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Bogazicibaby · Joined: 22 May 2003 Posts: 68 Location: Istanbul

uh first things first- what is vindaloo???

hmmm have y'all been down south in the Antep and Adana areas?

Haydi ya! I promise you that this food is SPICY enough for almost anyone. I have a Mexican brother in law and my husband loves his spicy green pepper chilli mix stuff that he adds to all his food. My husband also loves Thai food. Some of the food here is too spicy for my hubby!

Even when the food is cooked with peppers everyone from Antep pours on the red pepper flakes. I've eaten with people from here and people from other places and the Antep people almost always reach for the pepper flakes even before tasting.

If you say that Turkish food isn't spicy, you haven't been in Antep or Adana!!!!!

I want all that other Turkish food that you are talking about that isn't spicy!!! whaaaaaaaa sorry- but my thoughts are that if cafeteria food is considered unedible because of too much pepper- you can leave some of the pepper out. After all, there are plenty of red pepper flakes that can be added by people who love it. You can always add it, but you can't remove it.

call me a freak, but I HATE PEPPER!!!

RoseMarie · Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 23

I have that thread going about where I should go for vacation in Turkey. Perhaps I've found my answer. Must... get to... spicy food... before I starve to death... I feel weak with hunger.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Vindaloo is the king of curries

vre · Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 371

Stop ıt dmb! This is torture!

Chappaties, poppadoms, raita, pilau, korahi, onion baji, a vindaloo, bombay potato, lamb tikka masalla, chicken tandoori, garlic naan, washed down with a pint of bitter. .... and that;s just for starters Embarassed

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I bought some Thai green paste this morning. Anyone for dinner?

yaramaz · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 10:02 am Post subject:

dmb, when I came over last year from Canada after my summer holidays, in my bag I carried the following items: tubs of red AND green thai curry paste, a jar of Patak's vindaloo paste, two jars of tom yum paste, and 5 blocks of dried coconut milk.

Unfortunately, no one here is willing to eat any of the things I make due to the spiciness or general weirdness (read: not Turkish) so I eat alone. Not fun.

RoseMarie · Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 23

I'll eat with you.

I don't want to pack too much, but I am definetely planning to bring some Indian chai and some of this incredibly hot mint/mango chutney that they sell at the market near my house which is soooooo delicious.

yaramaz · Posted: Fri May 07, 2004 11:34 am Post subject:

Soooooo then, when is the Dave's Cafe Yabanci Rendez-Vous Vindaloo Cook-Off scheduled for?

Bogazicibaby · Joined: 22 May 2003 Posts: 68 Location: Istanbul

aha thanks for clearing up my lack of vindaloo knowledge!

I think I'll pass on it- I like curry but some of them are a bit too hot for me. From what all of you pepper and spicy food lovers are saying- its a bit much for me. Smile

But I wouldn't mind cheering on those who enjoy it!

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 6:03 am Post subject: Spicy ,Spicy, blow your socks off

Hi curry lovers

More than partial to a bit of good Indian style nosh like the sound of the group eat out ,anyone ever tried Chicken Phal ? This has got to be the hottest stuff I ever had talk about a nose run , WOW!!!

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Anglo-indian nosh !
"Curry" is unknown in native India cuisine having been invented by its colonial masters.
What these anglos here are raving about is Inbdo-pak cuisine as provided in "Indian" restaurants in the UK - most of which are run by Bangladeshis !

Confused ? Join the club.

Mike_2003 · Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 344 Location: Bucharest, Romania

They should call it British food. As Scot says, it's almost unknown outside of the UK and was created specifically to British tastes. Curried foods have been eaten in the UK for the last two centuries, yet it is still considered "foreign food". All the other culinary nations have claimed credit for food borrowed in older eras. Where would Italian food be without pasta, tomatoes and peppers? And the Turks would still be eating their horses.

I think the answer lies in the fact that the UKofGB&NI is such a miserable place most of the time that the concept of foreign food is embraced as a momentary escape from the dull lives lived there. Calling it British food would in some way break the spell.

Mike

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Isn't chicken tikka masala or korma the 'national dish' of the UK?

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Nexus · Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 189 Location: Moscow