Bengali Curry chocolate bar
On a recent visit to France, I picked up a ‘Bengali Curry’ chocolate bar..a concoction which included white chocolate, chilli, pineapple and spices. There was an audible ‘Ugh!’ when my wife wouldn’t touch it but surprisingly it was quite tasty. However, it’s a bit of a weird concept but who knows there might be a Balti (chocolate) Bar on the horizon.
The Sunday Times recently featured their food critics’ best 100 places to eat. One of those critics was Giles Conran who in the past has made some very disparaging remarks about Birmingham which would make Jeremy Clarkson seem like the City’s no 1 fan. Predictably no Birmingham restaurants featured although one of his recommendations was ‘Rotii King’, a cheap eatery in London …. hasn’t Giles bothered to eat at the Indian Brewery or even the Hen and Chickens in the City’s Jewellery Quarter, never mind a genuine Birmingham Balti although one doubts whether Mr Conran would recognise the dish even if he fell into one!