Serving up a sample of vindaloo curry that's trendy (4)
I believe the answer is:
cool
'trendy' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'serving up a sample of vindaloo curry' is the wordplay.
'serving up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'a sample of' says the answer is hidden in the clue (I've seen this in other clues).
'looc' can be found hidden inside 'vindaloo curry'.
'looc' reversed gives 'COOL'.
'that's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cool that I've seen before include "Calm and collected" , "Unfriendly; excellent" , "Sangfroid" , "At lowish temperature" , "Moderate" .)