Curry hangover

My stomach is making noises not entirely dissimilar to that of a large old creaking tanker moored at the docks of some aincient quiet port.  For this i blame the 'new chef' at my local curry takeaway.  How can they change the recipie for Chicken Tikka Rogon Josh?  It's gone from this amazingly inviting bright red affair, to a more standard, oily, normal curry colour.  Tasted nice and was all gone in the end though.

Anyway, i digress...

The Chilli Beef is fantastic today.  Seems like it's been slow cooking all weekend.  It's very thick and this always (usually) runs in parrallel with exquisit flavour. Today is no exception.

Out of 11

• Taste: 10
• Texture: 9
• Bouquet/Aroma: 7
• Heat - Temp: 9
• Heat - Chilli: 8
• Brownness: 10
• Beef content: 7

Dipping choice for today: Hand cooked strong cheese and onion by REAL.

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 48, i think if anything was going to grow in there, it would have done so by now.

Now, I digest...

and then there's todays CB

I've never written so many words about soup in one day.  Not sure if it's even safe for me to see if i have any more random splashy food references left...  Oh not, wait, there's one.

Todays soup tastes better than yesterdays; could the soup have knows that i was going to parade it around like a prize heifer, and in retort, change it's taste structure to a more bland tasting one?  Perhaps not.  But i certainly do believe that the introduction of a blow and a spoon for which to eat it, made a big difference to the taste.
Maybe the cooling down and the reheating process changed some things too, we'll never know.

Out of 11

• Taste: 8.5
• Texture: 7
• Bouquet/Aroma: 7
• Heat - Temp: 7
• Heat - Chilli: 6
• Brownness: 6
• Beef content: 7

Dipping choice for today: Salt and Malt vinigar crinkles by walkers

5 Senses Soup Experience

A few Fridays ago, i was having drinks and playing some tunes with a friend at my flat, gradually as the beer took hold of my better judgement, the music got louder and louder until the inevitable happened, when the poor fellow in the flat below me politely tapped on my front door asking for the bass to be turned down.  It was loud to be fair.
This situation occurred not because of my disregard for my neighbours, but because all the tunes i was playing where amazing (obviously), this resulted in the music never returning to it's original volume and consequently, got louder throughout the evening.

Also suffering a similar fate are the soup scores below.  As there is never really a bad soup, the scores remain fairly similar each week, until the day when it spikes and the soup is exceptional, the scores get carried over to the next day and edited according to the response i receive from my senses (yes, the CB is a 5 senses experience, i can expand on this if necessary).

I suppose you want to hear how the soup is today?
Going into slightly more detail than normal, the consistency of the soup is OK, I've had better.  Jenkini (an esteemed co-worker of mine) mentioned that's it's "slightly watery", I agree.  On top of this, the beef is very dry and just breaks up on your mouth.  I'm finding it harder and harder to believe that the beef is really shipped in form Argentina.  That said, it's very tasty and this slight deviance in quality can only be put down to the fact that my tolerance to this soup is now astronomical, as are my expectations.

Out of 11 (check the date)

• Taste: 11
• Texture: 11
• Bouquet/Aroma: 11
• Heat - Temp: 11
• Heat - Chilli: 11
• Brownness: 11
• Beef content: 11

Dipping choice for today: Cream cheese and Chives by Seabrooks.  I hate this "flavour", but it's all i had in my draw.

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 29.  If i spill more soup on my keyboard, should i restart the counter or just forget it?

The length of this Blog can be blamed on my friend Don Kreecha Heersema, who complained that i was not being informative enough.  How's this one Don?


;)


Real scores:
Out of 11

• Taste: 8
• Texture: 8.5
• Bouquet/Aroma: 7.5
• Heat - Temp: 9
• Heat - Chilli: 7.5
• Brownness: 8
• Beef content: 9

It's been an exceptional week...

...for soup.
With a noticeable introduction of pepper to the mix, todays soup rates right up there with the best so far.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9.5
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 8
• Heat - Temp: 9
• Heat - Chilli: 8
• Brownness: 8
• Beef content: 7.5

Dipping choice for today: Cheese and Onion by Seabrooks.
These flavours work quite well together.  In another post I alluded to beef being an obvious choice, however, this only made the whole experience more beefy, where as if you have a dipping choice flavour that's not in the stuff your dipping into, it broadens your taste experience.  The secret is getting things that don't clash.

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 26

..slightly better than average

Back to work after Monday off and the soup couldn't arrive early enough and it was if the powers that be could feel me pain and removed all customers from the soup shop.

The soup supplies seemed slightly low in the CB cauldron, this sometimes affects the beef levels, today is no exception. The soup tastes slightly better than average, which I have to admit, is still very good.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 7
• Heat - Temp: 9
• Heat - Chilli: 7
• Brownness: 6
• Beef content: 6

Dipping choice for today: Worcester sauce by Wheat crunchies

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 18 (I'm getting bored of this now)

The Usual

I asked for "the usual" and she replied "what's that?".
Gebus... Questions like that make me ask myself, "Do i really exist?"

The soup is getting overwhelmed by the dipping choice for today. There are 2 fine rapid response food outlets in Bootle, but I'm not about to start blogging the fried chicken as well, there's only so much one can write about fried chicken. The soup today (on the other hand) is nice and tasty, good savoury depth.

Out of 11

• Taste: 8
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 6
• Heat - Temp: 8
• Heat - Chilli: Can't tell, my toung is on fire from the chicken.
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: Hot n Spicy chicken "bits" from the meat shop in the Strand. It's not really a dipping choice, but I've already had 2 bags of crisps this morning... This stuff is making me sweat... :)

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 12 (might start thinking about cleaning it soon, before it's too late...)

Outstanding

You think it's good one day, then they somehow raise the bar once again. I may have to adjust my scoring thresh hold as they seem to be getting better and better... Or is it where my expectations are raised but never lowered sufficiently after a average soup is bought. I have a real life example to quantify my thoughts:
Whilst listening to music with a good friend at my home, there would come a time when the music would need to be turned up, you know, for that extra good bit. But i failed to turn it back down again after each good bit, so the music steadily got louder, and louder as the night went on...
I fear this is happening to my scoring system...

Todays soup is spicy, tasty and has loadsa' beef

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 8
• Bouquet/Aroma: 6
• Heat - Temp: 9
• Heat - Chilli: 9
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: Worchester sauce by Wheat Crunchies

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 11

erm...

Having not fully recovered from the "pie episode" last thursday, most food stuffs are being treated with a small amount of contepmp. The Chilli Beef soup however escapes this branding as it is an widely accepted fact that it is almost perfect. Today, it is good. Not too spicy, and not too thin.

Out of 11

• Taste: 9
• Texture: 7
• Bouquet/Aroma: 6
• Heat - Temp: 9
• Heat - Chilli: 5
• Brownness: 7
• Beef content: 8.5

Dipping choice for today: Spicy tomato by Wheat Crunchies (back on the corn and maze based snacks). Camio dipping choice appearance by sour cream and chive flavoured pretzelled by Penn State, these things are immense.

Days since "the spillage" and I've still not cleaned my keyboard: 10