Taking a Khmer for an Indian?
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Taking a Khmer for an Indian?
I'm really craving a decent curry this weekend and it's been months since i sat down in a curry house - mainly because my Khmer wife flat out refuses to eat Indian food. She's never tried Indian food in her life but is convinced she won't like it because she says India is a dirty smelly country and the people have dark skins and........ ''too spicy''.
Has anybody else had this problem and found a way through it? If I did somehow manage to drag her kicking and screaming into, for example, Sher e punjab, is there an dish that might work with her? (Obviously a ringburner curry won't do the trick, although it would be fun to watch her taste a mouthful of vindaloo.)
Has anybody else had this problem and found a way through it? If I did somehow manage to drag her kicking and screaming into, for example, Sher e punjab, is there an dish that might work with her? (Obviously a ringburner curry won't do the trick, although it would be fun to watch her taste a mouthful of vindaloo.)
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My Khmer wife made an excellent coconut curry. In fact it was about the only food she made well other than donuts.
Never experienced it myself with any of my Asian partners, all of whom tended to have the same attitudes towards India and Indians. Mrs Scobienz loves Sher e Punjab. You could try here with the old classic tikka masala, or something mild like a korma or better still avoid the curries and get something more akin to local food like a Biriani with a some tandoori chicken or lamb.
Smother it in yogurt dressing, and she'll be fine.
Smother it in yogurt dressing, and she'll be fine.
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Yeah, all her cooking was spicy. We would trick our son into eating it by telling him to blow on it. Now he carries hot sauce in his backpack like a GI.
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Yup. Unlike Cambodia which as we all know is fragrant and spotlessly clean.vladimir wrote:Uuhhh...keeping_it_riel wrote:she says India is a dirty smelly country
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My missus would flat out refuse to eat Indian food when we first met for pretty much the same reasons, so one night I ordered 1/2 dozen different curries and naan's delivered to home and let her try them. She was quite surprised by how much she enjoyed Indian food, as long as it is not too spicy. Maybe try ordering in before taking her to a restaurant, and order mildly spiced dishes!
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
Great Keema Naan at the Indian towards the end of riverside. Grub is quite pricey though, 12 bucks plus for a good feed for one.
I've taken a couple of local lasses to Sheer-e-punjab. It does require some work as they indeed seem to be allergic to anything indian, but one dish has always met with their approval, the sheer e punjab special chicken. Very mild curry, absolutely delicious.
East India on bank street is the only one my wife somewhat likes.
For me, Sheree Punjab is first choice, India Delight a close second.
For me, Sheree Punjab is first choice, India Delight a close second.
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
Mrs. Spigz loves Indian, now she asks me when we're getting the next one, but had the very same concerns early days.
First dish to take hold after much experimentation was the tandoori chicken (usually share a half together); very simple, not too spicy and akin to standard chicken wings with some spices on as far as a Cambodian sees it. Butter naan was the side of choice, other breads are too dry. Also have to recommend Sher-e-Punjab (st.130), if you're looking for a seriously good chicken dish, ask for the chicken handi (half is enough for one). The mutton hyderabadi biryani is also excellent, but not for Cambodians (too dry again)
First dish to take hold after much experimentation was the tandoori chicken (usually share a half together); very simple, not too spicy and akin to standard chicken wings with some spices on as far as a Cambodian sees it. Butter naan was the side of choice, other breads are too dry. Also have to recommend Sher-e-Punjab (st.130), if you're looking for a seriously good chicken dish, ask for the chicken handi (half is enough for one). The mutton hyderabadi biryani is also excellent, but not for Cambodians (too dry again)
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Sher e Punjab also has Chinese dishes on the menu. I don't know what you can so about the smell though. An outside table?
I've known foreigners in Thailand, which seems to me to be far more India-phobic, to have eventually converted their Thai partners to the joys of Indian cuisine.
I've known foreigners in Thailand, which seems to me to be far more India-phobic, to have eventually converted their Thai partners to the joys of Indian cuisine.
That.PSD_Kiwi wrote:My missus would flat out refuse to eat Indian food when we first met for pretty much the same reasons, so one night I ordered 1/2 dozen different curries and naan's delivered to home and let her try them. She was quite surprised by how much she enjoyed Indian food, as long as it is not too spicy. Maybe try ordering in before taking her to a restaurant, and order mildly spiced dishes!
Order in first - Mrs C is from the PI, not Cambodia - but the dislike of the idea sounds the same. She cooks Indian now,,,
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