is indian food that good
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Post by is indian food that good on May 17, 2006 13:05:06 GMT 7
I see that the Indian posters have moved over here from the angry board.
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Post by Bollywood on May 18, 2006 14:58:59 GMT 7
I see that another friendly Singaporean has found his way here.
Welcome, my friend!
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Post by hibiscus on May 19, 2006 10:56:52 GMT 7
I see that the Indian posters have moved over here from the angry board. Are you implying that there's something wrong with that?
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Post by madmax on May 19, 2006 17:52:41 GMT 7
I see that the Indian posters have moved over here from the angry board. Are you implying that there's something wrong with that? I think he was refering to the fact that 5 people voted that Indian food is the best. I myself was uncertain whether to chose French or Indian, and then settled for the former. Indian is, indeed, very very yummy food, but maybe it wouldn't have been chosen by so many non-Indians? That's all!
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Post by hibiscus on May 19, 2006 22:02:11 GMT 7
But liking Indian food doesn't mean one is Indian! Anecdotal evidence plus personal experiences suggest quite the contrary. (I realised after I'd posed the question that the remark must have arisen because of the "popularity" of Indian food here, but was far away from a computer by then.)
PS: Oh ok realisation dawned - "is indian food that good" meant that it must be patriotic Indians voting for Indian food as the best!
As it happens I too think India has the best food, chiefly because of the stupendous variety it offers. What you see of it in Singapore is a tiny (and weirdly represented) fraction.
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Post by Big Sis on May 20, 2006 16:31:02 GMT 7
I love Indian food too and I'm not from India.
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Post by weirdo on May 20, 2006 19:21:11 GMT 7
What you see of it in Singapore is a tiny (and weirdly represented) fraction. I happen to like the tiny (and weirdly represented) fraction. ;D
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Post by Old mike on May 20, 2006 21:42:19 GMT 7
I voted for India. We cook for ourselves and the combination of spices and herbs in Indian cooking is unequalled anywhere in the world. Unfortunately my increasing diameter does not allow me to eat it more than occasionally
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Post by madmax on May 21, 2006 8:17:00 GMT 7
Old mike, I didn't know you are Indian.
I agree that India has some of the best food in the world, but I voted French. I think French food has much more variation than in Indian food. Indian food always tends to be rather spicy, doesn't it? And I did go to India, and eat Indian food there!
In any case, yes, Indian food in Singapore is seriously good, much better than French food in Singapore!
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Post by oldmike on May 21, 2006 8:52:32 GMT 7
I'm not Indian, but do enjoy the food. Strangely, I have found better Indian food outside India than in it.
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Post by Naughty Little Minx on May 21, 2006 10:10:31 GMT 7
A more appropriate title would be: Which is your favourite cuisine? Mine is dependent on my mood
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Post by Deep Fried Mars Bar on Jun 7, 2006 11:41:30 GMT 7
It's definitely Scotland. Our cooking policy is 'If you cannae fry it, dinnae buy it' - these wise words make us the world centre for haute cuisine.
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Post by galluslass on Jun 8, 2006 3:54:31 GMT 7
What about Turkish? It's fantastic and not talking about those crappy kebabs you get in UK fast food outlets.
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Post by madmax on Jul 2, 2006 12:44:59 GMT 7
I will tell you later what country the other person was of, and what country I think has the best food (for better, I mean taste and variety). Well, believe it or not, I was eating Japanese food with an Italian person. The Italian person wrongly maintained that Italian and Japanese are the best food in the world. What a joke! Japanese food is disgusting! Italian is OK, but very limited in terms of variety. I mean, they have spaghetti, and then they make them smaller and call them spaghettini. Then they make with a funny shape and call them farfalle. Then they make them flatter and call them tagliatelle. Then they make the tagliatelle larger and call them lasagne. Then they put the sauce inside them rather than outside them and call them tortellini. Jiii! How boring! Basically they have one dish! It's like if the Germans cut the potatoes in 15 different sizes and give them 15 different names and say that they have all these different dishes! Needless to say, French food is the best! (and I am not even French!). Any comment, Don Corleone? ;D
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Post by madmac on Jul 3, 2006 22:24:39 GMT 7
It's like if the Germans cut the potatoes in 15 different sizes and give them 15 different names and say that they have all these different dishes! Well, we Germans are pragmatic, so we would not do such bullsh*t, although potatoes may come in four or five variants . French food is definitely nice and I experienced the best company canteen ever in Le Plessis Robinson (Lucent) . Amazing food. But I would not call the Japanese one disgusting. Everybody has a different taste and sometimes it has to be raw fish . Besides that I really like Indian and also middle east food. Not every day, but from time to time very nice.
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Post by madmax on Jul 4, 2006 20:23:44 GMT 7
I believe that potatoes come in more than 5 variants. More like 20 or something. But they are always called potatoes (with the words mashed, fried, etc. added). Yes, French food is definitely the best, and yes, Japanese food is definitely disgusting. At least that's my own opinion. Of course anybody else might love it. I am just stating my own personal opinion.
I don't actually find anything wrong with raw fish. It's perfectly fine, but combined with over-cooked, cold rice... Yukks! And Japanese add soya sauce in EVERY dish they cook! At the end they all taste the same. I know, I spent almost two years in Japan.
Yes, Indian is definitely very yummy! A close second after French food.
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Post by madmax on Jul 7, 2006 8:34:33 GMT 7
I shall add that some people have misconceptions about Japanese food. Check out here for 'the truth about Japanese restaurants'!
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Post by Liz and dad on Oct 1, 2007 1:49:28 GMT 7
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