Balti-More

We took another day trip up to Birmingham this past weekend. First, we watched the London Rollergirls spank the Birmingham Blitz Dames with a score of 274-23. Ouch.

Afterwards, we made our first trip into the Balti Triangle, an area just south of the Birmingham city center that has dozens of restaraunts specializing in Balti-style food. Balti was invented in Birmingham around 1977 -- it's similar to other "Indian" food but each dish is finished and served in a small flat-bottomed pan similar to a wok. This BBC article right here does a good job of explaining the whole scene.

We tried the restuarant "Al Frash" at the recommendation of one of our many guidebooks. I tried their house specialty, Afrodesia, a finely minced mixture of chicken and prawn in a slightly spicy ginger and garlic sauce. It was good -- but not that different than what I consider typical Indian food. The area is worth another trip to try to figure out the huge draw.

Cheers!