curry Archive

  • He's a successful entrepreneur who in the spirit of enterprise, grew his small food stall serving the crowds of the Notting Hill Carnival to a multi-national food production company.  His profile rose somewhat with a charismatic appearance on BBC TV's Dragons Den, securing funding from none other than Peter Jones and Richard Farleigh.

    Product review: Levi Roots Caribbean Hot Chilli Beef

    He's a successful entrepreneur who in the spirit of enterprise, grew his small food stall serving the crowds of the Notting Hill Carnival to a multi-national food production company. His profile rose somewhat with a charismatic appearance on BBC TV's Dragons Den, securing funding from none other than Peter Jones and Richard Farleigh.

    Continue Reading...

  • It's a ready-meal adaptation of curry-house favourite Chicken Jalfrezi which is another of those strange anglicized dishes originating not from India but no doubt as the result of a late-night drinking session by some drunken munter.  No matter, it's a tasty dish anyway and usually quite hot with a tomato-based sauce.  Unusually for curries here in England, it tends not to be overly saturated with cream or clarified butter.

    Product review: Sainsburys Chicken Jalfrezi

    It's a ready-meal adaptation of curry-house favourite Chicken Jalfrezi which is another of those strange anglicized dishes originating not from India but no doubt as the result of a late-night drinking session by some drunken munter. No matter, it's a tasty dish anyway and usually quite hot with a tomato-based sauce. Unusually for curries here in England, it tends not to be overly saturated with cream or clarified butter.

    Continue Reading...

  • Pataks is a phenomenally successful range of Indian cooking sauces, pickles, pastes and other currified paraphernalia.  Starting from a small shop in London in the 1950's, they have grown to be one of the most well-known Indian cuisine specialists and can be found in all the major supermarkets.

    Product review: Pataks Korma Cooking Sauce

    Pataks is a phenomenally successful range of Indian cooking sauces, pickles, pastes and other currified paraphernalia. Starting from a small shop in London in the 1950's, they have grown to be one of the most well-known Indian cuisine specialists and can be found in all the major supermarkets.

    Continue Reading...

  • Just who the blimming heck are they? Innocent starting selling smoothie drinks from a stall in a London Market in 1998. Using only 100% natural ingredients, they realised they had...

    Product review: Innocent Thai Coconut Curry

    Just who the blimming heck are they? Innocent starting selling smoothie drinks from a stall in a London Market in 1998. Using only 100% natural ingredients, they realised they had...

    Continue Reading...

  • It has to be said, Armthorpe despite being the birth place of Kevin Keegan, is a rather less salubrious part of Doncaster when compared to say, Bessacarr or Bawtry. That’s...

    Restaurant review: Elachi, Doncaster

    It has to be said, Armthorpe despite being the birth place of Kevin Keegan, is a rather less salubrious part of Doncaster when compared to say, Bessacarr or Bawtry. That’s...

    Continue Reading...