Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

You live in NYC?

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

Agrre sometimes the dishes are not up to their b:confused:est

My hubby always (never tried something else) get the Lamb vindaloo and I most of the time go for the Lamb Dupaiza or Lamb Dhansak, haven't tried the other dishes, oh I have tried the salmon tandoori, that is also nice.

In August we went to a nice curry place in Taunton, Somerset, that was the best ever.

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

i'd say you just need to cook your own. there's a much bigger indian population in the UK than in vancouver. the curry mile in manchester is a great example :) anglo indian curry is a sort of sub genre of regular curry and mainly consists of kormas and tikka massala (which was invented in glasgow i think...)

first time i was over there i had a curry and it had many of the right elements but just wasn't great. when i get out there i'll learn to cook (it's a miracle i've made it to my mid 30's with my lack of culinary skills!) if you get good at mixing up a mean curry start your own restaurant :D i reckon you'll have plenty of expat customers who miss the warm embrace of rogan josh or a bhuna on a cold winters evening.

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

Curried Meatloaf

Beat a couple of eggs into some ground beef, add bread crumbs and knead.

Mix curry powder into campbells cream of mushroom soup (thin it with a little milk) and pour over the ground beef in a dish.

Bung in the oven on about 400 for about 50-60 minutes.

Not quite a curry but it's gorgeous.

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

I had a really good Indian Curry when I working at the Airport in Vancouver.

I was staying in the Holiday Inn on Cambie Road (off the 99). Just down the road on the junction with No 5 Road is a little shopping area (with Shoppers Drug Mart on the corner). Quite close to Drug Mart within its parking are is a great little Indian Restaurant, decent curries and nan's.

So the corner of Cambie/No.5 Road.

Not read all the replies so this maybe a confirmation of someone elses.

EDIT:

This one

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...-8&sa=N&tab=wl


oops that didn't work as a link, name is better perhaps

Tandoori Kona Restaurant

http://assets.urbanspoon.com/w/s/Om/...hw0G6-640m.jpg

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

I use a forum that may be of interest to the home curry cook,
http://www.secretcurryrecipes.com/curryforum/index.php?

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There is an Indian restaurant across from where I work in Victoria.
It sells tikka masala and its not bad at all.
I think its a little overpriced but if its just for a special treat then what the hell!
It is Amrikko's, and is at 298 Old Island highway (intersection with Helmcken, near the construction)
Tel 250 744 3330

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

"660 Curries: The Gateway to Indian Cooking" by Raghavan Iyer. End of.

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

Hi,
I suppose its all down to what you are looking for,
Authentic or restaurant style especially British, very different things.
Cheers,
Mick

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

I just signed up there - although in order to "see" the receipes I ended up having to pay a 1 year subscription.. lots of great recipes though!

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

Yes I agree. How about, "The Curry Secret: Indian Restaurant Cookery at Home." by Kris Dhillon. Which I believe you can find a PDF version.

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Yes, I've had the book for years, Kris was the first, I believe, to show how the BIR used the base gravy,
they do give reasonable results but they can be drastically improved upon.
Mick

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Sorry if I got this wrong but I thought 'The melting base Recipes' could be viewed without paying and there is a large video section at the bottom of the forums page that could be viewed.
Regards,
Mick

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

I liked your video for CTM. Not the way I do mine, but I see where you're coming from. :thumbup: And welcome to the forum by the way.

Re: curry withdrawal advice-(Vancouver)
 

Thanks for the welcome,
The British Indian Restaurant CTM is a very simple dish, there are other ways of doing it but they are all a variation on a theme,
Of the 6 or 7 kitchens that I have been into over the years they have all done it this way, with the use of Pataks pastes, or nowadays other makes of tikka, tandoori, kashmiri masala pastes,
I know a lot of people think this is some kind of cheating but its what the average high street BIR does.
Regards,
Mick