Ok for 8 year old to have chicken vindaloo?

NVP said:
Have I hit a nerve or something?

There are much nicer, real dishes out there which a guarantee you would prefer.
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I just want to point out that there is practically no way to identify a "real" Indian restaurant unless you've lived in India for a while.

So most of us, myself included, wouldn't know the difference between so-called British Indian dishes and Indian dishes. Seriously, it's very nearly an impossible ask.

About the only thing we can do is decide if we like something or not. Knowing if it's "authentic Indian" is not a reasonable ask.
 
That's fair, however I mentioned real indian dishes, not real restaurants.

Dishes wise:
Instead of the korma (which isn't really a recipe), or the madras (again, no recipe), or the vindaloo (named after something that wasn't even of Indian origin in the first place [based off a Portuguese dish])and is actually just a madras with more chilli powder....

Restaurant wise:
....try one of the chefs specials - then if the meat tastes properly cooked, and the dishes have more than a kiddie-food style blended texture, with depth of flavour and not simply chilli heat, where you can tell from looking at the plate what ingredients you are eating you'll know it's a decent restaurant.
 
My lad has always had a taste of the hot stuff since aged 2 when he picked up a rather spicy vegetable samosa. He cried his eyes out for a minute...then continued to finish it.

Since then he has had jalfrazi and vindaloo with no concern from pretty much the age of 5 or 6. He is now 8.

I love going to a new India restaurant and the staff offering him the chicken and chips (English option) and him looking confused at me and then me assuring him he can have any thing he wants..which is usually now a chicken Patia. Most waiters seem surprised, especially the family next to us that might have ordered chips....which he again looks at me and says "why have chips when you can have this lovely rice and naan?"
 
lnoton said:
My lad has always had a taste of the hot stuff since aged 2 when he picked up a rather spicy vegetable samosa. He cried his eyes out for a minute...then continued to finish it.

Since then he has had jalfrazi and vindaloo with no concern from pretty much the age of 5 or 6. He is now 8.

I love going to a new India restaurant and the staff offering him the chicken and chips (English option) and him looking confused at me and then me assuring him he can have any thing he wants..which is usually now a chicken Patia. Most waiters seem surprised, especially the family next to us that might have ordered chips....which he again looks at me and says "why have chips when you can have this lovely rice and naan?"
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I can’t believe Indian restaurants even serve chips. Why even bother going??
 
FoxEye said:
I just want to point out that there is practically no way to identify a "real" Indian restaurant unless you've lived in India for a while.

So most of us, myself included, wouldn't know the difference between so-called British Indian dishes and Indian dishes. Seriously, it's very nearly an impossible ask.

About the only thing we can do is decide if we like something or not. Knowing if it's "authentic Indian" is not a reasonable ask.
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Yes there is.

Ask for a staff curry.

If they don't have any it's not real Indian restaurant.

Basically the food the kitchen staff eat. They usually make a fresh curry everyday and might have a bit left over from the day before too. They might even make two staff curries if there are vegetarians and they made meat one day.

Basically the staff curry will be a real proper traditional curry that people in India would have.
 
lnoton said:
My lad has always had a taste of the hot stuff since aged 2 when he picked up a rather spicy vegetable samosa. He cried his eyes out for a minute...then continued to finish it.

Since then he has had jalfrazi and vindaloo with no concern from pretty much the age of 5 or 6. He is now 8.

I love going to a new India restaurant and the staff offering him the chicken and chips (English option) and him looking confused at me and then me assuring him he can have any thing he wants..which is usually now a chicken Patia. Most waiters seem surprised, especially the family next to us that might have ordered chips....which he again looks at me and says "why have chips when you can have this lovely rice and naan?"
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Sounds legit.

Vindaloo isn't even what Indians eat.

Yeah we put spices in our food and yeah some put more chilli in than others but vindaloo type of heat isn't made in India

Normally they make one pot with a few chillies in it and have a salad on the side which has fresh green chillies or achar which can be made from chilli for the people who like it hotter. So they can add more heat if they want it.

So even though kids in India will eat hot food they won't just fill their mouth full of chilli powder and build up tolerance to anywhere near that level.

Some people like more spice but it's got nothing to do with eating spicy food from a young age.
 
I read once that spice releases endorphins which make you feel good. In most people it releases an average amount that doesn’t really do anything, but in a few people, it releases tons of them which induces happiness and a feel good factor. I know I feel pretty good after a madras or vindaloo.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
Yes there is.

Ask for a staff curry.

If they don't have any it's not real Indian restaurant.

Basically the food the kitchen staff eat. They usually make a fresh curry everyday and might have a bit left over from the day before too. They might even make two staff curries if there are vegetarians and they made meat one day.

Basically the staff curry will be a real proper traditional curry that people in India would have.
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Is authentic always better?
 
Psycho Sonny said:
Yes there is.

Ask for a staff curry.

If they don't have any it's not real Indian restaurant.

Basically the food the kitchen staff eat. They usually make a fresh curry everyday and might have a bit left over from the day before too. They might even make two staff curries if there are vegetarians and they made meat one day.

Basically the staff curry will be a real proper traditional curry that people in India would have.
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That's actually a pretty good tip. Thanks :)
 
Angilion said:
I once read a short interview with an Indian cook who moved here to work. The first thing they had to do was learn to cook British "Indian" food.

There's a nod to it in one of the Discworld books, where food from another country becomes popular in Ankh-Morpork...but it's actually just several variations of slightly spiced swede with the names of the other country's food attached to it.
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I can bet. The first time I went to an indian restaurant all my friends food came out like colourful faggots and gravy looking **** I had no idea what any of it was, the food I've grown up with was so far removed from what they served in most places back in the day. Now though you have all sorts of dishes from all regions cocktailed together on wonderful menus - and the more modern have fusion with countries from both west and east the dishes are outstanding. I'm hungry.

[FnG]magnolia said:
That's actually a pretty good tip. Thanks :)
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Going out is a treat, why eat what the waiters eat when you can order some chilli tamarind tiger prawns and **** :D
 
NVP said:
Agreed, those we term as British curries are considered crap. Over-sweetened, extra thick, blended sauce covering cheap meat... I'd be embarrassed if that were the type of curry I served at home.


Try a real restaurant with traditional cooking methods and recipes :)

Or find you an Indian girl to date :D
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Tried that, ended up with food poisining. After 10 phone calls to Aunties, Mum and Gran. Then woke me up, after I'd just spewed and **** everywhere, with magical tea that would fix me. It didn't. It did make me **** myself again though.
 
Worked recently with a few Pakistani and Indian colleagues. Whislt they enjoyed some of the Indian restaurants in the NW they basically said...really nice...but not really like we have in our home.
 
Begbie said:
Tried that, ended up with food poisining. After 10 phone calls to Aunties, Mum and Gran. Then woke me up, after I'd just spewed and **** everywhere, with magical tea that would fix me. It didn't. It did make me **** myself again though.
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:D was she worth it?
 
We have a Pakistani restaurant close by in Tooting, these guys' food is on a whole different level. I do love a good curry.

Lahore Karachi if anyone's local, can't go wrong.
 
I'd say yes. It's only spicy food and spice is good for the soul!

I loved anything spicy from a relatively young age. Pretty much everything I ate was accompanied by some hot pepper sauce.
 
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