Nowack Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I always find the anti chip snobbery amusing. Some bloke having a chicken tikka masala, rice and a peshwari naan doesn't think that fried potatoes somehow don't compliment a meat and spicy sauce dish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 On 02/03/2023 at 23:26, MickyD said: Apparently it’s award winning. I think it’s won the Bolton News restaurant of the year a couple of times. That's because they try to emotionally blackmail people into giving them 5 star trip advisor reviews while they are still at the table. The curry is pretty average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underpants Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 3 hours ago, MickyD said: You already said you got rice and chips between you so if you ordered the rice and she ordered the chips with an agreement to share, you kind of did. Chips in an Indian deserve to be shit. You know as well as me that you just do as you're told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Nowack said: Chips go great with a curry. Yes in a BASTARD CHIPPY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, kent_white said: That's because they try to emotionally blackmail people into giving them 5 star trip advisor reviews while they are still at the table. The curry is pretty average. yes in about 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I like chips with curry but don’t order at a restaurant but see no issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 5, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Nowack said: I always find the anti chip snobbery amusing. Some bloke having a chicken tikka masala, rice and a peshwari naan doesn't think that fried potatoes somehow don't compliment a meat and spicy sauce dish. It's not snobbery I went to India once and don't think I saw chips anywhere It's not what they do, so wouldn't expect decent chips in a curry house, and wouldn't go to one to try the chips Hands up if you've ever been to an Indian and ordered something off the English menu like omelette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowack Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 minute ago, Zico said: It's not snobbery I went to India once and don't think I saw chips anywhere It's not what they do, so wouldn't expect decent chips in a curry house, and wouldn't go to one to try the chips Hands up if you've ever been to an Indian and ordered something off the English menu like omelette If you go to a restaurant and they have specific meals then fair enough but a English curry house selling anglicised meat,chicken or prawns with tikka masala, Rogan Josh, dupiaza or vindaloo then it's fair play to have some fried potatoes with it. Half those dishes are not what they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowack Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Zico said: Hands up if you've ever been to an Indian and ordered something off the English menu like omelette. And you are more likely to get an omelette in India than a bowl of tikka masala. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 5, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Nowack said: If you go to a restaurant and they have specific meals then fair enough but a English curry house selling anglicised meat,chicken or prawns with tikka masala, Rogan Josh, dupiaza or vindaloo then it's fair play to have some fried potatoes with it. Half those dishes are not what they do. 2 hours ago, Nowack said: And you are more likely to get an omelette in India than a bowl of tikka masala. a curry is a curry, the concept of cooking one is the same regardless of if the flavour/recipe was one devised in asia or in britain by british asians, so they know what they are doing when making one admit it though, you've eaten off the english menu in a curry house haven't you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowack Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 21 minutes ago, Zico said: a curry is a curry, the concept of cooking one is the same regardless of if the flavour/recipe was one devised in asia or in britain by british asians, so they know what they are doing when making one admit it though, you've eaten off the english menu in a curry house haven't you Are you honestly saying that you do not like chips with curry? Or is it the cultural appropriation you have an issue with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 5, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 5, 2023 15 minutes ago, Nowack said: Are you honestly saying that you do not like chips with curry? Or is it the cultural appropriation you have an issue with. nah, just messing really, I'd quite happily have chips and curry at home if it was a microwave curry and I whacked some chips in the oven, but not if making a point of going to eat in a curry house, it just doesn't seem right i dont have chips when at a chinese restaurant, but like salt and pepper chips with a takeaway in a similar vein if a curry house knocked up some sort of "curry chips" dish, I'd try it (at home) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowack Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 10 minutes ago, Zico said: nah, just messing really, I'd quite happily have chips and curry at home if it was a microwave curry and I whacked some chips in the oven, but not if making a point of going to eat in a curry house, it just doesn't seem right i dont have chips when at a chinese restaurant, but like salt and pepper chips with a takeaway in a similar vein if a curry house knocked up some sort of "curry chips" dish, I'd try it (at home) I think if chips are on the sundries section next to rice and chapati it's fair game. I wouldn't have chips with everything but a dhansak with a chapati and chips is a personal favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Can’t have a chip naan without having chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 5, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Nowack said: I think if chips are on the sundries section next to rice and chapati it's fair game. I wouldn't have chips with everything but a dhansak with a chapati and chips is a personal favourite. you should let @Underpants know which curry houses do good chips then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said: Shout out to Morecambe Tandoori last night. Even the chips were good 😊 Little place on the front down the 'bottom end' of town? Well done. It's proper hit and miss that place, either decent or shite or rarely in-between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Traf said: Little place on the front down the 'bottom end' of town? Well done. It's proper hit and miss that place, either decent or shite or rarely in-between. Yeah West End not far from the ground. Feared the worst when we went in and there was a huge group of pikeys dropping c bombs in front of their kids and singing that god awful Bolton get battered song but thankfully they fucked off before we’d even ordered our starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Zico said: It's not snobbery I went to India once and don't think I saw chips anywhere It's not what they do, so wouldn't expect decent chips in a curry house, and wouldn't go to one to try the chips Hands up if you've ever been to an Indian and ordered something off the English menu like omelette Nope, but when I lived in manc a lad I know did and the waiter come and brought him a baby’s chair and it was great as he was fuming. Chicken and chips I think it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Leyther_Matt said: Yeah West End not far from the ground. Feared the worst when we went in and there was a huge group of pikeys dropping c bombs in front of their kids and singing that god awful Bolton get battered song but thankfully they fucked off before we’d even ordered our starters. Yeah, pikey central that end. Rough as fuck, too, late on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globaldiver Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 This week; Sams Chop House; an old friend, still got it. Not many diners though. Decent IPA; Shin Digger. Heaton Garden Centre; Cheese and Onion Pie off the scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Just now, globaldiver said: Heaton Garden Centre; Cheese and Onion Pie off the scale Good man, this is what we want. Good, hearty, non-pretentious grub recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted March 11, 2023 Site Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2023 Talking to an Asian client a couple of days ago, when he eats out in an Indian restaurant, he has Steak because he eats spicy food all the time at home. Part of the reason chips are on the menu I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted March 11, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2023 18 hours ago, globaldiver said: This week; Sams Chop House; an old friend, still got it. Not many diners though. Decent IPA; Shin Digger. Heaton Garden Centre; Cheese and Onion Pie off the scale Their corned beef hash is the daddy As are their steak and kidney puddings Like a tardis, looks like fuck all when it arrives but leaves you in a food coma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted March 11, 2023 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2023 India gate last night followed by the nook Excellent do Wish i could do lamb like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshape Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Great North Pie Co in Manchester last weekend was very good. Lamb and pea suet pudding with mash, peas and roast onion gravy. Washed down with a bottle of Bluebird Bitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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