In the meantime, their traditions are being kept alive by people such as White-Kumar, who publishes cookbooks of Anglo-Indian cuisine: recipes such as
mulligatawny soup, which blend Indian ingredients with British tastes.
Mulled wine and spiced cider are among the winter warmers you can enjoy inside, along with a festive food menu featuring hanging Christmas kebabs stacked with turkey, pigs in blankets and stuffing balls; gnocchi with mushrooms, butternut squash, Jerusalem artichokes, chestnuts and truffle oil; rotisserie roast lamb
mulligatawny soup, and Black Forest chocolate brownies.
There's a vogue for revisiting some of these dishes, which is heartening to see, but while there's every chance we might see the renaissance of
mulligatawny soup (a personal favourite) it's unlikely that we'll see a chaudfroid of chicken appearing anywhere again.
These are
mulligatawny messes full of hyperreal colours, scribbles, vaguely Mexican motifs, grids and garish animation that recall Art Spiegelman's 1980s comic Raw as well as hardcore punk record sleeves.
Mulligatawny usually brings his best efforts to Ripon and he could be the one to follow in the attheraces.com City Of Ripon Handicap.
Either would pair well with one of these soups: Chickpea
Mulligatawny, Manhattan Mushroom Chowder, or Tamarind Rasam.
We had a choice of
mulligatawny soup or sweet corn chicken soup, which were simple, healthy and comforting.
That was one of my few memories before I woke up from the emergency Caesarean and promptly vomited
Mulligatawny soup over my new baby.
As well as enjoying epic dishes such as seared curried pollock with dhal
mulligatawny, diners can enjoy watching the talented chefs at work in the open kitchen.
Soups such as chicken and mushroom,
mulligatawny and tomato and basil shorba will be served in rotation.
Today, the lounges will offer a variety of dishes such as
mulligatawny soup, fish cutlets, cashew maluwa and a selection of Sri Lankan sweets.
The individual soups themselves are truly impressive and range from Beef Consomme with Porcini Mushrooms; Italian Wedding Soup; Thai Meatball & Coconut Soup; Chicken
Mulligatawny Soup; and Teriyaki Salmon Ramen; to Broccoli & Parsley Soup; Egyptian Aubergine & Tomato Soup; Arame & Tofu Soup; and Bloody Mary Party Soup.