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Subject: [Leica] Marmite? an English mistake?
From: nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts)
Date: Tue Sep 12 01:52:06 2006

Bad, Jayanand? Just different, I think. The closest thing to genuine Indian 
food I've eaten in the UK (in restaurants) was in Leicester and Bradford, 
and the takeaway we used in Edinburgh was also fairly authentic (none of the 
usual "Indian" specialities!) and delicious. But for the most part, what is 
served as "Indian" food here is something that has developed in the UK from 
Punjabi (and specifically Bangladeshi) roots, with the rest mostly 
Kasmiri-inspired, and generally clumsy interpretations of Moghul dishes. But 
for the most part, it's all enjoyable, and hugely superior to "Indian" food 
in France, say!
 
Nick

----- Original Message ----
From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 12 September, 2006 3:05:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Marmite? an English mistake?


Nathan,
The Brick Lane curries are a British take on Indian food, and is pretty 
bad compared to the real thing. Does not affect me, as I generally 
refuse to eat Indian food when I am travelling, much preferring to taste 
the local cuisine.

We all like what we are used to. After a lifetime eating Indian Chinese 
food, I sometimes find it difficult to enjoy the authentic variety!!!

Cheers
Jayanand


Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Marc,
>
> English food is MUCH better than its reputation. Whenever I have gone 
> out for a proper English pub lunch, the food has been superb. And the 
> curries of Brick Lane, which are as much part of the English cuisine 
> these days as kidney pie, are simply orgasmic.
>
> Nathan
>
> Marc James Small wrote:
>
>> At 04:15 PM 9/11/2006, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>
>>> Count me among the haters--and I otherwise adore all things English!
>>
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> You actually can tolerate those awful excuses for breakfast link 
>> sausage the English eat?  All filler, no meat, and ratty, to be 
>> polite, in taste.  And how about English steaks?  I acknowledge that 
>> you CAN get a great English steak, but this is not nearly as common 
>> there as it is in the US, where a good steak can generally be found a 
>> mile or so from where one lives.  And what about soggy, over-cooked 
>> Brussels Sprouts?
>>
>> I can go on.  British cuisine has its high points -- Yorkshire 
>> pudding, Steak and Kidney Pie, Bass Ale, and the like.  But there is 
>> a lot which most folks with an interest in tasty food properly 
>> prepared would hold against the denizens of the UK.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>> Marc James Small
>> Quo Usque Tandem Abutere, Catalina, Patientia Nostra?
>> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>>
>>
>>
>>
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