last night i had a vindaloo...

I've just txt me old man as it's near his place, so he should know! I can't remember the name of the place but you're right, the sweet and fruitiness really comes out in the curry and yes it's very hot but with a massive punch of flavour as well.
 
ScoTTyBEEE said:
Hey Quicklink, what's the name of this place? I'd like to try a naga curry from them.

I've had chicken vindaloos on several occasions and as a curry it's very boring and tasteless, what is it? Chicken and potatoes with lots and lots of curry powder, I think that's it really.

I've also have many chicken jalfrezi's and on occasion these are just as hot as a vindaloo, some hotter. However, in my opinion these are much more flavoursome than a vindaloo.

Now, a naga curry would be different. There is a big difference between just adding more chilli powder and using a really hot chilli, nagas (as most seriously hot chillis) have a unique taste of their own (which I love) that will alter the taste of a curry massively. I've made my own ones, some brutal, some not but would like to give a go on one from a curry house (providing quicklink see's this!)
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Authentic Vindaloo has no potatoes in it.
 
OP you do know the waiter may have just thought "yeah right, love hot food..." and told the chef to tone the chili down anyway as an attempt to save your taste buds (or so he thought) :)
 
Not a fan of the hot curries, they just give me stupid hiccups and I look a tool. Can't stand the mild ones though. Korma is far to sweet. I guess I like middle of the road heat and maybe a little more.
 
a lot of people saying that the heat of a vindaloo differ's between restaurants, this is technically true but incorrect at the same time.

the heat of a vindaloo will differ between chef's.

for example if i go into my restaurant for a meal (we have 3 different curry chef's), i can order any curry off the menu, and i will know which one of the 3 chef's cooked it.

every chef has a different style, nothing is measured, nothing is put in the pan in the same order, etc.

some chef's use green bird's eye chilli's others use red chilli powder, other's use both. some chef's cook their tharka properly with oil, others boil it in curry sauce.

same goes for all chef's in other restaurant's and takeaway's you may find if you order a curry on different day's, on some days it may not be to your liking and others it may taste amazing, chances are, the main chef was on their day off that day and the side chef or second chef cooked it that day, etc.

the same goes for the buffet, in my restaurant i could walk straight in the door, open the buffet lid, and look at the curries (not even taste them) and i would know which chef cooked them, just by looking at them.
 
Sounds like it was just right to me pal! Some restaurants have vindaloo as a medium spiced dish, although by his comments it doesn't sound like they did.

I went through a patch of having the hottest curries but like most others I realised I couldn't taste the sodding thing, even the tarka dhal was hot after i'd had quite a bit of sauce! The endorphin kick is great but I started to yearn that I could taste the bugger instead so stick with Madras or ask the chef to make the dish medium to hot.
 
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ScoTTyBEEE said:
Hey Quicklink, what's the name of this place? I'd like to try a naga curry from them.

I've had chicken vindaloos on several occasions and as a curry it's very boring and tasteless, what is it? Chicken and potatoes with lots and lots of curry powder, I think that's it really.

I've also have many chicken jalfrezi's and on occasion these are just as hot as a vindaloo, some hotter. However, in my opinion these are much more flavoursome than a vindaloo.

Now, a naga curry would be different. There is a big difference between just adding more chilli powder and using a really hot chilli, nagas (as most seriously hot chillis) have a unique taste of their own (which I love) that will alter the taste of a curry massively. I've made my own ones, some brutal, some not but would like to give a go on one from a curry house (providing quicklink see's this!)
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Just spoke to my old man and he said the place is called the Marahaja in rickmansworth!
 
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