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"to help bolster the British economy" - im sure it did do that, but it wasn't their motivation - they moved here for their own benefit. the outcome is one of mutual benefit, therefore, so do stop trying to twist what happened.

​@@ukbloke28Google Windrush lad, people from the commonwealth were encouraged to move to help rebuild the country.

@@tomhay5516 I obviously know about windrush you patronising tw.t. Are you saying tht the people that came over did it as charity, or did they benefit too? In which case in what way are you refuting my point? Lad.

​@@ukbloke28 they were writing it from the perspective of the UK government who put the policy in place to help rebuild the economy. It's pretty obvious that people came over for their own benefit, as does anyone who immigrated somewhere. They weren't 'twisting' anything about history.

The first Indian restaurant in England opened around 1815.

Hawaii loudly clears their throat!

Perfect 😂

Think he needs to remember there is no Oil there, his country wouldn't be interested in taking it over 😉

Speaks who American?

The Indian restaurants in the UK were set up by people from Bangladesh we let into the UK due to flooding and poverty who stayed. No colonising involved in it.

same goes for Chai Tea - Tea Tea 😅

Curry Sauce = Sauce Sauce

Tbh I dont know y they even stop, it was a hit n they should've kept it going 😅😅

same here!

@@trapalexx7304 steven, andrew and adam are launching a new 'worth it' type food show over at their youtube, watcher very soon!

Same! Kinda miss Andrew Steven and Adam so bad

agreed

Well Insider did actually do this ages ago in Italy and all that. Here's hoping they actually do do it.

I'd watch that if it was Joe and Harry. Would love it if they start with a country just over their borders and work their way down so Mexico and France respectively!

Keep the message at the top,dont overlook the power of the crowd

its called food wars clown

I hope they get on in person, you never know

Very interesting!

allowed? colonizers and allowed colonized people?

@@kananamin304 yes allowed. problem?

@@richtenx yes. I do have problem with word allowed here. History is proof of how allowing the colonizers were.

​@@kananamin304 i guess he meant it in a way of using what ever is at there disposal ,and yes india and pakistan and all the colonized countires where still under Britain control till the 1947,1948 and so on. The allowed the rebuild to happen and then probably most of them settled there after the independences of the countries.

Legend

Vibes are different at a curry house

Take them to Waffle Curry House for that.

Maybe because he go to the wrong curry house? Run by a Pakistani or Bangladeshi and named it as INDIAN?

"I want the blandest thing on the menu"

If you had to give your favourite, what would it be?

@@sentientarugula2884 Bombay Palace, which has the best Lamb Rogan Josh I've ever tasted.

Thoughts on dishoom?

@@benjaminaulakh4734 Thanks mate, I'll be sure to note.

Yeah they said specifically the were going to the more "British Indian" places, which makes sense for the series. But find me a place with plastic seating where you have to bring your own beer and I'm the only white dude and I know I'm going to have a good time.😂

Vindaloo is typically made with pork , because the fat renders while cooking , giving the dish its unique flavor. Yet to cater to the Hindus and Muslims who don't consume pork they make the same dish with alternate meats.

I was thinking the same thing lol. I had vindaloo in Goa where this dish kind of originated and did not find potatoes in it.

Yes I like to try and understand Americans more lol. Where I live in SEA to serve someone is a great sign of respect. Always pour for elders first and then yourself last so it's really interesting to see someone be taken back by that. I think the British have an element of this practice also? To serve others based on age, holiness or just kindness maybe......

Mexican and Mexican-Americans make up around 1a% of the US population. It makes complete sense as to why there is such a cultural impact throughout the country. The population of Indian and ethnic Indians in the UK is around 3%, which is like that of the Polish in the US. In raw numbers, there are twice as many Indian or Indian-American in the US than the UK. I suspect because the multi-cultural mix is so much more prominent in the US, especially in the cities, that even though there are numerous prominent ethnic populations that have cultural footholds that it is hard for any of them other than the Mexican influence to truly feel like a national phenomenon. Heck, at this point the Mexican influence on the US has gone international. The rise of Mexican restaurants is Europe might be a bigger a sign of American cultural influence than the spread of Starbucks.

@benoitwaffle5439 I think a lot has to do with the situations that people come to the US and UK. In the US mexican and Central Americans come here for the work opportunity and start up by working more blue collar jobs. Construction, maintenance, restaurant, farming. The ease for some in setting up small taco stands or trucks is how mexican foorld grew. In some cities people have thier local taco stand that they go to often. Tex-Mex is a completely differnet thing and has been around for hundreds of years as well. In the case of Indian Americans, or the ones I have met, they mainly come here for education and to enter more white collar work. Same can be said of most Korean or South East Asian in the last 20 years

Indian cuisine is upper popular in certain areas of usa where there is a huge indian population . Silicon valley,seattle,north texas,tri state area etc

There's a reason why pretty much every phone customer service line says press 2 for Spanish lol.

In south Florida the Mexican food is so good it can bring tears to your eyes.

It would be fun, but I do worry what that would do for Joe's moaning and Harry's waistline.

Second this !!

We can't hear your voice through text.

It's the other way around - they started putting potato in it because it has 'aloo' in the name.

Nom nom

If the Tayyabs queue is stretching too far down the street, or if you fancy a (slight) change, Needoo Grill is right round the corner. I believe it was started by some ex-Tayyabs staff who wanted to strike out on their own, and it's basically the same thing but with more breathing room. Not that Tayyabs atmosphere isn't great in itself, but it can get a bit claustrophobic depending on where you get seated.

​@@theritchie2173needos ain't close 😂

@@CanadianBritishBoy Yeah it is, it's about 50 yards away...

people from all over india immigrated to britain over history, only the style of food we now call "indian food" ever stuck. I'm sure there's plenty of other great food from all over india, but it likely isn't palatable enough to the british palate to have mainstream appeal here and justify existing as a restaurant industry

Sure. But we cant absorb a whole countries entire cuisine as we have our own, and many others available here also.

We definitely do have Goan and Keralan restaurants here in the UK, they're just less common. You find them in big cities but not in smaller towns.

Dude the curry culture is not Punjabi but rather Mughlai. Shows that you're from Mumbai 😂

Well most of the food they have is Punjabi food because a lot of the Indian restaurants are both Indian and Pakistani owned. The culture and cuisine is shared. There's also some VERY amazing South Indian restaurants in the UK but they advertise as being a South Indian restaurant.

India has like 20 states the size of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a bit larger than England. Each state had it’s own people and culture/ food. UK bangladeshi’s know nothing about Indian food of all those regions So what you ate is a bangladeshi attempt at Indian food. Not real

@@ashokathegreat4534Calm down poojeet 😂😂😂 what the op states was a fact no need to get butthurt

She’s a tamil originally from Sri Lanka and not Indian. Indian women rarely date outside their own.

Who is Nikhil?

@@micah1754 Nikhil was the India host when Food Wars did US vs. India. He’s a riot 😂

@@mercgurl80 oh true! I'll have to watch those back. That would have been cool if he did it. I did think it was cool Harry seemed to have done some research on the history and stuff and did a pretty good job. I find Joe pretty crass and jarring but that's just me lol

They did a great job, but yea it would’ve been awesome to see Nikhil featured here as a guest or something

Why? They literally had a female guest of Indian heritage that did exactly this.

Do you live in London? If you did you would understand that Tayyabs is Pakistani food...not Indian. If you can't even identify that difference you don't know the culture at all. I'm not even going to start on the references to 'aloo' in vindaloo meaning potato...which is totally wrong as well. So many uneducated comments here...but for you to say that Harry nailed anything is shameful...

⁠@@randyschwagginsim Indian and me and my pakistani brothers enjoy the similarities in our food in the uk. We call them desi but to eachs own. To be fair none of these are authentic but they are to The UK. On vindaloo yeah true but its this lost in translation why we get it that way and that to me growing up in the UK is cultural

@@VarunaSingh89 you like eating beef nihari with your Pakistani brothers?

@@randyschwaggins As a British-Pakistani, there's undeniable crossover between cuisines, to the point where they're somewhat interchangeable, and that's fine by me. You just sound like a butthurt purist, stop embarrassing yourself

Go to Gymkhana. At least thats a real Indian restaurant and not some bangladeshi’s pretending to know Indian food

I went to muhib in brick lane when I visited and it was amazing, very friendly staff and owner too

We used to go to Brick Lane quite a bit when I lived in London, We'd eat in the more modest stripped back looking places rather than the fancier restaurants, their food was always absolutely on point, no frills or distractions needed.

No one from London eats there.

Locals go to Needoos round the corner

@@randyschwaggins Needoos is just a breakaway from Tayyabs- someone left Tayyabs and started Needoos. It’s similar food,and they both very good. Probably same recipes Bill

Even just places outside of London and New York. Going to Southern America and trying proper Brisket and Soul Food, or going to the Midlands or up North for a Curry.

Surprised they didn’t come to Leicester!

YES! Shere Punjab's saag and makki di roti is the best I've had that isn't homemade. It's fresh. No adding tadka to stuff from a tin like other restaurants do (you can taste the difference!) Leicester's Indian restaurants hands-down do the best vegetarian Indian food anywhere in the country.

Because most if these things are run by pakistanis, bangladeshis & nepalese, very few Indians run any of these.

@@userunknown19 The one on St. Saviours road or Melton road?

When you a decent Chinese/ Indian/ pizza you hold them in your heart.

Thats most things on a generic BIR restaurant to be fair

Actually I just realized the American and British way of using forks and now I can't unsee it.😄

It's a very American way of eating 😂

he is a Pakistani and born British she know nothing about Indian cuisine's ...only know Punjab side of india cuisine which is prevalent in Pakistan so...no brainer

What a bunch of lie! Its an Indian dish bought to UK. Spreading fake news and claiming Indian things is full time job of brits! British classic?? LoL!

Sure.

Bangladeshi to be exact

A lot of Indians/Pakistanis who have not been to the UK get upset and say 'no it's just this dish, or that dish'. My reply to that is A) no it's different, and B) don't be upset your dish is better 😂. If they have been to the UK and taste it the option tends to be "yeah you can have it".

🤣@@tmarritt

What Southern Indian food have you had and what are your favorites

@@lloydkasal4116 whatever you're cooking ... I'll be around in 30 minutes

@@AAA19999 lol alright, I trust you to be able to handle the spice

Chicken Tikka is a British Indian invention.

Well you are right in a sense that It isn't Indian food as in it is less spicy and is more catered towards British Taste buds. But you can't claim it is new Cuisine. It is purely Indian cuisine that has been improvised a little to cater towards British ppl who can't handle more spices. Even Chicken tikka that you claim to be purely British was made because so called Bangladeshi chef but it is inspired from Butter chicken. It isn't anything new or made from scratch . Also it isn't original Bengali dish either. It has Pre Partition Indian roots. Bangladesh does have their own region cuisine like Pakistan has but some dishes are from pre partition India that has travelled to Bangladesh and Pakistan. Chicken Tikka masala is what Samosa is in Indian cuisine. Samosas were brought in by Mughals because they missed it in their homeland in Central Asia mainly Uzbekistan where original recipe comes from but in due time with our own spin on same recipe we Made Indian version of Samosa which have masala potato filling with more spices as compared to original dish. Now we can enjoy it as Indian Version but to claim Samosa as Indian Invention would be cruel just like British claiming Chicken Tikka to be British. It is British spin on Indian Chicken curry by South Asian immigrants but it isn't new dish on its own.

@@mast_orbiter Just like Americans cant claim Tex Mex then?

Send some over

As a person who grew up in London, Manchester's curry Mile has Brick Lane beat. Brick Lane definitely isn't as Bangladeshi as it was once before.

@@Woodlouse5 No, the Midlands curry scene is ridiculously overrated. Balti triangle is basically dead because it’s shit, they have the desi/grill pubs which are fine, but mostly exciting cos they are pubs that do you good drinking food. They aren’t amazing. London has the most authentic Pakistani, Indian food etc in Southall, Whitechapel, Tooting, Hounslow etc, it also has higher end stuff, and it also has Michelin star Indian food if that’s your bag. It’s not even a comparison - London kills it.

Atul Kochchar upto a point. I am sure no Indian ever had chocolate put in a curry EVER.

I think there's also perhaps another category, which is modern/alternative. Such as Bundobust, which is street food with a fusion influence, and unlike your typical "Indian" restaurant has equal emphasis on drinking. Oh and there's also Desi pubs in some places too, where Indian culture meets British pub. I guess those might fit in your 2nd category.

That’s also one of the few places in the UK owned by real Indians and not Bangladeshi/Pakistani’s.

Yes, it's based on the Portuguese dish 'Carne de Vinha d'Alhos'.

And where is Goa? Goan food is a subset of Indian food but you seem to be having the colonizer mindset 😅

Imagine a British dude called GSB, stating that Goan food is not Indian. Go ask ur parents,they might put you back you in senses (if they are still Indian) 'Inferiority complex ka 14'

@@prasenjeetnikam Where did I specifically write that Goan food is not Indian? And how did you infer that from the message above?

@@dhavalincredible I wrote “isn’t really used”, which is true, vinegar is rarely used in Indian cuisine. That doesn’t mean I said that Goan food isn’t Indian. Think you might need to improve your grasp of the English language.

How was it?

Food colonisers claiming something that doesn't belong to you.

@@kaycey7361 Get well soon mate

@@kaycey7361 "food colonisers." 🙄 Don't be a bellend.

@@kaycey7361did you just not read the comment? Or are you just unbelievably thick? But the “CoLoNiSInG” - literally no one cares, stop crying. The above story is literally verbatim how the dish was created. How can you be mad at the truth 😂 pathetic.

It's an Indian dish made in India, bought to uk by Indians, nothing, absolutely nothing about Chicken Tikka masala has any uk connection. From the way it is prepped to the cooking method to the ingredients to the utensils to everything. Stop stealing other culture/countries food!

Unlike Chicago Pizza in Italy, Tikka Masala is very popular in India

That’s Bangladeshi’s pretending to make Indian food.

Vindaloo is the hottest thing i have ever had but i think it depends whats in it. Because someone got one a few years ago and it wasnt hot but the one i had as a teenager one bite i had to drink a full glass of water lol. So the name doesnt really help.

Dishoom is fantastic. We have one in Birmingham and it’s my favourite restaurant in the UK

I was fortunate enough to go to Dishoom when I visited London from the US. Easily the best samosa of my life! I still think about the mint chutney I had there.

Dishoom is a tourist trap

I’m not from there but the best curries I’ve ever had have always been when passing through Birmingham

Nope. "Balti Curry", actually Balti Gosht comes from the North and North-Western regions of Pakistan. It was brought to Birmingham by Kashmiri immigrants

@@SF7PAKISTAN ok then. At the very least the British version of the Balti was invented in the 1970’s by a Birmingham/pakistani restaurateur. The very first place in Birmingham to serve a balti was a restaurant called Adil's located in Sparkbrook (Sadly permanently closed right now). But the Balti Triangle here is definitely the place to try a truly authentic Birmingham Balti.