Saag swap.....

It's no secret that Tim and I enjoy spicy food. And since moving to Wellington we've found what's become our spicy staple: Indian curry. We're crazy about two in particular; tarka dal (yellow lentils) and saag paneer (paneer cheese cubes in a spinach gravy) and have found a place just down Cuba Mall that consistently serves up good curry. Admittedly, we get their takeaway (takeout) every week. So tonight after taking in the flick, Cuban Fury, we decided to head down to Tulsi and get some saag paneer takeaway for dinner. They asked us how hot we would like our curry to which we always answer "Indian hot". Now in Kiwiland  people don't tend to enjoy spicy food so they specify two levels of "hot" - Kiwi hot, that is not so hot, and Indian hot if you want some spice. After ordering we sat down at the bar to wait for our curry. Various people came in to pick up their curries while we were waiting and 95% of those, I kid you not, were butter chicken, mild, with garlic naan. Come on people, live a little. Soon our curry was ready and we toted it home and when Tim was spooning it onto plates he realized something was amiss. Somewhere along the line a mistake had been made and they gave us saagwala (chicken pieces in spinach gravy), mild, instead of saag paneer, Indian hot. A little disappointed we ate it anyway and it had pretty good flavor but no spice whatsoever. We giggled and wondered about the people who got our saag paneer, Indian hot. Yeah, they may never eat Indian food ever again.