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[Episure]

(Episure @ May 1 2004, 09:32 AM) Chutney Villa serves south Indian fare in Vancouver

(Mongo@May 2 2004, 07:01 PM )

sounds like it might be good. funny that the reviewer calls sambhar "sambal".

Possibilities:

1] Like many mediapersons her skills are in writing and not knowing the subject.

2] Some ethnic words can be misheard.

The fish sambal uses meaty kingfish, still on the bone, from the Indian ocean mixed in with Asian eggplant and onion.

This restaurant gets the fish from India? Unlikely, probably restaurant hype.

[Episure]

Does this mean that Indian cuisine is to act as a precursor before other cultural forays?

Half jokingly - does this mean that curry has replaced the Elephant (" Yes, I take my elephant to school" ) as a symbol of India?

[Episure]

Sorry just realised that there was an earlier topic that may connect here.

Is Indian food finally hot, now that critics are using it to pepper their review of Bombay Dreams?

[mongo_jones]

i think it speaks more to the impoverished imagination of critics than to the trendiness of indian food.

[Peppertrail]

quote: [The $14 million Lloyd Weber Indo-British musical, “Bombay Dreams,” after fair success during its 2-year run in London, was finely chopped and grilled to well done by local and national U.S. media when it premiered at the Broadway Theater on April 29th. Bombay Dreams may have done okay in UK but the Americans have given it a big thumbs down, or all digits down.]

I wonder if all those critics used so many culinary metaphors because Madhur Jaffrey's Curries to Kebabs was on sale in the theatre lobby.

I have read some of the critical reviews, but a local TV channel in New York did a rather favorable review and even showed parts of Jackson Heights and reported that people could buy Indain music and clothes there.

I saw this mucial while it was still in previews. The audience, mostly Americans seemed to be enjoying the music. I think even if the show is not a great success, the music CD may sell well.

[skchai]

That, I believe, was the view of many U.K. critics. They didn't have much use for the book or effects, but everyone praised A.R. Rahman's music. Of course, in the U.K. production, half of the songs were remakes of his own filmi numbers. In the Broadway version, I heard that there are more original music, some not even by Rahman. . .