indian food vs. italian food

When my housemates went to Turkey for holiday, I asked them to bring back saffron, but they bought back a big bag of turmeric. Dozy stoners.

indian food >>>>> italian food >>>>> english roast dinner >>>>> massive burger

now wait a damned minute

I think that's fair, no? Some days I'll swap the italian for a roast.

Saying that, some days I just want a massive burger. I never claimed consistency.

The only fair way for me to judge this is the best Indian food I've had (which was in Manchester) vs. the best Italian food I've had (which was in Italy, tho also some in NYC was close). I will go with Indian for its amazing range of textures and spices. But mostly, having considered this, I am sad that I now live in a place where you can't get either good Indian or good Italian. I guess I need to try to make some of my own.

Homemade Indian food, if made properly is really fun to prepare and eat.

esp if you own a tandoori oven

a tandoor, even

I did some Indian cooking years ago, but never enough to get good at it. Worth revisiting.

I know which of these I feel worse about indulging in 12-24 hours later.

lol catholic?

the best Indian food I've had (which was in Manchester)

The best Indian food I have eaten was in Galway. There was a maestro with spice working in that kitchen.

do you remember the place?

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

*rolls eyes*

*lols*

*great britain*

wow. so many votes!

bless you, great britain, for choosing the butter chicken over the spag bol.

its tough to vote against risotto but sometimes you have to do it

nb: i abstained from this poll

i should have abstained. i voted indian out of ethnic pride but it was too hard a call, really.

I didnt vote, I couldnt choose.

this poll helped me choose my dinner tonight ... for real. it's gonna be chicken kashmiri!!

I'm glad to be on the right side for once

i approve

i really can't choose ... and it's a shame that my stomach has gotten so fucked up over the years that i have to take it easy when eating the finest of either of these fine cuisines. lotsa alfredo sauce and no vindaloos any more sadly ;_;

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss this poll yay

saag ravioli

real talk in this thread

jeez u guys

jalfrezi u guys

eat thali every day lamp!

I love Indian Food like Chappatis, Poori, dals, rice, Saag, makki di roti etc.
I also like Indian restaurant where the Indian food is served. My Favorite Indian veg. restaurant is " Haveli - Indian Food Restaurant ".

another ilx travesty

bearing in mind that my only experience is the anglo simulacra for which i'm eternally guilty and apologize to the gods of cuisine i still think this was the right result within the confines of this entirely hypothetical split

i approve

― buzza, Monday, November 14, 2011 5:56 PM (1 year ago)

Disappointed there was no Italian-Indian fusion poll option.

Baltipizza. Vindaloosagne.

Indian on sat
Italian yesterday
Off work today

Thks obama

I made keema lasgane and chicken tikka canneloni years ago, the results were on I Love Cooking - or, since search doesn't find them, more likely on Two Weeks/Sandbox versions of that board.

Wait, I found it:

So what have you cooked lately?

indian is almost guaranteed to cause damage to my guts. or at least yr east london curry will anyway, even in the nicer places.

italian seems to be sinned against quite frequently in restaurants, so many average or below average restaurants are "italian", ime.

A bad Indian is worse than a bad Italian but there are so many bad examples of both pretty much anywhere you go. A good Indian beats a really great Italian though, even in a really good Italian restaurant you get past the antipasti/pasta courses and the options can seem nice but not terribly exciting.

i guess the thing with "Italian" is that it relies a lot on quality of ingredients - obv to a large extent all cuisine does, but a lot of Italian dishes seem to be about simple stuff presented to its best advantage. this is why i cook pasta dishes two or three times a week but don't do my own "Indian" meals anything like as often

i know that this is all very broad generalizations

Yeah I would agree with that. The best Italian meals I've had haven't been doing anything earth-shattering in theory but have just been sourced and prepared impeccably.

same with spanish imo, to an extent.

i feel like loads of great cooking prob has roots in italian ways but this isn't what many "italian" restaurants do.

microwave italian food vs microwave indian food would be a better poll

still Indian, possibly by a wider margin imo

microwave lasagne though (horse or not) is truly beautiful

whereas microwave chicken jalfrazi is always a bit..