Great new book coming out in November called Food of the Grand Trunk Road (New Holland, £19.99) which includes recipes from along the route which stretches from Calcutta to Lucknow to Delhi then into the Punjab. Written by Hardeep Singh Kohli, recipes are from Anirudh Arora, head chef at Covent Garden’s Moti Mahal.
Voting for the Greenwich Curry Club Awards 2011, in association with the Greenwich Visitor, is now closed. Many thanks to everyone who voted. The results will be announced in the next issue of the Greenwich Visitor and on this blog at the end of the month.
| National Maritime Museum, GreenwichThese ‘curry and a pint’ Friday nights (to be held on 14 October, 28 October and 25 November) are surely too good to be missed by curry lovers…Discover the origins of the ‘Great British curry’, the story behind India Pale Ale and how the East India Company changed the eating and drinking habits of a nation. An evening of masala, manuscripts and migrations to stimulate the imagination and the taste buds. Speaking on this series of learning and dining events, will be historian Rozina Visram, Shrabani Basu, author of Curry: The Story of the Nation’s Favourite Dishand the beer writer and convivial raconteur, Peter Haydon.The evenings are held in partnership with Mogul Restaurant and Greenwich Meantime Brewery.
Booking: (Debit/credit cards): http://www.nmm.ac.uk/tickets Time: 7.30pm £25: Advance booking required (The price includes a biryani (meat, lamb or vegetarian), nibbles and a glass of India Pale Ale). |
Please join Greenwich Curry Club at Britain’s Biggest Curry Party to raise money for the James Wale kidney cancer fund. Bring friends, it’s all for a good cause.
Gurkha’s Inn
Colom Street
@8pm on Thursday 20 October
£20 for a set meal, which includes a contribution to the charity and a beer from Mongoose.
Please mail greenwichcurryclub@hotmail.com to book.
For those who haven’t found us yet, the Greenwich Curry Club is now tweeting. Follow us @greenwichcurry for up to the minute tips on curry houses, snippets of info such as how many men would eat a hot curry to impress a woman and general curry chit chat.
We are very pleased to welcome our new media partner… The Greenwich Curry Club Awards 2011 in association with the Greenwich Visitor. Check out the next issue, available on 1 October.
Always good to discover a new beer made for spicy food, so… presenting for those of you not from Canada… Cheetah. At 5% abv, there is a lager and a dark beer, the former with a nice tang and the latter a bit smoother. Both do what they aim to, which is to go down well with Indian food – they were tested with a Lamb Vindaloo. The beers are brewed in Toronto. Not sure what cheetahs have got to do with Indian food or Toronto, mind you.
If you like a taste of curry with just about everything how about this curry-flavoured ketchup. Found at the sausage stall in Lewisham along Lee High Road by the large butchers. It’s £3.60 for 875ml. Fish and chips anyone?
Moghul, SE10
It’s been there a bit now, but for those who have missed it the Moghul, well known as the only Indian restaurant in central Greenwich, have opened a takeaway version where the Bombay Bicycle Club used to be. Find it at 192 Trafalgar Road, Se10 9TZ. Tel: 020 8858 1500. http://www.moghulindian.co.uk. Open: Mon–Sat 5pm-10.30pm, Sun 5pm-10pm (last orders 20 mins before closing). Free delivery for orders of £15 and more.
The Royal Curry Club 