babyblog

spice, spice, and all things nice

Mad curry craving alert. Last night I sent G for the food I mentioned before, and tonight I had a cannot-resist craving for the same and sent him again. At least it's fairly healthy - mixed vegetables, chicken & rice. I think overall the food here is so bland in comparison to the UK, (hot sauce on wings does not count) that my pregnant tastebuds must have gone into overdrive and want what they've been missing.

I've also got a burning desire for the dry fried shredded beef in chilli that we used to order from the Chinese in Clapham, not to mention Crispy Aromatic Duck with pancakes and that delicious rich purple plum sauce, but I'm out of luck if I think Im getting that in Brampton, Ontario. Chinese food here is *insipid*. They even look at you with some amazement if you ask for chopsticks to eat with. I'm lucky we found an Indian take-away owned by a Brit that does half decent curry, prior attempts at finding a good chicken tikka masala resulted in some horrific bland gravy-like concoctions . I think I may drag G into Chinatown in Toronto on the hunt for some decent Szechuan or Peking cuisene at some point soon.

Surprisingly enough we did find a really good Thai restaurant here in Brampton which does marvellous Pad Thai, and blow-your-tastebuds-off Thai Green Curry which are delicious so I guess that might be on the menu soon if my cravings for spice continue.