spice and all things nice

Last night, beloved and I hosted our second semi-annual curry taste off. Our friends and family brought a total of 8 curries, all really different and brilliant in their own ways and everyone tasted and voted for a winner. Our vote counter noted some tomfoolery as we ended up with a few more votes than we had guests, but the IEC declared the election "free and fair" and the prize-giving took place. In tie 3rd place were Militza with her Thai green chicken curry (paste made FROM SCRATCH after running around the whole of Jozi to find strange and wonderful ingredients!) and Danelle's Chicken Tikka Masala (the newcomer to the competition's entry was delish, hearty and tomato-ey). In second place was beloved's Chicken Kinda Masala. I must say, I had a great time watching him make it, with the help of a video off food TV where the chef spoke with such a heavy Indian accent that beloved had to replay many of the instructions over and over to understand what to add next! The winner, who took home the "curry" cup was Martin's marvelous mouth-melting mass destruction missile, which was a beef curry served as a Bunny chow.

All in all, a top night of friends and family and laughs. Thanks everyone who participated.