A tragic curry house incident in Peel (Isle of Man) set me to thinking the other day as to the facts and figures connected with my curry/life interface. Here for your consideration are those thoughts.
I believe I'm true in my recollection that the first curry house curry I indulged in was at the tender age of 17 years. Prior to that my only curry experience would have been my fathers national service curry's which consisted of 1 x tin curry powder, 4lb of raisins re-hydrated to the size of olives. Now if you're not keen on raisins this can be a problem! (sorry Dad).
Never the less, raisin poisoning to one side, first curry at 17. Since that time I have had a curry every week and it was not uncommon in my younger 'round town' years to have two a week. Now at the age of 47 that gives me 30 years at, shall we say, 50 curry's a year, a quick bit of maths gives a grand total of 1,500 curry hits. Now in all those 1,500 curry's I have only had to send one back. That was a week ago in Peel, Isle of Man. I unfortunately can't remember the name of the particular establishment but it's the only one in Peel - be warned. After a particularly tasteless Shikh Kebab starter the main course of chicken tikka balti and keema nan was disgusting. It tasted of gravy powder, grease and salt (the last ingredient being the mainstay of gravy powder). The owner disagreed with the excessive salt content but didn't contend the gravy powder comment.
We, last night in Campbeltown, had the best curry of the 1,500. Pure perfection. No other comment needed! The name
of this curry house is the Taj Mahal. OK, not the most original name but the food was unbeatable.
The strange thing is that out of 1,500 curry's the worst and the best should come together like that. This really is turning out to be the adventure of a lifetime!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You could always sail into the Clyde which passes the city centre of Glasgow, plenty of excellent curry houses there, and there is space next to the floating casino for you to moor up overnight!
ReplyDeleteThere are weather warnings for the West of Scotland at the moment, strong winds and rain, watch how you go.
Yvonne and David
A note from Angela, about the curry house facts.
ReplyDeleteThe above post was written by Ivan, and refers to his Dads curry offerings in his childhood. Some offence may have accidentally been caused to Angela's father, who is an excellent cook, but who never acquired a taste for curry, and so therefore never produced any. However, had he have done, I am sure they would have been most agreeable!
We would like to take this opportunity to apologise for any offence that may have been caused in the writing of this curry house facts post.