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The Pontificator
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 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:03 am Post subject: I'm having food cravings: Indian vegetarian... |
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...but there's nothing here but chain/fast food places so no go.
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JohnnyBoy
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Ah Pontificator, you must be able to put your hands on a decent vegetable samosa, surely....???
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The Pontificator
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Nope. The nearest Indian restaurant (and it's a pretty good one, I think although my experience with such food's limited) is about 60 miles from here.
Samosas are definitely a must.
I was considering the purchase of an insulated tiffin lunch box (dabba) for school and it got me thinking about Indian food.
Most of my experiences with curry/roti have been in a West Indian restaurant that was in business here for a couple of years. |
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The Pontificator
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Oh, and lime pickle. Gotta have that, too. Love lime pickle!  |
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Bandit Bill
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If you like Indian Vegetarian, I suggest you give Ethiopian food a chance. Lots of vegetarian foods to choose from and the injera bread is excellent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injera
You don't get utensils. The meal is eaten with the injera bread. Not only is it a tasty meal, it is a true bonding experience with the persons you are eating with as you all share the same meal.
I know this all seems foreign to us and the looks are a little unusual. That's the point. It will be an experience you won't forget. You won't leave hungry because the bread is very filling and unlimited (they will bring you more, if they see you need more).
edit: I had to make that photo smaller, it is a little difficult to look at 
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jb
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:28 am Post subject: |
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Bandit...
That picture looks like what my dog barfed up after rooting in the neighbors garbage all night, except maybe for the greens.
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| jb wrote: | Bandit...
That picture looks like what my dog barfed up after rooting in the neighbors garbage all night, except maybe for the greens. |
Not much different looking than most Indian dishes, but I hear you.
Most of the dishes look this way due to economics. You make a big pot of something and the majority of the meal is bread. With Indian food it's naan bread, with Ethiopian it's injera bread. |
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JohnnyBoy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| The Pontificator wrote: | | Nope. The nearest Indian restaurant (and it's a pretty good one, I think although my experience with such food's limited) is about 60 miles from here. |
60 miles to an Indian restaurant!  Jeez man, I'd have to move house! 
It takes me less than 5 minutes to walk to my local general store. And on the way, I pass an Indian restaurant... 
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Wedge
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I live in a city that has TONs of Indian, Afghan, Pakistani restaurants (and citizens). Lots of choices, lots of different interpretations. It's great.
I can't find a good pizza place to save my life though. |
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Cypher
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:45 am Post subject: |
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60 miles
In the UK every other shop these days is a takeaway / restaurant. There's at least one or two Indian's on most main roads near me 
Your knackered over here if you want something useful but feeding isn't going to be a problem.
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Pontificator, I bought some vegetable samosas from the supermarket today -- couldn't help remembering you as I put them into my basket...
| Wedge wrote: | | I live in a city that has TONs of Indian, Afghan, Pakistani restaurants (and citizens). Lots of choices, lots of different interpretations. It's great. |
Hey there Wedge! Long time, no see!
| Cypher wrote: | | There's at least one or two Indian's on most main roads near me |
Why the sad face, Cypher? Not a fan of Indian food?
When I was at Manchester University, I could walk during lunch time from the uni to Rusholme (big Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi community) and eat some of the best Indian food you could find in the entire country. Oh, yeah....
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Cypher
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| JohnnyBoy wrote: | | When I was at Manchester University, I could walk during lunch time from the uni to Rusholme (big Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi community) and eat some of the best Indian food you could find in the entire country. Oh, yeah.... |
The famous curry mile. You wouldn't believe your eyes Pontificator. Almost every shop front is a curry house.
I'm actually not too far from there Johnny, I'm only on the other side of Manchester.
BTW The sad face is because our local towns have become a complete eye sore, especially during the day when they are all shuttered up. Every shop become a food outlet means the towns are dying, which is forcing people to travel to the big outlets such as the Trafford Centre which is just helping to kill off the remaining town centre shops.
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Here's some pictures of The Curry Mile
a mile of restaurant one after the other all illuminated like this
Feeling hungry now Pontificator
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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no problem here, if I want Indian take-away, I call here: http://www.houseofindiarestaurant.com/
not a vegetarian, but they have great vegetarian dishes like Chana Saag and Vegetable Biryani. Huntington has quite a few great restaurants.
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| jb wrote: | Bandit...
That picture looks like what my dog barfed up after rooting in the neighbors garbage all night, except maybe for the greens. |
There... I made the photo smaller.
much better |
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