Many many years ago I worked on the edge of the City for a Keralan Christian called Ipe, a very nice chap who loved his food. I was regularly sent in a taxi to Commercial Road (near Brick Lane) to the Lahore Kebab house to pick up Pakistani Kebab rolls for everyone working late in the office, 60p each at the time.
Recently I took the kids on a London food odyssey which included a visit to the relocated and vastly expanded Lahore Kebab house. The menu had changed and kebab rolls were not immediately obvious on the menu but after a bit of reminiscing with the waiters they were brought forth from the kitchen.
Two succulent, smokey, spicy, lamb kebabs, flecked with fresh chilli wrapped in a hot from the oven flat bread, tomato, cucumber, onion and fiery hot chilli sauce, you know the type Pakistanis make so well.
The memories came flooding back as the chilli hit the roof of my mouth and the endorphins' started being released.......mmmm yum yum.
Authentic food from the Indian sub-continent is hard to find but is so good the taste stays in your memory for years.
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