MrBen Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 There. I've said it.I can tell my Ardbeg from a Laphroig so I don't think I'm completely senseless.But apart from Tandoori Nights and Bombay Bicycle Club can anyone (other than Michael P) really tell the difference between Surma/Dulwich Tandoori/Pistachio Club/Mirash/Jafflong offerings? Am I alone in thinking they all taste much the same? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 A point quids often makes and with which I concur Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270429 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm glad you separated out Tandoori Nights, Mr Ben. Was about to jump on the case to defend them as being better. But I guess Curry Club members are best placed to review all. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Well sort of, I think that Jaflong is a bit different. Mirash is the epitome of traditional curry house and my favourite of old; however they are pretty much the same; it just depends what your own personal tastes are; as the best part of 2 years worth of curry club meetings have evidenced. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Are you a large man Mr Ben, ie should you be paying more to use the bus?Fair play to you, if you've tasted 90% of all the curries available on Lordship Lane I salute you. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I wish I was as svelte as MrBensurely anyone living in the are for more than a year or two and a prediliction for curries will have tried them all at one stage? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Every curry house yes, but not 90% of all the dishes offered on each of their menus. But if Mr Ben is svelte then maybe comparing 500-odd dishes is the way to go - beats Gillian McKeith's fare hands down every time for me. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I have eaten about 80% of the choices on the menus of the curry houses of Lordship Lane (I dont like fish) and can confirm that they are quite similar. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfox Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Fair play to you Michael Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I think if you order any of the classic dishes, it is much the same wherever you go. I always look for the house specials. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBen Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Yep- to be clear I've not tried 90% of all dishes on all curry houses - as most have about 50 odd choices variants on the menu but I've tried most places at least once and like for like there's nothing to choose beteween them....you may as well roll a dice. Why go to any particular one? Keef - you are getting to the crux of it. A USP. Tandoori nights differs in that it seems less fatty, fresher and tastes better. It also seems to do better by conciously NOT having a delivery service? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I do agree that Tandoori Nights is good, and that the majority are almost indistinguishable from each other.But I do think that Pistachio Club is a cut above most of them. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonM Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 You only have to look at Babur's menu (the restaurant though, not the takeaway/home delivery) to see how the LL establishments are practically clones of each other... I have this fancy that at dead of night a huge tanker, like a petrol tanker, inches slowly along LL, stopping at intervals to connect a thick black rubber hose to each curry house and pump a fresh week's supply of "Basic Indian Sauce" into their basements.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Even Babur isn't that special IMO. Yes the meat seems much much better quality, but I found it disappointing in general. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Dare I mention Ganapati :)Completely different to anything on Lordship Lane, thank God :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 When the Curry Club does an away day to Tayabs I'M IN Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Tandoori Nights also differentiates itself through its higher prices; because higher prices mean better food.Obviously. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karter Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Dulwich Tandoori have been voted best indian restaurant by Living South magazine. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 "Silk Road" in Camberwell has just got my voteNOT Indian I know BUT very different Chinese & OOoooooh spicy Agree the curry houses do taste mainly the sameW**F Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbow Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm with you Sue, Ganapati is top. You can actually taste all the fresh ingredients,even their ice cream are home made.That it, curries it will be lunch tomorrow Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAL9000 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I've completed a training course in Anglo-Indian-style curry and tandoor cooking at a leading Indian restaurant in London.Of course the dishes all taste the same - they are made to the same (secret) recipes passed down from Bangladeshi chefs to their apprentices throughout the country.Ever wondered how any dish from over 100 menu choices can be prepared within five to seven minutes? It's because they are all made from a handful of basic, pre-cooked ingredients that are assembled in an iron skillet and fried at high temperature until the oil separates from the sauce.A typical curry house uses only six spices: coriander, cumin, paprika, turmeric, cayenne (chilli) pepper and black pepper and three or four aromatics: malabathrum (Indian bay leaf), cinnamon, cardamom and star anise. The rest is mainly onions, bell peppers, garlic, ginger, desiccated coconut, almond powder and tomato paste. Korma and massala dishes are thickened with single cream (UHT LongLife).Balti dishes are the same as regular dishes with a tablespoonful of Patak?s Balti Curry paste.As for "fresh ingredients" ? virtually every Anglo-Indian restaurant in London gets its supplies from a handful of Bangladeshi-owned cash-and-carry warehouses in Bermondsey and East London. All meat, fish and seafood is frozen.Incidentally, the staff would rather die than eat the food they serve to customers - the chefs prepare genuine Bangladeshi curries for the staff's end-of-day meal! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 :-S Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 What an education we get here! Thanks for that!A mate used to live in Southall and taught me the trick that you should only go to the little restaurants you see the locals going to. Same can be said for Chinese and so on.I don't have a sophisticated experienced enough palate to know the best Indian food, but this thread has taught me alot!Must try Ganapati since everyone creams over it... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 ... and , at least in the early days, many of the Chefs came from the same area of Bangladesh and so shared the same basic recipes.Still, the food tastes good. I cant help thinking that an expectation that they can serve the quantities that they do and hand prepare all from fresh ingredients is a tad naive. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 MrBen Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Tandoori nights differs in that it seems less> fatty, fresher and tastes better. Because they use olive oil instead of ghee innit. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/8914-90-of-lordship-lane-curries-all-taste-the-same/#findComment-270651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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