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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 17:41:45 GMT -6
About a year ago, I tried authentic India food. Very good. Little bet spicey, but very good. I think that would be a good restaurant around here. Just to have a different choice for restaurant around here. Streator has two good Mexican restaurant, good Chinese restaurant. Why not India food? And for the people that just eat veg diet, India food would be the key.
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Post by dive61364 on Oct 11, 2014 19:08:44 GMT -6
you have to have enough cliental to support that type of cuisine.
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Post by dive61364 on Oct 12, 2014 8:49:33 GMT -6
there is two places that serve indian food in Bloomington the last I knew MM. I have eaten this type of food and found it to be heavy on strong spices.
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Post by helencrump on Oct 12, 2014 12:09:00 GMT -6
I'm not that crazy about some of the aromas in spices used in Indian cuisine.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2014 4:43:34 GMT -6
I sure wish somebody would open a Latvian eatery...I tried it once 30 years ago and it was really good. Why not Latvian food...or for that matter Bulgarian, Laotion, Senegalian, or Carpathian?
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Post by roman on Oct 13, 2014 5:57:57 GMT -6
Before the Taste of Chicago, there was an event on Navy Pier called the Ethnic Food Fair. Most, if not all, of the ethnic groups in Chicago would sell food. No restaurants were involved. Instead, the food would be prepared by church groups or ethnic organizations. I would try a variety of food. My wife would stick with Italian food.
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Post by dumdave on Oct 13, 2014 8:59:39 GMT -6
Never ate Indie food. Crazy for curry though.
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Post by Blue Star on Oct 13, 2014 11:27:26 GMT -6
A lot of thier spices are very healthy for you, as is Greek dishes are too. I recently tried Moraccon & love it!
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Post by chevypower on Oct 13, 2014 11:38:08 GMT -6
Never ate Indie food. Crazy for curry though. I use curry powder for my homemade soup.....yum |
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Post by roman on Oct 13, 2014 11:41:32 GMT -6
Years ago, we lived in Park Forest. In those days, before it "changed," it was the town described in the classic book The Organization Man. Most of the families there were young professionals; no big money. In addition to numerous young accountants,lawyers and grad students, there was a smattering of professors from IIT and the University of Chicago. It was a very multi-ethnic community. Our block parties were really something: Indian, Chinese, Italian, German, Cambodian and Spanish food.
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Post by dive61364 on Oct 13, 2014 15:15:22 GMT -6
You guys realize just how varied some of that food is.....right? Fish heads and rice is not just an expression, it's common. And it isn't just the cheap cast off portion either. The most prized portion of that particular dish is the fish eyeball.(seriously) I told my Wife I love her so much She can have my fish eyeball too. I usually try to sample at least a bite of her food. The one that used pork blood was intensely rich. One bite was enough. Call me chicken, but just a bite or 2 is plenty for some of that stuff. I would not want to waste an entire order of it in a restaurant somewhere. Try watching 'Bizarre Foods' sometime with Andrew Zimmerman(sp). He goes all over and samples local food. While it is shocking what much of the World eats, it is also shocking how poor our own nutrition is as well. We have so much processed foods loaded with salt, sugar, fat and chemicals. I am just as guilty as the next person. We eat it because it is convenient, or affordable, or palatable, certainly not because it is good for our bodies. OK, now that's the criticism, the compliment is some of the 'stir fries'. She makes up some stuff in the Wok with vegetables and various 'Asian sauces' from China town that is really quite good. She has raised some of her own Asian varieties of vegetables in the garden as well. Fresh from the garden to the table.......it's really pretty good.....and I am not really a veggie fan either. Maybe it is catching me on one of those 7 year taste changing swings. one man`s bizarre food is another's delicacy. I have eaten a few of his bizarre foods and loved them and still eat them to this day.......................  |
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Oct 13, 2014 15:49:45 GMT -6
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the restaurant that would fly here........ SLOVAK!
Just a wee bit of kidding, when I moved here, at times I thought it was really Slovakia.....
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Post by roman on Oct 13, 2014 16:48:54 GMT -6
It is interesting that nearly any 'ethnic' food gets altered for mainstream success in whatever country it is served in. Italian, Mexican and Chinese food all gets 'Americanized' here. The very same thing happens in reverse in other countries. Even McDonalds has regionalized menus in other Countries. It works both ways. Gyros, a popular Greek dish, was invented in Chicago. The first two times we went to Athens, it was not known there. Years later, when we went to Athens we saw it in a number of places. An even better example is Chicken Vesuvio, invented in Chicago in the early 20s. In the last couple of years, I have read of Italian restaurants in Italy which claimed to have invented it. |
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Post by helencrump on Oct 13, 2014 20:13:55 GMT -6
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the restaurant that would fly here........ SLOVAK! Just a wee bit of kidding, when I moved here, at times I thought it was really Slovakia..... I've always wondered why no one has opened one here! |
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Oct 13, 2014 21:03:50 GMT -6
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the restaurant that would fly here........ SLOVAK! Just a wee bit of kidding, when I moved here, at times I thought it was really Slovakia..... I've always wondered why no one has opened one here! I know, there are many times I wished I could get real Halushki..... Mine is close, but I don't quite nail it. The real stuff is to die for. |
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