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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: an0n on September 16, 2004, 01:53:24 pm

Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: an0n on September 16, 2004, 01:53:24 pm
I love it.

Winging it's way to my house at this very moment is a box filled with:

1 - Chicken Tikka Biryani
1 - Chicken Biryani
2 - Large Trays of Vegetable Sauce/Curry (Extra Potatoes)
1 - Chicken Tikka Starter
3 - Porathas
1 - Bag of Chips
1 - Can of Coke

That's enough to feed 7 people and it'll only come to about £20. Less than £3/person for a full plate of fine cuisine.

Take THAT, McDonalds!
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: kode on September 16, 2004, 01:55:17 pm
I wish I had something like that.

we do have an indonesian restaurant nearby, though.
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: vyper on September 16, 2004, 01:56:28 pm
CURREHHH!
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on September 16, 2004, 01:59:27 pm
curry...
an0n, you lucky bastard :D. We don't have any Indian restaurants nearby
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Flipside on September 16, 2004, 02:08:19 pm
LOL I liike those Naan breads with Sultanas and Coconut :D

Can't beat a good Curry :)
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on September 16, 2004, 02:13:48 pm
When I lived in Japan, we used to have this excellent curry restaurant right down the street from where we lived. CoCo's, I think it was called. Simple delicious food, but expensive as hell.
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Sandwich on September 16, 2004, 02:38:49 pm
*loves the wide variety of cultural foods available here*


*curses the lack of mexican food, though*
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Knight Templar on September 16, 2004, 02:57:23 pm
We've got Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Texican, Irish, Italian and Thai.

I've never had Indian.
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Carl on September 16, 2004, 03:01:17 pm
I'm near DC, home of resturants and embassies. we have everything. in fact, there is a buffet that has japanese, chinese, and american food.
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Vaelinx on September 16, 2004, 03:26:51 pm
I miss Mexican food too... I grew up in Houston, Texas.  More variety in places to eat well and affordably, than any place I've ever been. (close call is Sydney, Australia, but I wasn't there long enough to get a wide variety)  I hate the lack of good and cheap cuisine in Michigan sometimes...  there's good food, but it's really hit or miss and mostly expensive with bad service...  but that may be because I live so close to a college town...

Anyhow, for dining out and good food, you can't beat the big cities because the restaurant buisiness/food suppliers gain from the economics of scale.  Fresh meat/cheese/vegetables are actually EASIER and CHEAPER to get in big cities (at least around Houston it was) than in the country (unless you are going for the one or two things local, like buffalo, apple cider, and mushrooms in Michigan).

But that's about $5 a plate you're getting, which is good for Indian delivery...  but way more expensive than McDonalds are here.  But you're (rightfully) paying a little more for better food.  I think I've eaten at two McDonalds in the last 4 years... and one of them was in France :P.  You are what you eat, so eat well!

... now I want some Indian food...  ;)  Maybe I'll make a curry dish this weekend!
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Styxx on September 16, 2004, 03:31:19 pm
Any food that's not our local type of barbecue is inherently inferior.
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Vaelinx on September 16, 2004, 03:41:29 pm
Styxx, with a comment like that I would've placed you from Tenessee until I read your location. ;)
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Post by: Flipside on September 16, 2004, 04:04:38 pm
Let's see, we have...English, Turkish, Greek, Indian, New Orleans, Chinese, Japanese, Thai and American restaurants within 10 min bus ride of here. That's one good thing about London :D
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: beatspete on September 16, 2004, 06:19:40 pm
onion bajees  >  everything else
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Taristin on September 16, 2004, 06:19:54 pm
I know of no Indian restaraunts around. There's tons of Chinese, Italian, German, Japanese, Greek, hybrid, and generic crappy fast foods, but not Indian... Which is odd, because this part of NY has a very (and I mean very) mixed population from just about everwhere on the globe.
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: an0n on September 16, 2004, 09:39:13 pm
Around here there's pretty much everything except Mexican.

There's like 4 Indian places that deliver and 4-5 that are sit-in places. One Pakistani place. There's a ****load of chip-shops that double as Chinese places. There's a whole ****load of Italian and pizza places. One Greek place (I think). And some American (KFC).

Indian places seem to be big around here. I guess it's because of the high percentage of Indian people in the town.
Title: Indian Takeaway
Post by: Setekh on September 16, 2004, 11:07:49 pm
There's no types of food I'm aware of that you can't find somewhere in Sydney. I'm glad my university's Union does a good job of getting lots of different foods around the place. :)