It was recently mentioned on this website that ‘moderation is the English way’…
Certainly not when English football fans are in Lille and realise how good your beer is.
Now, a word about food and moderation in England…
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I found and read the recipe for Chicken Tikka Masala on the Internet. It seems to taste very good. As an Iranian I would prefer to eat it with rice! It would be a delicious combination.
In the UK we invariably eat it with rice.
I think that, rather like some dishes sold in Chinese restaurants, it is a dish designed for the European palate. It’s very tasty nevertheless.
It is also eaten with flat breads, or naan, cooked in a tandoor. Do you have such a thing in Iran?
Are there any Indian restaurants in Iran? if not perhaps we should open one ? ?
There are several Indian restaurants in Tehran. I don’t know about other cities, such as Isfahan where Delaram lives.
Among those I’ve tried, Tandoor is the best hands down. It’s located in south-central Tehran. Here are two review pages on Foursquare (with lots of photos) and on Tripadvisor.
Ah well, I saw a business opportunity there, but if we aren’t the first, perhaps not :(
What about Lille?
There are several Indian restaurants in Lille too, but I’ve never tried any, so no idea… (Another lost business opportunity? ;-))
Perhaps someone else here has tried some of them?
And perhaps one day, if you happen to be to Lille, we could all get together in one and see how good (or bad) the food is. What do you think everybody?
PS Are you into cooking (and running restaurants) then?
With Emmanuelle, we tried many indian restaurants in Lille. We have been disappointed. The only good indian restaurant we know is the Dishny in Paris, near Gare du Nord. Each time we go to Paris (one of our daughter work there), we go to the Dishny to eat a thali.
Yes we have “naan” in Iran and we call it exactly “naan”. Persian language and Indian language has many words in common. In fact throughout history the cultures of India and Iran has influenced each other. Naan is cooked in a “Tanoor” (a big clay pot heated by fire). We have different types of naan in Iran: Naan Sangak which is cooked on heated small stones in a tanoor, Naan Lavaash which is very thin, Naan Barbari, and Naan Taaftoon. In my opinion Naan Sangak and Naan Barbai are the most delicious ones. Now that we are talking about Naan,… Read more »
Don’t forget to sprinkle some siâhdâne (siaahdaane) on your cheese… and your nân o panir o sabzi will just be heavenly!
Certainly not when English football fans are in Lille and realise how good your beer is. Nice try Philip! Next you’ll be telling us that all those brawls and bottle hurlings were actually our fault? Wait a second! Come to think of it, you may have a point there… Yes! It must have been a conspiracy in the Goldfinger fashion… First, Fifa – and we know how corrupt those people are – award Euro 2016 to France, just a stone’s throw from England. Let’s me see, we’ll call this happenstance… Then those devious calculating Ch’ti and Belgian brewers work in… Read more »
Stop, you are just making me thirsty. I recall visiting a brewery in Ronchin (I think it was) where they made a wonderful beer with, I think, d’or in the title. I am also mindful of the effects of absinthe that, I believe the French invented and which, I suspect you have been surreptitiously putting in the beer of those poor innocent, normally teetotal, English football supporters. What chance did they have? One sight of the green fairy and they will have been driven mad enough to fight. An alternative view is, of course, that those, so called, football supporters… Read more »
Does Iran have Indian food?
I was obviously being extremely thick and forgetting about that rather lengthy and important period of Indian history which we sometimes call the Mughul Empire.
Sorry !
I remember this famous beer called “Grain d’Orge”, first prize of the best beer in the world gift in NY many years ago.
By the way, the temperature in NY is 93, more than in Tehran! Difficult to resist drinking beer…
I think that’s the one Jean-Marc. No d’or. It was Grain D’Orge
I found it at the site below. As I recall it’s a very strong beer.
http://www.brasseurs-gayant.com/
I suspect you have been surreptitiously putting in the beer of those poor innocent, normally teetotal, English football supporters. What chance did they have?
My thoughts exactly!
Quoting a half a sentence ? must be a journalist :)
Come on Philip! That was a fair quote! :-)
Absolutely correct, but a little shorter than the original?
Absinthe. Some say that we would have very little art without it. Degas, Manet, Toulouse Lautrec, Picasso, Hemingway, are all said to have acquired their creativity from that verdant libation. Consider too what you did to poor old Van Gogh’s ear !
Can you blame the poor football supporter then if he also want to cut off an ear……………………………………… someone else’s!