(no subject)

If the newspapers and other sources are to be believed my culinary preferences are atypical for the average Englishman.

You see, dear reader, I am not a fan of the nation's favourite dish: the humble curry in any of its many and varied forms. On the rare occasion I am dragged kicking and screaming into an Indian Restaurant, I almost invariably fall back on the tried and trusted Chicken Korma which is neither a curry, nor strictly speaking, Indian.

One of my particular horrors is Bombay Duck. Firstly, despite its name, it is fish not duck. Secondly, it is prepared so that it looks like a mummified turd from the tomb of Rameses the Great. Slopping sauce and/or gravy over it does nothing to enhance the experience; in fact it strengthens the impression that here is something a starving man would rightly pass over.

Reading the paper today I was reminded that it is now more correct to call Bombay by its modern Indian name of Mumbai. This should of course be extended to the terminology of the 'cuisine'. I therefore propose, in the spirit of political correctness and in an attempt to more accurately describe the dish that Bombay Duck henceforth be known as Mumbai Muck

Give me Thai, Chinese or Mongolian anytime.

(no subject)

If the newspapers and other sources are to be believed my culinary preferences are atypical for the average Englishman.

You see, dear reader, I am not a fan of the nation's favourite dish: the humble curry in any of its many and varied forms. On the rare occasion I am dragged kicking and screaming into an Indian Restaurant, I almost invariably fall back on the tried and trusted Chicken Korma which is neither a curry, nor strictly speaking, Indian.

One of my particular horrors is Bombay Duck. Firstly, despite its name, it is fish not duck. Secondly, it is prepared so that it looks like a mummified turd from the tomb of Rameses the Great. Slopping sauce and/or gravy over it does nothing to enhance the experience; in fact it strengthens the impression that here is something a starving man would rightly pass over.

Reading the paper today I was reminded that it is now more correct to call Bombay by its modern Indian name of Mumbai. This should of course be extended to the terminology of the 'cuisine'. I therefore propose, in the spirit of political correctness and in an attempt to more accurately describe the dish that Bombay Duck henceforth be known as Mumbai Muck

Give me Thai, Chinese or Mongolian anytime.