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All you can eat Indian
Are there many of these around?
Near me there are three Chinese buffet type restaurants but no Indian. The closest we have to it is a few restaurants/takeaways do a 5 course meal for £7.95 on Thursday and Sunday nights. |
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Yup, there's loads around here.
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There's one near me, it's not very nice, which is the norm for these all you can eat type places.
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Yes, I agree. The range is nice I guess, but the quality if these all you can eat places are questionable. They can be quite pricy and it's almost no cheaper than just ordering off the menu the items you actually like best.
I've never seen an exclusively Indian AYCE, but I have seen 'fusion' type places that include Indian dishes as well as other nationalities food. I have however seen the midweek type deals mentioned. I think about a year ago I met up with an old school friend and we had a starter, main, side dish, rice and naan and even dessert and coffee all for a set price (£9.95 maybe?) |
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There's a few near me but none of them are very good. The best place for all you can eat Indian seems to be Cosmo.
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I agree, OK for value for money but the quality is way down. We have a couple of quite cheap indian cafe-type places which give way better quality than the buffets for about the same price.
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Going to one of these tonight. It's about 40 minutes away so a bit of a detour from the places we usually go to.
I know the Chinese buffets aren't upto much but they are ok and I hope that this one is not too much of a let down. At least it's something new for me and my mates
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I don't like them, tend to be full of colourful greasy rubbish.
I wish I knew how to make a curry from scratch instead of getting it from a jar. I've got indian friends but they never teach me. |
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I don't like them, tend to be full of colourful greasy rubbish.
I wish I knew how to make a curry from scratch instead of getting it from a jar. I've got indian friends but they never teach me. I'm not that experimental with my Indian curries. They all tend to be much the same, sometimes more saucy, sometimes dry, and with different meat/veg but the overall taste because of the spicing is similar. That's my own fault really, I should buy some more/different spices. Here's a simple recipe from another thread Quote:
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Ground Cumin Ground Corriander Paprika Cayenne Garam Masala Optional - Fennel seeds, Mustard seeds and other spices you can find in the spice rack section Fry one diced onion for a bit, add teaspoon pureed garlic and ginger. Fry a bit more. Add spices (1/2 teaspoon of each + extra cumin). Add tomato puree or tinned tomatoes if you want it tomatoey add stock add coconut milk (optional) Simmer and reduce At the end add cream and garam masala (both optional) Tweak to your own taste - You may want to buy whole spices and grind them yourself for better flavour - You could cheat and use jars or pureed garlic and ginger Quote:
I had my first ever turkey curry last night.
It was quite mild and fruity. 1/2 tsp of cumin, corriander, tumeric, chicken powder, curry powder, garlic salt, onion salt. Half sachet of coconut cream. 1tsp of ketchup 1tsp of soy 1/4 red pepper 1/4 yellow pepper 1/2 onion 1/2 apple 1 tomato handful of shredded turkey. Don't know why i've never don't it before as it's pretty infamous but very nice. |
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Make it up as you go along. Watch programs such as Indian Food Made Easy.
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Going to one of these tonight. It's about 40 minutes away so a bit of a detour from the places we usually go to.
I know the Chinese buffets aren't upto much but they are ok and I hope that this one is not too much of a let down. At least it's something new for me and my mates ![]() The staff were polite and very quick with the drinks and cleaning, possibly too eagar to take your plates away, but I guess they need to get things cleaned up. Can't really complain about efficiency. The food was pretty standard. Not as good as a restaurant but there was a decent choice (at least for a first timer) and I would like another couple of visits to try some dishes that I didn't get around to and retry some others. The standout dishes I remember were: Chicken Balti (great flavour although a little sweet) Lamb Karachi Palak Panner (cheese with spinach. Couldn't really describe the taste. It was strange but actually quite nice). The onion bhajis and pakoras were nice and there was a very nice sweet mint sauce but probably the standout food was the garlic naan. I'm not sure if this is good or bad but the simple things in life have to be good
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My experience of these establishments has been on the whole quite negative. The quality of the food is rubbish.
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