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Blacksword 
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 Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:13 |
 Syzygy wrote:
I'm not one to brag, but I make a wicked toad in the hole. My liver and kidney dishes kick some serious bottom as well.
As for the Indian food question - it's the most popular restaurant and take away food by a long chalk, but the standards can vary greatly, just as with anything else. I have my local curry delivery service on speed dial.
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Thank God for that! I thought I was the only one who did that...
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Blacksword
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:19 |
The best Indian food is served in Britain. Its a fact, although someone did mention that it wan't bad in India either, but I'm not buying that at all..
Indian food also seems to be quite popular in Canada. Imagine my delight at discovering a curry house in Hamilton, Ontario. Not a patch on anything this side of the pond, though. Leg meat in my Madras , which was half the strength of a real British arse burner. Not enough poppodoms to go round, no pickles!!!! The horror!!
Still, at least they tried...
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sigod
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:34 |
Syzygy wrote:
I'm not one to brag, but I make a wicked toad in the hole. My liver and kidney dishes kick some serious bottom as well.
As for the Indian food question - it's the most popular restaurant
and take away food by a long chalk, but the standards can vary greatly,
just as with anything else. I have my local curry delivery service on
speed dial. |
All 'round Syzygy's house for nosh then? Bring a bottle...
Blacksword, you and I will do the meet and greet at the airport for the international guests and arrange for the taxi's. 
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Beau Heem
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 11:49 |
sigod wrote:
All 'round Syzygy's house for nosh then? Bring a bottle...
Blacksword, you and I will do the meet and greet at the airport for the international guests and arrange for the taxi's.
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Just say when and which airport and I'll be there... 
Quite an expensive meal, that'd be, but who cares.
Cheers
-Beau
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 12:27 |
Beau Heem wrote:
Quite an expensive meal, that'd be, but who cares |
For decent toad in the hole & liver and kidneys - it'd be worth it -
droooooool
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sigod
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 12:40 |
^ Looks like we got ourselves a CONVOY....
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Beau Heem
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 13:20 |
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threefates
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 13:35 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Beau Heem wrote:
Quite an expensive meal, that'd be, but who cares |
For decent toad in the hole & liver and kidneys - it'd be worth it -
droooooool |
I thought we were going for the curry on speed dial??
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Beau Heem
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 14:03 |
Well. Maybe we have to stay for a while longer... liver and kidneys for
lunch and speed dial curry on the way back to the airport...
There is only so much you can eat, but how much is that, actually?
-Beau
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Jim Garten
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Posted: January 24 2005 at 15:06 |
You could always get one of those huge Yorkshire puddings, fill it will curry and sausages, then surround the whole thing with kidneys & liver.......
God, this meal just keeps getting better!
Spotted dick & custard for afters, anyone?
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Peter
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 00:48 |
Blacksword wrote:
The best Indian food is served in Britain. Its a fact, although someone did mention that it wan't bad in India either, but I'm not buying that at all..
Indian food also seems to be quite popular in Canada. Imagine my delight at discovering a curry house in Hamilton, Ontario. Not a patch on anything this side of the pond, though. Leg meat in my Madras, which was half the strength of a real British arse burner. Not enough poppodoms to go round, no pickles!!!! The horror!!
Still, at least they tried...
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Hey, we do have some great Indian restaurants (Toronto is the most ethnically-diverse city in the world), many of which are run by actual people from India.
My wife cooks great Indian, and I do a kick-ass, labour-intensive, blend & grind-all-yer-own -spices vindaloo!
Can't judge just by one eatery in "The Mistake on the Lake." (Sorry, Hamiltonians -- enjoying the all the steel mill pollution?  )
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 00:55 |
Peter wrote:
Blacksword wrote:
The best Indian food is served in Britain. Its a fact, although someone did mention that it wan't bad in India either, but I'm not buying that at all..
Indian food also seems to be quite popular in Canada. Imagine my delight at discovering a curry house in Hamilton, Ontario. Not a patch on anything this side of the pond, though. Leg meat in my Madras, which was half the strength of a real British arse burner. Not enough poppodoms to go round, no pickles!!!! The horror!!
Still, at least they tried...
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Hey, we do have some great Indian restaurants (Toronto is the most ethnically-diverse city in the world), many of which are run by actual people from India.
My wife cooks great Indian, and I do a kick-ass, labour-intensive, blend & grind-all-yer-own -spices vindaloo!
Can't judge just by one eatery in "The Mistake on the Lake." (Sorry, Hamiltonians -- enjoying the all the steel mill pollution? )
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From my experience, the best ethnic food in Toronto has got to be Thai. There's that excellent one just down Yonge, in the Yonge and Eglinton area. Well I suppose there must be many. Apparently they were the first Thai restaurant in TO.
Best Indian is the Tajma Hall in Ottawa. Expensive, but it's damn well worth it.
The only place I know to get some good Dutch food is a grocer who over charges helluva bad. DamnCheap Dutch! See what I have to go through over here Dutch Comrades!
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sigod
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 04:43 |
Jim Garten wrote:
[QUOTE=threefates]
You could always get one of those huge Yorkshire puddings, fill it will curry and sausages, then surround the whole thing with kidneys & liver.......
God, this meal just keeps getting better!
Spotted dick & custard for afters, anyone? |
Oh fantastic!
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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sigod
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 04:47 |
My personal favourite Indian takeway was one I saw in Shirley (in Birmingham UK, midlands) called.....wait for it........The Shirley Temple
That's the god's honest thruth!!
Beaten only by a Kebab shop in North London that was named Kebab-a-daba-doo!!
Edited by sigod
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Syzygy
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Joined: December 16 2004
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 05:05 |
sigod wrote:
Syzygy wrote:
I'm not one to brag, but I make a wicked toad in the hole. My liver and kidney dishes kick some serious bottom as well.
As for the Indian food question - it's the most popular restaurant and take away food by a long chalk, but the standards can vary greatly, just as with anything else. I have my local curry delivery service on speed dial.
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All 'round Syzygy's house for nosh then? Bring a bottle...
Blacksword, you and I will do the meet and greet at the airport for the international guests and arrange for the taxi's.
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OK people, the menu:
Starter:
Nice firm juicy melons
Main courses (or entrees if you're dead posh)
Faggots in gravy
Toad in the hole
8 inches of Cumberland sausage
Served with large dumplings and hot stuffing
Desserts
Spotted dick
Ripe plums
A selection of tarts
Served with big jugs of custard
Baps and bloomers will also be available.
Your orders please - carry on, proggers!
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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
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sigod
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:15 |
Peter wrote:
[QUOTE=Blacksword]My wife cooks great Indian, and I do a kick-ass, labour-intensive, blend & grind-all-yer-own -spices vindaloo!
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Scratch the UK meet and greet; everyone over to Peter's house!!
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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sigod
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:16 |
Syzygy wrote:
[QUOTE=sigod] [QUOTE=Syzygy]OK people, the menu:
Starter:
Nice firm juicy melons
Main courses (or entrees if you're dead posh)
Faggots in gravy
Toad in the hole
8 inches of Cumberland sausage
Served with large dumplings and hot stuffing
Desserts
Spotted dick
Ripe plums
A selection of tarts
Served with big jugs of custard
Baps and bloomers will also be available.
Your orders please - carry on, proggers! |
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:33 |
Sushi anyone? Far and away my favorite tastes.... minus the uni.
I adore Indian food. Pandori Chicken....
Italian makes me fat, but grease and pasta are so wonderful. Basque too!
Mexican? The hotter the better. It's hard to beat a plate of carnitas and a cold Dos Equis Amber, or three!
Polish food? I stayed skinny as a child due to that unfortunate cuisine.
English food. Fish and chips are hard to screw up, but everything else is too close to the butcher shop floor for me. 
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sigod
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 12:40 |
danbo wrote:
Sushi anyone? Far and away my favorite tastes.... minus the uni.
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Sushi is wonderful
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Peter
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Posted: January 25 2005 at 13:17 |
sigod wrote:
Peter wrote:
[QUOTE=Blacksword]
My wife cooks great Indian, and I do a kick-ass, labour-intensive, blend & grind-all-yer-own -spices vindaloo!
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Scratch the UK meet and greet; everyone over to Peter's house!!
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BYOB!
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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