[rodderas]

Following on from a clan discussion in which big_evil described his experimentation with curries.

Whilst out on the town tonight I thought I would try something new. Went in to the Leigh Tandoori Restaurant and  I got meself a Dopiaza...... It was alright...had a few too many vegtables for my liking. But...... It went down well with a couple of beers.

Anyways.....

What's your favourite dish * (not just Indian) and............. more importantly. What do you find fills a hole when playing FM.

Discuss.....

* No 80's food please

[deanashtonsfoot]

80s food? What about arctic roll?

As far as takeaway curries go I normally get a Korai or a Jalfrezi, the latter of which sometimes comes up very very spicy, but I find that tends to really vary from place to place. As for other takeaway, good old Chicken & Chips with a saveloy always goes down nicely.

When we go out, there are a few really decent tapas restaurants in Brighton that we go to. Also a few good Thai resturants. They tend to be what we have most often, but there's so many restaurants here, we tend to mix it up quite a bit. 

As far as cooking at home goes, recently I've been working my way through two cookbooks, making traditional curries from India and Cambodia, rather than the British versions that you see over here:

The first one is called 50 Great Curries of India by Camelia Panjabi. The curries I've made out of here so far are:

• Rogan Josh - which is totally different to what we get over here. Not sure I really liked it tbh. Think I'm going to do it again at some point and tweak the recipe
  
• Kalee Mirch Cha - which is basically lamb with herbs & black pepper - definitely recommend this one
  
• Bori Curry - also very good

I think next up from this book is Shalgam Gosht, which is essentially Lamb with Turnips - sounds a bit crap from the name, but looks amazing in the book. 

Second book is Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey. This has loads of different sections in - Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Bali, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh......I've been working through the Cambodian section so far:

• Samlor Korko - essentially stir fry pork and vegetable soup - was really good, but very fragrant (lots of lemongrass and ginger, as well as Thai shrimp paste and fish sauce), so won't be to everyone's taste
  
• Chien Choon - fried fish in ginger sauce - this was very simple, but very nice. Used Sea Bass as the fish
  
• Loc Lac - best Cambodian dish I've done so far. This is essentially marinated spicy beef, served in a lettuce leaf with red onion, peanuts and tomato - sounds odd, but tasted amazing!
  
• Khmer Pork, coconut & pineapple curry - I know, pineapple in a curry....sounds horibble, but works surprisingly well. You use the same fragrant curry paste as in the Samlor Korko for this. Another really good dish - probably second only to the Loc Lac.

I think next up from this book will be Amok Trey, which is Steamed Fish Curry with coconut, turmeric, lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves. Mmmmm.

As you may have guessed, I really fucking love food.  

If you're looking for something a bit different and are up for trying some really new things, I'd definitely recommend the Rick Stein book. 

[keefa]

I'm not really a foody person, but I must say I do like a good cauliflower and broccoli cheese with mashed potatoes.

Other than that I tend to eat lasagne, pizza, spaghetti and things like that.

A nice traditional roast dinner is cracking too!

[rodderas]

I think I might have caught some of the Rick Stein Eastern tv show (If there was one) on night shift. It was quite interesting how simple some of the recipes were.

I like to have a go at cooking but I'm pretty crap tbh. Looks like your a bit of a master Daf? I have used the Ninteno DS cooking guide to make a couple of things which was...... erm...... alright. I tend to just get a recipe off the net.

I find it hard to get the more unusual ingredients which can put me off cooking different things. My girlfriend is a good cook so I tend to let her do it all. Unless of course its a BBQ which is a man's job.

According to Wikipedia the Artic Roll was invented in the 50's but became very popular in the 80's. I thought maybe Pot Noodle (the ultimate snack) may have been but........ 1979

[juvehero]

Arctic Roll rocks - much better than the arriviste Viennetta..............

Curry wise, if I'm eating out I would always veer towards the chicken (or lamb) saag - if at home then it would have to be a Thai red or green.

Love pasta (not lasagne or spagetti  ) but not a big fan of tomato based sauces (but like raw tomatos - go figure)so tend to go more for a pesto or cream based sauce.

I try to eat healthily although I always think that there should be room in your life for the occasional Micky D's quarter pounder with cheese - a quite glorious burger if you instruct the enthusiastic minion behind the counter to bring you a freshly made one.

Can quite easily eat most food without complaints although I consider celery, oysters and anchovies to be the food of hell.

[Maria Nikiforova]

I am trying to eat healthy with qualitative products. I love simple things like eggs, meat, butter, cream, vegetables, dark chocolate, etc. I learned to distinguish food from "food".  I have a few favorite grocery stores in Sofia, where I remained for hours, choosing what to buy.

If it is not running, flying, swimming or not green - do not eat!

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What do you find fills a hole when playing FM.
Discuss.....

Find a girlfriend. My friend is lucky, he plays FM and I know how to fill his time. The key is improvisation .

[cagiva]

That's how I like it, too.

Especally when somebody takes care of me and made the food and takes all the cooking stuff.

[Maria Nikiforova]

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Especally when somebody takes care of me and made the food and takes all the cooking stuff.

Cooking for friend is actually pretty pretty great  .

[rodderas]

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What do you find fills a hole when playing FM.
Discuss.....

Find a girlfriend. My friend is lucky, he plays FM and I know how to fill his time. The key is improvisation .

Well I have a girlfriend (a very good cook she is too!) but I don't expect her wait on me whilst I play FM! Especially when I can sit down and play it for 5-6 hours at a time.

I guess I was after what people snacked on when playing, a nice rosey apple, not poodle or a custard cream slice. In my defence I was very drunk when starting this thread and I have cut back on my drinking since

[Maria Nikiforova]

Yesterday, for 15 minutes, I made a great fruit salad. In Bulgaria, the fruits are very tasty and natural.

I used:
2 bananas
1 kiwi
1 apple
1 pear
2 peaches
5 small figs
2 bunches of grapes (different)

I cut them, rainy, sprinkled with 3 tablespoons honey and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. And cooled in the refrigerator for 40 minutes. Much more refreshing than ice cream. I made a picture with my phone  :

[Daedalus]

If I'm cooking I like it to be quick and with minimal washing up. I pretty much survive off of stir fries of various description (I don't bother with their names - to the chagrin of the woman that works in the chinese supermarket I used to live above) and cous cous. If I'm going out, I want it to be something that wouldn't be quick if I did it myself (after all, why pay for something you could make at home for half the price in half the time) and something my girlfriend would eat, so it's lasagne and pizza, or a spot of sushi on the side.

As far curries, I'd say jalfrezi and tikka masala are my favourites, but I had a red thai to die for where my sister used to live.

[Psycorp603]

Just had to dive in McDonalds (overslept, needed a coffee before work).

Me: Can I have a black coffee.
Peon: Yes sir, would you like a hash brown with that?
Me: No. Just a black coffee.
Peon: OK sir.

I get to the office... It's a fucking latte.

[juvehero]

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Just had to dive in McDonalds (overslept, needed a coffee before work).

Me: Can I have a black coffee.
Peon: Yes sir, would you like a hash brown with that?
Me: No. Just a black coffee.
Peon: OK sir.

I get to the office... It's a fucking latte.

Bet you wish you'd had that hash brown now 

[kin_lin]

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Just had to dive in McDonalds (overslept, needed a coffee before work).

Me: Can I have a black coffee.
Peon: Yes sir, would you like a hash brown with that?
Me: No. Just a black coffee.
Peon: OK sir.

I get to the office... It's a fucking latte.

Reminds me of a joke . . . (yes I know wrong thread but  )

What does the arts graduate say to the engineering graduate?

Would you like fries with that?

[Zinedine Zaiddin]

The salad looks awesome for me, is it safe to eat it while playing FM? I don't want my laptop damaged because of food, and definitly will cause damage to my FM  too.

[Daedalus]

I just polished off a thai red chicken curry of my own making. Perfect hangover food.

[Gaz]

Any form of meat cooked in Reggae reggae sauce. That bottle should come with a health warning, I'm seriously fucking addicted!

[deanashtonsfoot]

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Any form of meat cooked in Reggae reggae sauce. That bottle should come with a health warning, I'm seriously fucking addicted!

Mmmmm.....reggae reggae sauce. 

[Maria Nikiforova]

http://www.youtube.c...?v=mYyDXH1amic#

Before you put something in your mouth, use what is above it. And no, not talking about nose and eyes or sinuses  .

[Maria Nikiforova]

Now I want to share here that I turn into a great cook, as I wasn't before . Much I enjoy the things that we eat at home. Every evening I cook meat (pork or chicken) with potatoes or vegetables, make pancakes in the weekends, in the nights we eat green apples, etc. I do everything in the kitchen with great pleasure, for my birthday I will have a gift - a real kitchen from my boyfriend . Life is great.