most inept bunch of waiters in the kingdom I reckon, they almost always forget something/bring 2 of something else, lose the order altogether, knock your drink over etc etc and if theres more than a dozen people in they look like rabbits caught in a car's headlights, completely panic stricken. Good job the grub is brilliant and I like sitting back and being entertained by it all, been going there for 20 years thumbup

Vesuvius 996

35,829 posts

286 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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That feeling when you return after a month away with work, and they're like "have a cold beer - sit down, how are you, how are the kids... yadda yadda."

And the fact that when I had a broken leg and my cab didn't turn up to take me to work, the head waiter took me to work for nothing in the delivery Micra.


Oh, and the chili burn and watering mouth flavours of spicy gravy.

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biglepton

5,042 posts

216 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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Mr Beaumont said:
My local does a brilliant Butter Chicken. It is fantastic.
What's the matter? Korma too spicy for you? hehe

Vesuvius 996

35,829 posts

286 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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biglepton said:
Mr Beaumont said:
My local does a brilliant Butter Chicken. It is fantastic.
What's the matter? Korma too spicy for you? hehe
"Lepton and Beaumont in Curry based homosexuality accusation shockah!"


God I've missed PH.

hehe

neilsfishing

3,502 posts

213 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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Its better when under the influence of large sums of bear but then so is a kebab drink

Romanymagic

3,298 posts

234 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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neilsfishing said:
Its better when under the influence of large sums of bear but then so is a kebab drink
So this bear is it a Canadian black? Or is it just your average brown bear? More to the point having been influenced by this bear where do you hold the kebab? Does the bear join in? I need to know the answers!! smile

biglepton

5,042 posts

216 months

Friday 23rd May 2008
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Vesuvius 996 said:
biglepton said:
Mr Beaumont said:
My local does a brilliant Butter Chicken. It is fantastic.
What's the matter? Korma too spicy for you? hehe
"Lepton and Beaumont in Curry based homosexuality accusation shockah!"


God I've missed PH.

hehe
Shut up you poof!

And welcome back. biggrin

Mr Beaumont

462 posts

220 months

Saturday 24th May 2008
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Vesuvius 996 said:
biglepton said:
Mr Beaumont said:
My local does a brilliant Butter Chicken. It is fantastic.
What's the matter? Korma too spicy for you? hehe
"Lepton and Beaumont in Curry based homosexuality accusation shockah!"


God I've missed PH.

hehe
And we missed you darling. hehe

jimothy

5,151 posts

252 months

Saturday 24th May 2008
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excel789 said:
My local ruby has the most inept bunch of waiters in the kingdom I reckon, they almost always forget something/bring 2 of something else, lose the order altogether, knock your drink over etc etc and if theres more than a dozen people in they look like rabbits caught in a car's headlights, completely panic stricken. Good job the grub is brilliant and I like sitting back and being entertained by it all, been going there for 20 years thumbup
Comedy Waiters in Guildford perchance?

anonymous-user

69 months

Saturday 24th May 2008
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jimothy said:
excel789 said:
My local ruby has the most inept bunch of waiters in the kingdom I reckon, they almost always forget something/bring 2 of something else, lose the order altogether, knock your drink over etc etc and if theres more than a dozen people in they look like rabbits caught in a car's headlights, completely panic stricken. Good job the grub is brilliant and I like sitting back and being entertained by it all, been going there for 20 years thumbup
Comedy Waiters in Guildford perchance?
There's some in Guildford as well? No, mine are in Barnehurst in Kent. You know the old story about phoning from the table, ordering a takeaway and telling them to deliver it to the table by the fish tank? a mate did that one evening after we'ed been waiting for god knows how long to be served. There were only 10 customers in the place. My how we laughed yes

scott.s

146 posts

235 months

Sunday 25th May 2008
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i love the smile i get when i order something that's not chicken tikka.

Anna_S

1,473 posts

227 months

Sunday 25th May 2008
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CommanderJameson said:
The good stuff is simple, quick and [clish]bursting with flavour[/clish].

I've become very fond of Nawab in Quinton, especially as I'm usually staying at the Innkeeper's Lodge over the road and it makes a welcome escape from the horrors of the Toby Carvery[1]. Service is second to none, portions are generous but not daft, and it's reasonably priced - two mains, two rice, two (very, very good) breads and some poppadoms for me and my colleague, with a couple or three beers each, came to less than thirty nicker.

My local takeaway does what local government doesn't; it delivers what it says it's going to deliver, on time, at the price I was quoted when I placed the order. And it's reet proper tasty, too.

[1]"Try one of our legendary juices" WTF? What's legendary about juice? Does it come with a wide screen telly and satnav? "Legendary bottomless custard jug?" Now you're just taking the piss.
Hey, that's near me! I do like to try a new restaurant. Anything you can recommend?

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

241 months

Sunday 25th May 2008
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Anna_S said:
CommanderJameson said:
The good stuff is simple, quick and [clish]bursting with flavour[/clish].

I've become very fond of Nawab in Quinton, especially as I'm usually staying at the Innkeeper's Lodge over the road and it makes a welcome escape from the horrors of the Toby Carvery[1]. Service is second to none, portions are generous but not daft, and it's reasonably priced - two mains, two rice, two (very, very good) breads and some poppadoms for me and my colleague, with a couple or three beers each, came to less than thirty nicker.

My local takeaway does what local government doesn't; it delivers what it says it's going to deliver, on time, at the price I was quoted when I placed the order. And it's reet proper tasty, too.

[1]"Try one of our legendary juices" WTF? What's legendary about juice? Does it come with a wide screen telly and satnav? "Legendary bottomless custard jug?" Now you're just taking the piss.
Hey, that's near me! I do like to try a new restaurant. Anything you can recommend?
There's a very garlicky thing that I had, the name of which I can't remember, which was delicious.

It's in the middle of the menu, near the top. Began with "a", I think.