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druidcent wrote:Man.. you should have seen both KFC and Baskin Robbins when they opened up in Bangalore.. it was like you were going to a 5-star restaurant.. Doorman, tablecloths and everything
I miss the Bay Area.. best Indian food outside of India...
San Diego has one good restaurant, but it is insanely expensive, and comes no where close to the places in Mountain View and Sunnyvale...
Hance wrote:Never had indian food in my life . I would like to try it sometime the only problem is the nearest place is probably 150 miles away in Salt Lake City . If not there then Denver or LasVegas are the next closest big towns . Can anyone recomend something good for a beginer ? How does the heat in Indian food compare to Mexican ? I am called a fire eater when it comes to mexican so whats in the same heat range in Indian food .
radix wrote:druidcent wrote:Man.. you should have seen both KFC and Baskin Robbins when they opened up in Bangalore.. it was like you were going to a 5-star restaurant.. Doorman, tablecloths and everything
I miss the Bay Area.. best Indian food outside of India...
San Diego has one good restaurant, but it is insanely expensive, and comes no where close to the places in Mountain View and Sunnyvale...
I am in Mountain View right now, and it is the first time I tried indian food, since I haven't seen one indian restaurant in my city in Brazil. And I really liked it. By the way, they have a lot of different restaurants in Castro St here, it's even hard to choose where to go
Hance wrote:Never had indian food in my life . I would like to try it sometime the only problem is the nearest place is probably 150 miles away in Salt Lake City . If not there then Denver or LasVegas are the next closest big towns . Can anyone recomend something good for a beginer ? How does the heat in Indian food compare to Mexican ? I am called a fire eater when it comes to mexican so whats in the same heat range in Indian food .
thegleek wrote:[dude, thats real sad, seriously. i mean we live in a big diverse world here,
so how or why would you want your parents, your culture, or your religion
tell you what to eat and what not to eat? live a little man! go down to
MG road or brigade road and get yerself some pizza hut, mcdonalds,
subway, or KFC even... there's just so many options!!!! do it!
life is short, so dont waste it away eating saag and paneer all yer life man!
cheesyking wrote:Crayon Shin Chan wrote:Nobody mentioned tandoori chicken. What were you guys thinking? plus, Roti canai/telur (egg) are the best there is.
Tandoori chicken in the UK is usually just a big blob of red food colouring on a plate, not my favourite thing
thegleek wrote:cheesyking wrote:Crayon Shin Chan wrote:Nobody mentioned tandoori chicken. What were you guys thinking? plus, Roti canai/telur (egg) are the best there is.
Tandoori chicken in the UK is usually just a big blob of red food colouring on a plate, not my favourite thing
yeah but true traditional tandoori is food baked inside a clay oven lined
with poop/manure to give it flavor... the red stuff only comes in for the
bbq-like flavoring ppl add on to it nowadays... since cooking food in
america with poop isnt considered a 'good' thing, especially with the FDA
lordtottuu wrote:Looks like everyone likes our stuff. I don't know how I am gonna survive when I am away from India. No offence but I don't particularly like western food and the fact that I am a vegetarian makes it worse. I like many of your veggie items though. Fries are one of my most favourite items in the world
lordtottuu wrote:Looks like everyone likes our stuff. I don't know how I am gonna survive when I am away from India. No offence but I don't particularly like western food and the fact that I am a vegetarian makes it worse. I like many of your veggie items though. Fries are one of my most favourite items in the world
druidcent wrote:Actually it's not that hard... my wife is vegetarian (and a picky south Indian one at that)... She found she likes vege Thai and Chinese food (even if it is different than the stuff you get in India) and Italian (Penne pasta, Pasta alfredo, vegetarian lasagna)... most restaurants have vegetarian options...
If you make out to any big city in the US, you'll be guaranteed to find an Indian restaurant, plus vegetarian options in other places... If you are in California, you'll even get regional food restaurants...
BuddhistFish wrote:The best samosas I've ever had were made by the mother of a pakistani firend of mine. He was nice enough to share them with me, even though it was for the meal he was eating to break his Ramadan fast. When I called it Indian food I got the look of death from him. He said, "It's Pakistani! Not Indian." So, I picked on him for the rest of the day about. Sadly, he never shared his food with me again. Oh well.
lordtottuu wrote:BuddhistFish wrote:The best samosas I've ever had were made by the mother of a pakistani firend of mine. He was nice enough to share them with me, even though it was for the meal he was eating to break his Ramadan fast. When I called it Indian food I got the look of death from him. He said, "It's Pakistani! Not Indian." So, I picked on him for the rest of the day about. Sadly, he never shared his food with me again. Oh well.
Dunno about whether a samosa is an Indian or pakistani food but it is one the most staple snack item here. It is given with some gravy, chutney or sometimes sauce
BuddhistFish wrote:lordtottuu wrote:BuddhistFish wrote:The best samosas I've ever had were made by the mother of a pakistani firend of mine. He was nice enough to share them with me, even though it was for the meal he was eating to break his Ramadan fast. When I called it Indian food I got the look of death from him. He said, "It's Pakistani! Not Indian." So, I picked on him for the rest of the day about. Sadly, he never shared his food with me again. Oh well.
Dunno about whether a samosa is an Indian or pakistani food but it is one the most staple snack item here. It is given with some gravy, chutney or sometimes sauce
I've always considered them to be regional dish. I'm certain his response was based on his cultural dislike of Indian people, and not on any anthropological knowledge of the food. He was an amusing guy, but the Pakistani/Indian cultural tension was very evident in him. He wouldn't even help and of the Indian people who came into the store we worked at. For what it's worth, many of the Indian people who came in to the store made a point to avoid him when they read his name on his name tag. You've got to love cultural racism.
Jigar2speed5095 wrote:Ok let me tell u the best Indian food u can have..... In India usually when we want to eat the best food we will move near any village or near Highway where there is place called Dhaba (very small hotel) ...... where u have to sit on the bed which is made of khathi..(its a thread which covers the bed) now u dont get a dish but u get a dish made of leaf... and yum the food at Dhaba is good.... its heaven
thegleek wrote:
well ppl like me have been to your country, and i'm well aware of what
a dhaba is... it's most definately NOT a small motel... in comparison to
america, it's like driving down to the ghetto and eating food next to a
garbage dump. there's dogs and cats running around constantly begging
for food, and all the aluminum bowls/plates are hand-washed... yeah you
get a plantain leaf to eat on (not true of all dhabas), but the food they
serve is good, kinda homemade-feel to it, but i most certainly would not
consider it the 'best' food... its what road travelers eat on a long journey
between destinations for the most part.