foodcritic Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 Mrs Nirmal epitomises the restaurateur of yesteryear. All about being the [huge] front of house character that picked your food for you because they knew best. It's old hat but still nice from time to time. The old Delhi Junction host was a of a similar Ilk. 1980's Italian restaurant's were the same too. It's not such a bad thing but moderation is key. I went to an Italian restaurant in Kensington about 4 months ago and the food was good but the waiter made the night, he was pure comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodcritic Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 Our chef Aftab Ahmed is from Lahore Pakistan we serve traditional food. Aftab has catered for the late Princess Diana and also catered for the wedding of Imran Khan and Jemima Goldsmith. I understand you may not of enjoyed it but you dont know what your talking about otherwise you wouldnt be calling us an Indian restaurant. So is it Pakistani food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Our chef Aftab Ahmed is from Lahore Pakistan we serve traditional food. Aftab has catered for the late Princess Diana and also catered for the wedding of Imran Khan and Jemima Goldsmith. I understand you may not of enjoyed it but you dont know what your talking about otherwise you wouldnt be calling us an Indian restaurant. Forgetting current political divides, the cuisine of Lahore is Indian isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 The inside looks good : http://www.spinsheffield.com/tours/Aroma/0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodcritic Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 Forgetting current political divides, the cuisine of Lahore is Indian isn't it? Correct. Before the reign of the Raj it was all one space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Correct. Before the reign of the Raj it was all one space. But since then the two countries might have developed individual cuisines ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 many "indian" restaurants serve Pakistani food and not Indian - they don't usually care as long as someone is buying. however can we please accept that the Aroma IS NOT an exclusively an Indian restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 A lot of Indian restaurants were run by Bangladeshis, but unless you want to get into complicated descriptions such as "Indian sub-continent cuisine" it's easier to say just Indian. In my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodcritic Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 But since then the two countries might have developed individual cuisines ? In my opinion not really. Both sets of people still eat very similar food. What has changed the cuisine if anything is 'globalisation'. More types of cheese, wine's, beer's, bread's, cereals, packaged foods are being eaten by Asians as more and more varieties are imported into the sub-continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 In my opinion not really. Both sets of people still eat very similar food. What has changed the cuisine if anything is 'globalisation'. More types of cheese, wine's, beer's, bread's, cereals, packaged foods are being eaten by Asians as more and more varieties are imported into the sub-continent. you mean like someone serving haggis as a British dish. the Mumtaz in Bradford which i frequently visit is listed as an Indian restaurant. However it is definitively a Kashmiri restaurant. obviously it means within the realms of the food world. the food is different to that served @ Estikutum for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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