It was in England, cooked by a dairy farmers wife.. She cooked it with lard, lots of it. lol.... I watched her cook it and thought, i've never bought lard until we had show chickens special mixed feed, i've never cooked with it. Anywhoot, her husband the next day made curry. I have yet to find anything over here to equal it. He made it from scratch. He asked me, "Can you handle heat?".... i was like, Um, i'm Texan.... SO, he made it full tilt.. It was the best stuff i've ever eaten and have yet to replicate or find something over here that comes close to it.. Was it hot?... It wasnt in my mouth, but my stomach was screaming, "What did you send down here!!!" All the other food i got there, in restaurants and the hotel, was basically tasteless.. bacon was horrible, sweet things werent sweet... and i liked my tea cold.. I was glad i went spent time with this family, i got a real taste of food there..