Oppo PSA: Indian food is good for your soul

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/07/2018 at 21:58 • Filed to: shitpost, foodlopnik

Especially on a cold winter’s night. And especially from a place that. Do es. Not. Fuck. Around. When you ask for it spicy.

In a related development, my nose is running, but I’m not sick.

DISCUSSION (36)

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:02

You say indian food is spicy, i raise you Korean food.

Your move

TheRevanchist > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:04

I often wonder why Great British people eat a lot of Indian food, which contrasts so vastly to their own cuisine (bland). T wo opposing palettes, really.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > TheRevanchist
12/07/2018 at 22:05

Because it’s not British food.

WilliamsSW > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/07/2018 at 22:05

Korean food is yummy too. What dishes are you referring to? I’ve had a fair amount of it, but it’s been a while - other than kimchi, I’m trying to recall what’s spicy but having a brain cramp.

WilliamsSW > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/07/2018 at 22:06

Yeah you’re sorta kidding but I think there’s a lot of truth to that

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/07/2018 at 22:08

Slightly related. A few weeks back I made smoked brisket and kimchi sliders. Wanted to make a Svend food post but was too busy stuffing my face.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:08

I wasn’t completely joking.

wafflesnfalafel > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:11

I do like east Indian food, except the whole potatoes in curry stuff thing - just not my jam...

WilliamsSW > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/07/2018 at 22:13

That sounds crazy delicious.

way2blu does a rev update > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:16

I need to eat more Indian food to figure out if the 1-10 spicy scale is linear (like speed) or if it’s logarithmic (like measuring sound pressure). Science.

WilliamsSW > TheRevanchist
12/07/2018 at 22:19

True Story- my first trip to England was a business trip about 20 years ago. The last night, we were free, and two of us had never been there before. We went to the hotel concierge and asked for a restaurant recommendation.

He offered Indian, French, Italian, Greek, you name it. Everything but English. We told him it was our first trip and we wanted English food. He looked at us strangely and said “ why?”

We ended up at a pub eating fish and chips and beer - it was delicious.

Svend > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:24

I love Indian food, but not too spicy that I can’t taste the food.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > TheRevanchist
12/07/2018 at 22:25

The answer to your question, is contained within the question itself.

pip bip - choose Corrour > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:25

Indian food is fantastic

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:28

It’s good for your soul but bad for your hole.

Svend > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
12/07/2018 at 22:29

Ye’, sorry about that.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
12/07/2018 at 22:30

Bro-dozer owners at a hot wings joint with ‘waivers.’

Checkmate.

WilliamsSW > pip bip - choose Corrour
12/07/2018 at 22:35

Absolutely!!

WilliamsSW > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
12/07/2018 at 22:36

Haha - for whatever reason, Mexican is more of a problem for me there than Indian.

WilliamsSW > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
12/07/2018 at 22:38

And the forecast calls for PAIN

WilliamsSW > Svend
12/07/2018 at 22:44

Same here - there is so much going on in Indian food, I’d hate to miss out due to the heat. But I do have a fairly good tolerance for the heat.

WilliamsSW > wafflesnfalafel
12/07/2018 at 22:45

That’s something I actually like. The heavy sauces I generally avoid, however.

Svend > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:46

In the last 20 years Britain has really opened up about it’s food.

The traditional British fayre is heart y warming food to sustain you but also be very enjoyable when done with a little more enthusiasm .

The Dummy Gummy > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 22:54

Report back to us in the morning.

Svend > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 23:00

Just keep some cucumber yoghurt nearby.

A colleague and I went to an all you can eat Indian place. He wanted to try a p hal but I was adamant he doesn’t and said to work his way up, but he still went for the vindaloo. I said to try a little sauce with quite a bit of rice and gradually add more sauce and less rice to get used to it.

He ignored that advice and went straight into a large fork of chicken vindaloo. He was gasping for breath, sweating like he ran a marathon and went for his pint of lager I took from him and went to get some cucumber yoghurt and broke up a plain naan to eat it with.

That was at about 11am and he phoned in sick for night shift that night.

WilliamsSW > The Dummy Gummy
12/07/2018 at 23:02

Lol

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > pip bip - choose Corrour
12/07/2018 at 23:06

It certainly makes up for their call centres.

WilliamsSW > Svend
12/07/2018 at 23:26

Ha! I love vindaloo and usually order it, but not tonight. Chicken biryani and channa masala. The channa masala was really spicy tonight.

WilliamsSW > way2blu does a rev update
12/07/2018 at 23:32

This is a noble experiment! My sense is that it’s fairly linear. We have been ordering from our local place regularly lately, and it seems like they’re getting to know us and kicking it up a notch each time we get it.

At first, they didn’t even ask us if we wanted it spicy, but now they do. And it’s the same woman ( owner?) always answering the phone.

Chinese food - kung pao - is more logarithmic if you’re gwai lo like me. It’s hard to convince a place to make it spicy, by when they do, look out!

WilliamsSW > Svend
12/07/2018 at 23:38

That first trip was to Derby, for what it’s worth.

Mor e recently, I’ve had some outstanding meals in London.

Svend > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 23:43

I lurve a good chicken biryani.

I’m not into chickpeas, chanas, etc... it’s a texture thing.

Svend > WilliamsSW
12/07/2018 at 23:57

Derby has improved over the years, I’d still class it as more of a drinking destination but there are more and more places doing good food .

Went on a bender a while back in Nottingham. Nothing like drinking in a pub with nine different bars in it or having a few beers in an old church.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > WilliamsSW
12/08/2018 at 00:30

I miss being able to eat Indian food.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > WilliamsSW
12/08/2018 at 01:36

Saag paneer is truly the Gods’ dish. I also love a good lamb vindaloo. I still need to find a decent Indian place in New Mexico.

WilliamsSW > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
12/08/2018 at 10:46

Awwww, that sucks!

WilliamsSW > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
12/08/2018 at 10:48

There’s gotta be one somewhere, I hope!