Of spuds and jam roly-poly

by admin on February 2, 2009

in General

From the nothing to do with this blog but noteworthy dept:

My friend Vinnie talks about the many ways in which the American diet is being enhanced by all sorts of things you can do with the humble spud.

Last weekend, my wife asked if I’d heard about menu changes at some of the better Asian restaurants in our old home town of Bradford. Apparently you can now order jam roly-poly or cheesecake with your chicken vindaloo. Someone, please tell me this is an aberration.

What IS the world coming to? Ultimate fusion cooking?

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Ali Choudhury

Chowdrey's stole the English desserts concept from the Lahore cafe just up the road from them. The best kept food secret in Bradford is Salah's on Leeds Road. £4 for a chicken burger AND chicken wrap meal.

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Dennnis Howlett

@ali - you must be a Bradford lad and if so, I will so be looking you up next time I'm in town...could be a long wait but hey - all the best things are worth waiting for (so my mother used to say)

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Emily Coltman

There's also something incongruous about an accountant turning up to a client meeting bearing a saffron cake as a present. But my friend Hugh Williams does that and his clients love it.

It's a talking point. Or as Paddi Lund would put it, it could be a critical non-essential.

Oh and BTW, is it possible to put links into comments, please? That's two I'd like to have done and missed.

M

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Dennis Howlett

Links - yes: do this SomeLink - bit clunky but will be fixed in the shiny new version.

On that - bringing a Latte would be nice as well...and a blueberry muffin...

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Emily Coltman

So they serve Indian puddings or English ones... bit like Chinese take-aways that offer either rice or chips with your main course. Or English gastropubs that have chicken tikka masala on the menu.

And I'm impressed they serve proper milkshakes made with fresh fruit and ice-cream, not those horrible concoctions with flavour syrup.

As long as they serve good food, does it matter if they serve a bit of a mixture of cultures? It could be a unique selling point for their business - "the curry house with English puddings".

M

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Dennis Howlett

There is something incongruous about these kinds of dessert going with a curry. Milkshakes are nothing new for them - lassi has been an Asian staple for many years. Oh well - I guess I'm out of touch.

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vinnie mirchandani

Call them mashups and pass the naan bread :)

seriously, think of UK pre 80s. Think of the fish and chips, pub food, and cheap Indian food ...now the UK must have some of the most diversified restaurants and grocery packaged food there is...

enjoy life's diversity I say, though I must say the street food in China, Thailand etc with the exotic meats and raw fish I find challenging

Now local beers every where I travel - absolutely!

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Dennis Howlett

Dark days on Lumb Lane, Leeds Road and Great Horton Road methinks. ;)

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Rob Lewis

Jam roly-poly at an Indian Restaurant?

This recession is going to be worse than I thought.

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