Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,May 18 2008, 07:43 PM

Do get your hopes up should go into a Waitrose (supermarket): they have these frozen Indian meals that are pretty good.

Don't, by-and-large, get your hopes up of getting really good Indian food randomly in Metro London. It's not spicy enough. However, if the place smells good, tell them you're from California; they might get the hint and make it spicy enough.

True story: I was in Mayfair, walking around, and didn't want to pay 10 pounds for pub curry. So, I duck into this Indian place, order the special. They ask me, "This is Southern Indian food sir. It might be a bit spicy." I told them,
"I haven't had any properly spicy Indian food since I've been here. I'm from the Bay Area."
The old guy in the corner asks, "Which town?"
"Fremont."
"Oh yes! We've got a cousin there."
The two guys proceed to have some conversation. . . I suspect the elder was telling the junior which relative and that yeah, the guy can handle it.
"Oh yes sir, I think I know what you mean."
15 minutes later, I had a dosa and some masala that was nice n' spicy.
Later that night, everybody else paid for it.

Originally Posted by problem_child,May 19 2008, 10:27 AM

i didnt expect a long answer but thanks!

Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,May 19 2008, 10:37 AM

I broke it up in easy-to-parse bullet points.

Originally Posted by wicky,May 19 2008, 11:03 AM

thanks. I still ignored it anyway.

Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,May 19 2008, 12:25 PM

You're not going to ignore the crispy fried lamb from the Indian place the three of us went to last time you were up. Turd.

Originally Posted by s2ko,May 19 2008, 04:27 PM

Do they still have Wimpy's Hamburgers in the UK?

Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,May 19 2008, 03:28 AM

Yeah. It's really freakin' weird. Although watching a limey negotiate the word "nachos" is worth about 10 minutes of laughter.