Hi

My wife and I are hoping to move to portugal soon.

We would like to know if people in portugal like to eat traditional indian cuisine.

We are hoping to make a living there by preparing and selling our tasty dishes.

Whats the best way to start?.....

.........Is it to offer to cook an indian meal at a local hotel or restaurant or basically sell from a trailer??

Any advice is very welcome.

Do you realise that you have posted this question in the Australia forum and not Portugal???

I think, having considered your question, it would be a good idea to let me sample your Madras lamb and pillau rice for 1 year. After which time I would be able to give you a true evaluation and assessment of the viability of this undertaking. Of course if you would like to have an quicker appraisal, I can be bribed with pappadoms and chappatis.

Yes, my advice would definitely post this in the Portugal Forum!
Good luck with the tasty curries though

Not a bad first thread for the OP.

normally you read about "can I take the dog" (or Tortoise ) what school ?, can I take the car ?. or even i'm a newbie, hi everybody, but can I get a good curry ?

sorry bighead, I just couldnt help. Good luck with your search for the perfect curry.

I think the best way to start is to make us all a tasty curry!! we will then post on the portugal forum how nice it was, free curry for us and free advertising for you
Hows that?!!

Kim

It makes me think back to a BBC program about a couple of (gay) guys that tried setting up an Indian restaurant in France. Cant remember the series, but i'm sure it was the same as the families going down under, but this covered european migrants.

The locals thought the idea was novel, but the restaurant wasn't a success and they packed it in pretty quick and moved to spain (but didnt start an indian restaurant)

Trying to be more helpful, I dont have first hand experience with Portugal, but I think you will need to look very carefully at the local area you are planning on moving to. Here in Holland, because there is a very high Indonesian population, Indonesian restaurants have a good following, and are populour with the Dutch (same with Chinese & Turkish/Egyptian food), Indian restaurants on the other hand are not that easy to find because of a smaller indian poulation, and therefore not that populour, and the Dutch do like their foreign cuisine in general.

I think for it to be successful, you would need to rely to some extent on Indians & Brits as the majority of the business, and the locals as a bonus. Hope this helps a bit.

We live near Tomar in central Portugal, there was a indian resturant in our town until just recently, i used to eat there quite a lot as it was pretty good, it has now closed as there just wasnt enough demand from the locals, the owner also ran a resturant in an area with loads of brits near Lisbon and that one does well. so i think there is a market for good curry but choose your location with care. having said that i would be very happy if you move to my town....iam missing my curries..

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Yeah, I remember that - though I think only one of them was gay - not that it's important. The series was based on a bloke called Nigel (I think) who was an idiot really. God knows how many people trusted him to make his ventures work. He'd get all excited at the beginning of a project and then lose interest. No wonder everything failed. He'd use everyone's good nature (and cash quite often) but was a selfish fool with big ideas. The other guy - called Nippi - was an Indian Resturanteur(sp?) from London who was very successful.

I would stick mostly to the Algarve if I was the OP. Generally, Portuguese people don't go for foreign cuisine unless they've lived overseas for some time. My brother and ma go to an Indian restaurant now and then in Lisbon, but it isn't something they do every month. They'll do it maybe once a year, just to get the taste of it (they prefer preparing their own).

Hey TT
Pleased you are feeling better.
Oooooo I miss my curries,but have learnt to make my own

Thats right.

The Indian guy from London that came to help was the gay fella. Nippy was the Pakistani with the business sense, and Nigel was the one with no sense

It was quite painful watching it knowing that it was going to go tits up every time.

Im sure it would work in the Algarve during the good weather but come winter when its only the Portuguese around.......there will be NO trade for foriegn food!
Suppose it depends if you can make enough cash during the busy time to see you through the winter

What about the ex-pats Ged? Won't they still require the service? I know I would