Paul S

do tell where as we are heading there in May

Paul S

i'd kill for some of that right now

From your user name can we presume your from sunny Glawster??

Englishmum

Well, if you come to NYC you can have the pasty AND the fish and chips as well! In Greenwich Village is 'A Salt and Battery' which is an authentic English chippy (I do like their curry sauce on their chips, washed down with some Boddingtons). Next door is a 'corner' shop which sells English choc bars, Easter eggs in season & Xmas stockings in season, plus stuff like Irn Bru, Lucozade, England & GB flags, shower curtains, boxer shorts etc. etc. Then next door to that is 'Tea and Sympathy' an English tea shop & British nosh (I think the same people operate the chippy). Next to that is another British shop (haven't been there) selling mostly baby clothes with funny slogans.

Within an easy walking distance is Myers of Keswick which is a butchers shop - you can get your Cornish pasty or a pork pie there!

http://www.asaltandbattery.com/indexb.html

http://www.teaandsympathynewyork.com/home.php

http://www.teaandsympathynewyork.com...enu_dinner.php

http://www.myersofkeswick.com/main.asp


I don't know where Hanover is in PA but NYC is a bit nearer to PA than Blighty!

NC Penguin

Thanks for the tip about India Garden in Lakewood. I have family who live on that side of town and next time I'm in Cleveland, I'll be going there (with or without the in-laws).


NC Penguin

Paul S

yer welcome (its on Detroit Avenue if thats of any use ) Funnily enough when the inlaws come over in Spring I'm guessing we wil be heading there again

nethead

Is that Passage To India, in Harrisburg that's closed? Are you sure?
There's a new one that has opened on the West Shore in Camp Hill, it's located in Hartzdale Plaza on Hartzdale Drive opposite the Capitol City Mall. Haven't tried it yet so can't say what it's like and can't for the life of me remember what it's called.

AdobePinon

You'll have a damned hard time finding your 'English-style' curry here. However, all is not lost.

Go to Amazon and get yourself this for eight bucks: linky goodness

This book will teach you how to make your 11:30-and-just-kicked-out-of-the-pub take away curry perfectly. It's very easy - I can personally vouch for this one. Cook up a vat of the sauce, keep it in the freezer, and you'll be ~20 min away from the perfect madras or vindaloo or whatever you fancy. It'll taste just like you remember.

Duncan Roberts

Is that the one that opened maybe 6 months or so ago? If so, I believe it is run by the same people who owned Passage to India in Westlake. According to a guy who used to work there, they closed down and relocated because of hygiene issues. Hygiene problems or not, they made a cracking curry!

There is also Saffron Patch which is good but expensive and a couple of others that I forget the names of that I hear are good. Personally I give Kashmir Palace and Cafe Tandoor a miss, had some absolutely awful meals at them both.

spuggy

I agree, amarindia is nice. Luckily we have quite a few good indian grocery stores around dayton.

jumping doris

To live
The local one is called "The Tamarind" and it is in Scott Township which is a few miles south of Pittsburgh city centre (8?). Easy drive out , would take 15 mins in the evening.
I will find out the name of the one in the city and let you know.

jumping doris

We brought loads of Tesco spices over and huge catering bags of Tandoori masala powder.Luckily no one opened the container because we also had large bags of white drinking chocolate powder and they were unmarked!!

vegas

2 bags wal mart chicken breast
6 onions
4 jars pataks madras paste

fry chicken and onions add madras paste and boil for 10 mins
let sit in fridge 2 days
then eat and freeze surplus

simple and perfect hits every spot

Texas Mom

That's very interesting.
I had been kidding my mum on that she should bring tins of SMA across for me in July for our new arrival as it's so bloody expensive here compared to the UK. Anyway I told her that I was just joking as it may look dodgy but after reading your post I may reconsider. What's the worst that could happen?, my parents subjected to anal probes????

Texas Mom

That sounds simple enough! Maybe a daft question but do you get the pataks paste in Walmart too?

I once had an argument with a sales assistant in Tom Thumb as they were advertising Patak sauce on their weekly flyer. Anyway I went along all excited only to be told they had no idea what it was and would not help me any further.

I was not a happy camper as we were relatively new here and the OH and I were having serious curry withdrawals.

If anybody is desperate for curry another simple suggestion is Walmarts Golden Curry sauce mix. We like it, but have kind of sickened ourselves by having it too much, it's great with lots of chunky bits of onion!

jumping doris

A minor inconvenience.