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Ban The Balti!?
Topic Started: Jul 19 2011, 06:32 PM (229 Views)
Cartoni
Garry Pendrey
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Actually I've got some sympathy with this guys opinion. It's certainly true that the quality of the 'Balti' (whatever it actually is) has drastically declined over the years. There are now so many Curry houses and Indian restaurants around that have absolutely no imagination when it comes to the food they produce. It's all generic sauces that are clearly coming straight out of a tin, if the identical tastes from the many restaurants all over the country I've eaten in are anything to go by.

There are still some excellent places to get a curry in Brum (the Shabab on Ladypoool Road, Channis Indian Restaurant in Sparkhill are my top 2). These have chefs with imagination and genuinely wonderful food that is sensibly priced. It just a shame that so many of the other places let the side down with what is sometimes truly flavourless gee-drenched crud, even if it is only £3.00 a bowl.
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I agree with the bloke in the main.

Each to their own, but to be honest I can't understand why curries are so popular - the food most people order at these places is low quality - and really bad for you.

I personally am not a fan - I'd tend to order Tandoori chicken if I go out to an Indian place.

He's definitely right about alot of the places just being a magnet for drunk people - and so the places just serve cheap and nasty rubbish - as most the people can barely taste it anyway!

Much like the late night fried chicken takeaways in the city centre - absolute s*** in a tray.
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I'd partly agree as well. There are some truly awful balti houses around serving greasy slop. Having said that, I've been to Lasan 3 times, each time hoping to be impressed. I wasn't particularly.
By the way, for any Black Country Bluesnoses, I heartily recommend Balti Bazaar. I am considerably fatter than I should be and lighter of wallet because of their wonderful curries.
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All over the sub-Continent of India you will have various menu's, various recipes for the "proper" dish. None is absolute.

Chef's and entrepreneurs will establish a business on their skills or product, in Fulham or Knightsbridge, Leicester or Manchester.
It doesn't matter - there is no "perfect"- no "original"


Balti's are a UK orientated dish. Made in Brum.
Tandoori's are a UK orientated dish.Made in Leicester.

Chicken Tikka Massala was invented in the UK by a fast-food conglomerate that had nothing to do with India.

Balti?

The origins of Balti cooking are in dispute. UK or Pakistan ? No balti cooking has been discovered in Pakistan so far.

Like Tandoori it may be a "taste" adjusted to UK palates.
A kind pf PR thing. Which is OK
Like Big Macs.

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Mr Islam said: “The only way these restaurants can distinguish themselves is by cutting the price to a point where they are barely making a living. The quality fails to reach even the standards of some fast-food establishments.

“Indian cuisine is one of the richest and most subtle in the world. So why is it that a typical night in a curry house is so short of inspiration?

“Why do so many owners of Indian restaurants turn a unique culinary heritage into a bastardised abomination?




:applause: :applause:

Balti's, tandooris, etc are in fashion for a few years, but they are only made-up stuff for European palates. If you are into Eastern recipes, keep out of the Chinese and Indian fast food places.

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midland red
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Mikael Forssell
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Sorry.

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Ban The Balti!?


NO ! No ! no !

You might as well ban Cornish pasties or Lancashire LobPot (whatever they call it :) )

For not being authentic.

The point is, that these PR or Spin recipes give a hint of a taste,or flavour to people who have only eaten over-boiled cabbage and Smash potato all their lives.

Better they start along a healthier line of eating, be it Balti or Tandoori, to get to a better understanding of real food. Balti and Tandoori will hasten them along.

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i luckily live within 2 miles of a fantastic curry house called Anoki, who were voted in the top 10 restaurants by no less than the times a couple of years back - they wear authentic clothing and serve excellent food i haven't found elsewhere yet. if ever you're up near burton, you'll find this place just north on the A38 - it's worth going if you're close.

as it happens i know the owner too, and he's a great bloke demanding the highest standards - yes you pay for it but it is SO worth it.....mmmmmm
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