Chinese Curry

[life on mars]

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you've ruined your entire point there by admitting you eat butter chicken.

I love Butter Chicken M&S do a cracking one.

[ToTaL ITK]

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Not for me, been to Thailand, bloody awful.

The country or the food?
Personally had some of the best food i've ever eaten there.I had a thai friend with me so i probably avoided all the british style pubs where you ate

[Rjk]

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I love Butter Chicken M&S do a cracking one.

bland shite

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Cardiff now has some really good Indian restaurants but nowhere that does balti like Birmingham. I’ve eaten balti in Bradford and Leeds but it just doesn’t capture the Birmingham experience somehow. When I lived near Birmingham it was quite common to get a taxi to Ladypool Road at 2am and go for a balti until 3-4am. This was back in the 90s. I went to Shabab’s about 5 years ago with old colleagues and we were there until after 1am when people were still arriving!

Is the curry quarter near Balsall heath ?

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Beef fried rice , spring rolls , beef with noodles

Do you have a kitchen in your home ?

[Michael Morris]

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Beef fried rice , spring rolls , beef with noodles

so dry. you can't eat without a carton of curry or two

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Cardiff now has some really good Indian restaurants but nowhere that does balti like Birmingham. I’ve eaten balti in Bradford and Leeds but it just doesn’t capture the Birmingham experience somehow. When I lived near Birmingham it was quite common to get a taxi to Ladypool Road at 2am and go for a balti until 3-4am. This was back in the 90s. I went to Shabab’s about 5 years ago with old colleagues and we were there until after 1am when people were still arriving!

When I was visiting Birmingham a lot in the 90's I often went Balti 'houses' - these were un-licensed premises which were little more than converted front rooms. Probably as close to authentic Bangledeshi home cooking in a restuarant environment.

[Lord Dargavel]

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When I was visiting Birmingham a lot in the 90's I often went Balti 'houses' - these were un-licensed premises which were little more than converted front rooms. Probably as close to authentic Bangledeshi home cooking in a restuarant environment.

***Sorry I was replying to a different thread when I write my original reply***

[Lord Dargavel]

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Yes, it takes in Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook and Sparkhill. It’s a trainable loosely formed by Stoney Lane, Ladypool Road and the Stratford Road. But “balti” has spread all over greater Birmingham and the surrounding areas since the 80s. A curry house in Bromsgrove in the late 90s did the most amazing balti dishes and was run by a chap who started as a waiter in the balti triangle. His brother was the chef.

[Lord Dargavel]

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When I was visiting Birmingham a lot in the 90's I often went Balti 'houses' - these were un-licensed premises which were little more than converted front rooms. Probably as close to authentic Bangledeshi home cooking in a restuarant environment.

***Sorry I was replying to a different thread when I write my original reply***

Yes, absolutely, you’d go and fetch your booze from “the outdoor” before going in. The Shereen Kadah on Moseley Road literally turned their upstairs lounge into extra seating. I remember the TV ariel cable still hanging loose on the horrid pile carpet while we were eating. Menus were underneath glass table tops and onion salad starters were just sliced raw onion in a thin chilli soup. I loved it and still do if you can find a restaurant that sticks to tradition but they are few and far between now.

The restaurant mentioned above used to do katlamas which are a challenge in themselves. They are like a naan crossed with an American pancake!

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Yes, it takes in Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook and Sparkhill. It’s a trainable loosely formed by Stoney Lane, Ladypool Road and the Stratford Road. But “balti” has spread all over greater Birmingham and the surrounding areas since the 80s. A curry house in Bromsgrove in the late 90s did the most amazing balti dishes and was run by a chap who started as a waiter in the balti triangle. His brother was the chef.

Balti is Deffo a brummie thing

Lamb balti is my favourite , with spinach

Manchester , Bradford and Huddersfield have some good curry houses

[Lord Dargavel]

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Agreed. Akbars near Bradford was a great restaurant. Naans like Dumbo’s ear hanging on hooks!

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Agreed. Akbars near Bradford was a great restaurant. Naans like Dumbo’s ear hanging on hooks!

A lot of the curry houses in Bradford didn't do naans when I lived there , apparently that was an Indian and Bangladeshi thing and most of the Asians in Bradford were of Pakistani origin ?

One thing that did make me laugh was one day after shopping in town I went for an early evening curry in great Horton near Bradford University

Asked waiter if he did half rice half chips he said you from Wales innit 🤔 lol 😆

[Lord Dargavel]

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Chips with a curry is so wrong, yet, on occasion, so incredibly right!

[Harry Paget Flashman]

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Agreed. Akbars near Bradford was a great restaurant. Naans like Dumbo’s ear hanging on hooks!

Came here for Akbars.

Leaving with mouth watering.

There's one in Leeds and Brum too.