Tried Indian food for the first time in my life

[local hero]

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

[10pints]

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.

[smoothasf]

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