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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 22, 2015 13:59:19 GMT
Not so in France?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2015 18:04:10 GMT
I think the Parisian Indian restaurants are more authentic because they have not invented any dishes for the French, whereas some of the Indian "specialities" in Britain do not exist in India. Out in the provinces, however, I'm sure the dishes have been modified for timid palates.
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Post by whatagain on Dec 22, 2015 19:35:05 GMT
Yes, it has. And we haven't got many Indian restaurants.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2016 13:37:15 GMT
I was taaken to the Omega Ouzeri in Capitol Hill last night. It's an fairly upscale Greek place - yeah, I know, a contradiction in terms. We had a very smokey melizanosalata with big chunks of walnuts; toasts spread with rabbit stifado paté and topped with bitter greens and candied kumquats; delicious roast potatoes; roast quail served with beets and lentils. Couple of glasses of wine which we never heard of. Total: $82 USD.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 16:56:47 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2016 9:51:49 GMT
Delightful composition of colors and shapes -- and the meal was obviously enjoyed!
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Post by htmb on Jul 16, 2016 9:57:10 GMT
It sure looks like it!
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 16, 2016 10:31:48 GMT
Read an intersting BBC article today about how biryanis migrated from Persia to India and the many differences between the regional variations. I've lost count of how many I've eaten.
K2, I hope there were a lot of good bits in what seems a large amount of sauce.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 10:57:32 GMT
The sauce wouldn't have been there anymore if the stomachs were not already full and there had been more cheese nan.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 16, 2016 14:30:23 GMT
Milos is a well-known, upscale Greek restaurant here in Montréal, and there are others. A Toronto friend of Greek origin says that there is nothing of the kind there, though Toronto is a much wealthier city and there are certainly at least as many Greek-Torontonians. Looks like too much sauce at K2's Indian place. But the last Indian place I ate at here wasn't "saucy" at all as it is South Indian and very different cuisine. www.balti-birmingham.co.uk/ About Birmingham's signature dish... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 15:59:09 GMT
Prawn korma (and the other kormas) uses lots of coconut milk.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 19:52:32 GMT
This is Vancouver's best Indian restarant, Vij's. No anonymous meat in brown sauce, which is the fare of most Indian restaurants.
APPETIZERS
Vij’s Monarch Butterfly – raw sugar and ghee braised squash with wood ear mushrooms 13½
Chickpeas in black cardamom and clove curry on grilled coconut kale 13½
Garam masala sautéed portobello mushrooms in porcini cream curry 14
Eggplant in thick yogurt and garlic curry 14
Khoa paranta with tangy tomato-onion chutney 13½
Jackfruit in black cardamom and cumin curry 13½
Mutton kebobs with Bengali style curry 14
Samosas filled with lamb and beef, sautéed in fennel and sumac 13½
Local pork belly with apple mint chutney (per spoon) 3¾
Punjabi Heart Attack! spicy cashews, paneer + ghee 3¾
MAINS (vegetarian)
Grilled vegetables on semolina noodles, lentil pilaf with Kalonji curry 19
Salad trio: cauliflower-quinoa pilaf, tomato-cumin Brussels sprouts, lentil-wheat berry salad 19
Kalonji sautéed vegetables on coconut curried brown rice + black chickpea pilaf 26½
Saag-paneer with Punjabi daal and chapati 24
Vegetable koftas in creamy tomato curry with green beans 26
MAINS (meat)
Beef shortribs in cinnamon and red wine curry 29
Rajasthani style spicy goat with mildly spiced vegetables 28½
Grilled venison on tamarind-date purée with grilled vegetables 29
Wine marinated lamb popsicles in fenugreek cream curry on turmeric and spinach potatoes 29¾
Pork tenderloin in tangy cayenne and ginger curry 29
Lemon-ghee marinated grilled chicken breast with roasted garlic and fenugreek seed-lime leaf curry 28½
Grilled sablefish in yogurt-tomato broth on navy bean and onion masala 29¾
Rainbow trout in coconut and fenugreek masala with wheat berry pilaf 28
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Post by lagatta on Jul 16, 2016 20:08:52 GMT
Yes, very famous restaurant, at least across Canada. Have you eaten there?
Vancouver is blessed with large Asian communities, East, South and Southeast Asian. And seafood. Makes for a fine combination...
Alas I've only been there once, for a brief work trip (but I did eat some Asian seafood).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 21:01:05 GMT
Yes, I have eaten there, it's lovely; it's beside one of the theatres in town so it's handy. No reservations, so you have to stand on the sidewalk with free chai. I'll never be able to try their cricket dishes, though. Give me the creeps.
I hear Vancouver has the world's largest Punjabi population outside of, well, the Punjab.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 21:29:53 GMT
That is an extremely short menu for an Indian restaurant, at least as far as France is concerned. That is probably because most Indian restaurants here combine Indian and Pakistani dishes.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 16, 2016 21:47:55 GMT
Well, the Punjab straddles those countries.
I think it is also because it is a "gastronomic" restaurant, so they concentrate on doing fewer dishes very well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 22:16:04 GMT
That's right, lagatta. There are also lots of daily specials. We have plenty of Indian restaurants with multitudinous dishes where you choose how hot you like it. Vij is trying something different. At the closest Indian restaurant in Seattle, every "sauce" comes with its choice of protein, which isn't very authentic at all.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 21:32:13 GMT
For reasons a bit complicated to explain, I found myself in a tourist restaurant where I had a really quite good "Norwegian salad" which had perhaps only one Norwegian ingredient, if that -- smoked salmon. The rest consisted of crayfish, sliced avocado, tomato, lettuce, and orange and grapefruit wedges, none of which are generally known as Norwegian products.
It was almost perfect to combat the 30° heat, but the big beer helped a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 21:53:33 GMT
My most recent restaurant meal was celebrating "Bastille Day" in Seattle. A local French bistro closed off a section of street and served a buffet for $25. Grilled chicken, roast potatoes, Greek salad, corn and blueberry salad (!), and sauteed green beans. Cake for dessert. Cheap wine on tap. I particularly liked the Bastille cocktail: sparkling wine, pomegranate juice and St-Germain liqueur. We had a moment's silence for Nice, and sang Le Marseillaise. I remembered the words from Grade 3.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 22:00:45 GMT
I don't even know what St-Germain liqueur is. But the Greek salad is a nice touch. Corn and blueberry salad?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2016 22:39:08 GMT
St-Germain is made from elderflowers. www.stgermain.fr/The corn salad was bizarre. I didn't touch it. |
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Post by lagatta on Jul 21, 2016 18:21:19 GMT
Seems like a waste of blueberries. Are European myrtilles similar? I've never happened to eat them in France or anywhere else in Europe. Maize is about the most North and Central American thing there is...
But not a problem as there was so much good food, and such a bargain. Cheap wine on tap is almost none-existent here...
Right now I have no appetite whatsoever as I had to run an errand and it is 30° here too, with a humidex of 34, and going up a bit more this afternoon. I just hope the water I put in the freezer and fridge will chill soon. Plain tap water (our tap water is very good) and also a big bottle of Borsec mineral water from Romania, a water with a lot of calcium and magnesium. I usually drink plain tap water, but that kind is good against cramping from heat and exertion.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 16:21:28 GMT
I had a hamburger and fries at a fast food chain. Most unusual meal of the year for me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 8, 2016 17:41:27 GMT
* cough * * cough *  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2016 17:57:02 GMT
Buffalo Grill is the largest sit-down restaurant chain in France and is a steakhouse chain. Therefore it is not at all a fast food restaurant, and in any case I did not eat a hamburger there. I absolutely never order a hamburger in a table service restaurant. Unlike some people I know.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 8, 2016 18:00:11 GMT
You mean the one who was so happy she almost died because she never knew a hamburger could taste so good?
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Post by lagatta on Aug 8, 2016 23:05:16 GMT
We occasionally make bison burgers (at home). So did Imec from Winnipeg. They are delicious. I've also had caribou and venison burgers. Not ever part of a beast makes a good steak.
Some preparations have gone bad in my fridge, and it is not because they were there for many days. It is very hot and humid...
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Post by chexbres on Aug 9, 2016 9:06:54 GMT
I shared frog's legs in garlic butter (could have used some salt) with the people I was with, and gave some of my pork chop to someone who would much rather have had that than the uber-healthy grilled cod fish which had been ordered. There was also a chocolate mousse, but it was more like warm pudding.
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Post by htmb on Aug 9, 2016 10:19:56 GMT
That cod fish was actually very good, but the fresh, crunchy peas underneath were seasoned well and totally amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 15:30:13 GMT
And actually, the cod was not at all grilled but poached.
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