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Worked and lived in UK for the past year and never batted an eye on the Indian restaurants, but I decided to give it a go this week. Bad decision. Tried something called "vindaloo" or "vindalu" whatever and lawd jesus that was the hottest food I've ever tried, tears running, sweat pouring and snot/saliva in endless amounts. Habanero is like ordinary black pepper compared to this shit and the consequent toiled exorcism was in a different league as well. Took it like a champ and finished the plate, but I won't try this again, you Brits are crazy if you eat this on a regular. ;D
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homo. Sounds like a homo. Wimp. Homo. Weak. Soft. Bad egenetics.
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homo. Sounds like a homo. Wimp. Homo. Weak. Soft. Bad egenetics.
Yes on every part, this was a sad performance and I imagine myself quite used to hot food. ;D Probably my first and last time I try this shit food.
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im the opposite, cant have enough of my ketchup...
And now I like to crusch whole black peper in my mouth to. I just want more of everything...Now I understand old men drinking hot ass wisky and bad ass cigars...u want more!
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Worked and lived in UK for the past year and never batted an eye on the Indian restaurants, but I decided to give it a go this week. Bad decision. Tried something called "vindaloo" or "vindalu" whatever and lawd jesus that was the hottest food I've ever tried, tears running, sweat pouring and snot/saliva in endless amounts. Habanero is like ordinary black pepper compared to this shit and the consequent toiled exorcism was in a different league as well. Took it like a champ and finished the plate, but I won't try this again, you Brits are crazy if you eat this on a regular. ;D
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Indian cuisine has some of the best flavors. Give it another go, but just order appetizers. I mean it. You can even tell the waiter Punjabi food is too hot for you.
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India's sole redeeming feature is its food. First of all Indian food in the UK is shit, since all food in the UK is shit. Indian food in India can be amazing. Note that calling it 'Indian' is a misnomer. That's like saying you don't like traditional European food because you ate Swedish once. I'm partial to Peshwari* and Kerala dishes myself.
*Technically Paki, but that's like differentiating between Irish and Northern Irish cuisine.
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India's sole redeeming feature is its food. First of all Indian food in the UK is shit, since all food in the UK is shit. Indian food in India can be amazing. Note that calling it 'Indian' is a misnomer. That's like saying you don't like traditional European food because you ate Swedish once. I'm partial to Peshwari* and Kerala dishes myself.
*Technically Paki, but that's like differentiating between Irish and Northern Irish cuisine.
Haha, speaking of Swedish food a good friend of mine is from Sweden and invited me to a traditional Swedish "surstromming" (like decomposed rotting herring) dinner. Now that was something! Very weird customs, but fun. You eat rotting fish while downing schnaps and singing between each chug, the stench of that fish was something beyond anything I've ever smelled, but it somehow tasted better than it smelled.
I'll take your advice and go for something less spicy next time then. I tried to impress my Indian collegues by "casually" asking the waiter for the hottest dish they had. ;D Needless to say, they were all laughing at me.
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Worked and lived in UK for the past year and never batted an eye on the Indian restaurants, but I decided to give it a go this week. Bad decision. Tried something called "vindaloo" or "vindalu" whatever and lawd jesus that was the hottest food I've ever tried, tears running, sweat pouring and snot/saliva in endless amounts. Habanero is like ordinary black pepper compared to this shit and the consequent toiled exorcism was in a different league as well. Took it like a champ and finished the plate, but I won't try this again, you Brits are crazy if you eat this on a regular. ;D
Youl have to order a mild dish, korma or a massalla... Or even a buhna or balti, I love a curry from time to time
I used to be a vindaloo fan, it kills me now.... Not so much the eating it, but bad stomache for 24hrs after, id rather not these days
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UK food is crap.
Indian or pakistan food, if hq can be considered the polar opposite given the multitude of spices and "hotness".
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It can be hit or miss. It depends on the dish.
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Indian food is good from time to time, not too often...beware of diarrhea the morning aftet ;D
Where is OP from to have to go to the UK to eat Indian???
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Doesn't london have more 3 star Michelin restaurants than any other city?
Vindaloo is the hottest curry. Should have tried another.
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Doesn't london have more 3 star Michelin restaurants than any other city?
Vindaloo is the hottest curry. Should have tried another.
Phall is the hottest, used to eat it a lot, but it was just too hot to enjoy, was more like a challenge for me to finish it.
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India's sole redeeming feature is its food. First of all Indian food in the UK is shit, since all food in the UK is shit. Indian food in India can be amazing. Note that calling it 'Indian' is a misnomer. That's like saying you don't like traditional European food because you ate Swedish once. I'm partial to Peshwari* and Kerala dishes myself.
*Technically Paki, but that's like differentiating between Irish and Northern Irish cuisine.
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You're right, in 2002 I was in Karachi for 2 days layover waiting for a flight to Istanbul- the REAL deal is so tasty!! The best was NIHARI, so amazing!!!
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Haha, speaking of Swedish food a good friend of mine is from Sweden and invited me to a traditional Swedish "surstromming" (like decomposed rotting herring) dinner. Now that was something! Very weird customs, but fun. You eat rotting fish while downing schnaps and singing between each chug, the stench of that fish was something beyond anything I've ever smelled, but it somehow tasted better than it smelled.
That stuff is vile indeed. And you smell it on everyone else's breath! One of the few times eating throbbing Swedish dick sweaty Swedish snatch was a relief!
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Indian food is good from time to time, not too often...beware of diarrhea the morning aftet ;D
Where is OP from to have to go to the UK to eat Indian???
I'm not from UK, but work there, so I figured it was time to try Indian food considering I had never tried it so far and I pass multiple Indian restaurants everyday.
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Doesn't london have more 3 star Michelin restaurants than any other city?
Vindaloo is the hottest curry. Should have tried another.
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The whole point was to pick the hottest dish they had, as I didn't want to wimp out. Some fellow colleagues are of Indian and Pakistani descent and they were joking around that I would pass out if it passed black pepper in strength so I had to set the bar high from the start! :D
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Doesn't london have more 3 star Michelin restaurants than any other city?
Vindaloo is the hottest curry. Should have tried another.
Exactly. On the spice meter, Vindaloo is a 9-10. Indian food is great, next time make sure to ask about the spice level before ordering.
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Exactly. On the spice meter, Vindaloo is a 9-10. Indian food is great, next time make sure to ask about the spice level before ordering.
Ya, this was some serious heat and I've eaten things like habanero without major problems. On top of the spice, being boiling hot somehow made it 10x worse. The entire dinner table along with neighbouring tables all laughed at me as I fought the dish, but I was dead set on finishing it. It tasted way better than I expected as I'd always envisioned curry stews as very oily and fatty, but this one was free from that which I liked. I've only got myself to blame as I requested "the hottest dish you can provide". :D
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Exactly. On the spice meter, Vindaloo is a 9-10. Indian food is great, next time make sure to ask about the spice level before ordering.
Again, phall is the hottest curry, a level above vindaloo, a lot of restaurants don't even put it on their menu in uk it's so hot, you have to ask.
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You do realize Indians wipe their ass with their bare hands?
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Indian food, as with Chinese and Mexican food, is slop. You have to really wonder what the hell is in it, if it requires that many herbs and spices, to make it taste good.
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Never been to the UK, but everyone I know who has says the food is terrible.
Why is that?
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Indian people dont eat hot curries, they only make them for idiotic brits
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Layer upon layer of flavors! If you go to a good spot. I'm not into spicy for spicy sake. Flavors only. Love it.
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Indian food is fucking liftin, dry meat, shitty fat chips the tandoori mixed grills are good the rest is shite
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Never been to the UK, but everyone I know who has says the food is terrible.
Why is that?
Maybe because it is?
One of my theories is their taste nerves get amputated at birth time...
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Never been to the UK, but everyone I know who has says the food is terrible.
Why is that?
There are few things here in the world that can beat a grilled sandwich along with a pint of ale and some crisps at a British pub. There's a disgustingly good one close to the Southern border of Hyde park (can't remember the name or location): generous amounts grilled chicken, mayonnaise, avocado and bacon on bread toasted over fire. Other than that, I would recommend giving haggis pie a go, a traditional Scottish dish.
The thing is, most countries are connected in such a manner that you can get cuisine from pretty much every corner of the world almost everywhere (at least in EU). You can eat everything from fancy French food in a Guide Michelin star restaurant to a sloppy kebab at the street corner, so you're not constrained in any way. You could live your entire life in the UK without having to eat traditional "British cuisine" even once.
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Goat vindaloo is horribly spicy
I like the somoas, chicken tikka, and the rice pudding
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Indian food, as with Chinese and Mexican food, is slop. You have to really wonder what the hell is in it, if it requires that many herbs and spices, to make it taste good.
The spices are there more for protecting you from bacteria. Remember these countries leave meat sitting out all day. They don't have the same refrigeration we have.
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The spices are there more for protecting you from bacteria. Remember these countries leave meat sitting out all day. They don't have the same refrigeration we have.
How are spices able to protect from bacteria?
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Maybe because it is?
One of my theories is their taste nerves get amputated at birth time...
try pollen street restaurant next time you go then
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try pollen street restaurant next time you go then
Will do.
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all looks like baby shit to me. I won't eat food from a country where they "brush" their teeth and bath in corpse and shit infested water.
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Vindaloo isn't really Indian food. It was created by Voodoo Vince G when he was a practicing medicine man in the mountains of Haiti. Hope you never crossed Voodoo Vince. Most that DO, and eat his VindaLOO, have bad bad things happen to them from his VOODOO...
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Bought a new house a little while ago. Two sets of neighbors moved in. And by that I mean their entire families of 20 people each. They cook Indian everyday.
9am, big blast of garlic from both homes. A half hour later there's a huge amount of onions that get cooked up. Then it's mystery herb time. Sometimes it smells aromatic and tasty, but most of the time it smells obnoxious. Gotta close my windows everyday unless I want my house to stink.
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Bought a new house a little while ago. Two sets of neighbors moved in. And by that I mean their entire families of 20 people each. They cook Indian everyday.
9am, big blast of garlic from both homes. A half hour later there's a huge amount of onions that get cooked up. Then it's mystery herb time. Sometimes it smells aromatic and tasty, but most of the time it smells obnoxious. Gotta close my windows everyday unless I want my house to stink.
That's the fucking worst. Some of the shit those fuckers cook up smells like a meth lab. To think they eat that shit all the time...
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Never been to the UK, but everyone I know who has says the food is terrible.
Why is that?
Speaking of larger cities (London, Leeds): Brits want to appear metropolitan in their tastes, so you have restaurants catering to all nationalities. However, all those cuisines are adapted to the British palette, so everything is bland and simplistic. Makes financial sense of course.
Sure there are exceptions, but unless you are planning to splurge you will get bland slop.
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Most Indian restaurants in UK and Ireland are run and cheffed by pakis and bangladeshis. Try a saag, dhansak, Rogan josh or korma. Vindaloo is crazy hot
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You do realize Indians wipe their ass with their bare hands?
That's a Muslim tradition, most Indians are Christian or Hindu. Pakis and bangladeshis are Muslim. I will state though that I most restaurants closed by the food safety authorities here are 'indians', kebab houses or chinese
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That's a Muslim tradition, most Indians are Christian or Hindu. Pakis and bangladeshis are Muslim. I will state though that I most restaurants closed by the food safety authorities here are 'indians', kebab houses or chinese
whatever. India is a shit hole and you can't expect anything but shit to come early out of it.
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How are spices able to protect from bacteria?
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Here... http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/1998/03/food-bacteria-spice-survey-shows-why-some-cultures-it-hot
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Here... http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/1998/03/food-bacteria-spice-survey-shows-why-some-cultures-it-hot
Interesting...
Didn't knew.
Ok, hot spices it is logical bacteria will have a hard time...
but garlic, onions and such...
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How are spices able to protect from bacteria?
The hot chili peppers
Food bacteria-spice survey shows why some cultures like it hot
Fans of hot, spicy cuisine can thank nasty bacteria and other foodborne pathogens for the recipes that come -- not so coincidentally -- from countries with hot climates. Humans' use of antimicrobial spices developed in parallel with food-spoilage microorganisms, Cornell University biologists have demonstrated in a international survey of spice use in cooking.
The same chemical compounds that protect the spiciest spice plants from their natural enemies are at work today in foods from parts of the world where -- before refrigeration -- food-spoilage microbes were an even more serious threat to human health and survival than they are today, Jennifer Billing and Paul W. Sherman report in the March 1998 issue of the journal Quarterly Review of Biology.
"The proximate reason for spice use obviously is to enhance food palatability," says Sherman, an evolutionary biologist and professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell. "But why do spices taste good? Traits that are beneficial are transmitted both culturally and genetically, and that includes taste receptors in our mouths and our taste for certain flavors. People who enjoyed food with antibacterial spices probably were healthier, especially in hot climates. They lived longer and left more offspring. And they taught their offspring and others: 'This is how to cook a mastodon.' We believe the ultimate reason for using spices is to kill food-borne bacteria and fungi."
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whatever. India is a shit hole and you can't expect anything but shit to come early out of it.
Always struck me as a fascinating culture. Coolest religions ever. Shame about the crushing poverty though. People have told me not to go to India because it's just too depressing.
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Always struck me as a fascinating culture. Coolest religions ever. Shame about the crushing poverty though. People have told me not to go to India because it's just too depressing.
Not an issue in Dubai
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Always struck me as a fascinating culture. Coolest religions ever. Shame about the crushing poverty though. People have told me not to go to India because it's just too depressing.
Best place to visit is Kerala. Lush scenery and the people there tend to be the most educated/least poor.
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Vindaloo has a heat measured between 100 000 and 200 000 scoville units. To put it in perspective, tabasco lies in the span 2000-3000 while a jalapeno lies around 30 000 scoville units. Next time I'll try "phall" which is said to pack on even more heat.
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Phal makes your eyes water, lip burn etc... Far too hot to get any enjoyment
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Phal makes your eyes water, lip burn etc... Far too hot to get any enjoyment
How does it compare to the vindaloo? Like chugging lava?
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How does it compare to the vindaloo? Like chugging lava?
Vindaloo is hot but not pure fire, phal is lava.... I think only pissed lads eating it for a bet ever order it
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Speaking of larger cities (London, Leeds): Brits want to appear metropolitan in their tastes, so you have restaurants catering to all nationalities. However, all those cuisines are adapted to the British palette, so everything is bland and simplistic. Makes financial sense of course.
Sure there are exceptions, but unless you are planning to splurge you will get bland slop.
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Good indian food is hard to find. 99% of the restaurants are pure shit. If you are fortunate enough to access home cooked, punjabi style indian food, it is some of the best tasting food you'll ever eat.
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I'm fortunate to live in a town where there are many good Indian restaurants. Next time have a chicken tikka biriani, a chicken tikka masala (as your new) and a pishwari naan or keema naan