Monthly Archives: June 2016

Glasgow – Ambala Deli Bar – Handi Gosht, by Arrangement

Kenny is on holiday, his long Summer Holiday, and so is free in the daytime pro tem. He proposed a Curry Rendezvous, I proposed a new venue. Hector has been sampling the Menu at Ambala Deli Bar (11 Forth St., … Continue reading

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Aberdeen – Ambal’s Restaurant – Hector Keeps Going Back…

Dinner with Sandy and Tracey, is always a pleasure when Marg and Hector are up in Aberdeen. Hector was permitted to choose the venue, Ambal’s Restaurant (4 Bridge St., Aberdeen, AB11 6JJ) has impressed on the two previous visits. There … Continue reading

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Glasgow – Charcoals Cafe – The Pre-Theatre Menu

On Day three of the Glasgow Real Ale Festival (G-RAF 2016), Hector is attending as a paying customer, this means Bunkers are required afore. Charing Cross was the chosen locus, it is Ramadan, nowhere was open. Having survived both the … Continue reading

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Glasgow – New Karahi Palace – And now for something completely different

It is Day two of the Glasgow Real Ale Festival (G-RAF 2016), after a four hour stint it was time for a break. Hector’s dinner was picked out yesterday at the New Karahi Palace (51 – 53 Nelson Street, Glasgow, … Continue reading

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Glasgow – New Karahi Palace – EU Decision Day, In-Out

Having voted – Remain – as Hector is lead to believe the majority of Scots shall do, it was time for the first shift as a Volunteer at the Glasgow Real Ale Festival (G-RAF 2016). At 18.00 it was time … Continue reading

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Glasgow – The Alishan Tandoori – The nights are fair drawing in

In May 2013 it was two years since Hector had last visited this long established Glasgow Curry House. Somehow a further three years have passed since that visit. On entering the Alishan Tandoori (250 Battlefield Road, Glasgow, G42 9HU) it … Continue reading

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Glasgow – The Village – The Ramadan Buffet

Glasgow, Scotland, 56ºN In The Tropics, the variance between daylight hours and darkness is not significant.  In the high temperate latitudes the sun sets for only a few hours in June. There are also extended periods of twilight which are … Continue reading

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Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow – Monsters of Rock – Bietigheim-Bissingen

If I’m high on a hill She’d still been looking down at me Hector has always said that, no matter where in the World, if Ritchie Blackmore reformed – Rainbow – he will be there. The Gigs were announced at … Continue reading

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München – Indian Mango – Hector tries a Vegetable Curry

Thin Lizzy are due on stage in Bittigheim-Blissingen at 17.45, plenty of time to have Curry-Heute and rendezvous with Jonathan in Stuttgart. Indian Mango (Zweibrückenstraße 15, 80331, München) was the desired location for Lunch, they do not open until 12.00 … Continue reading

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München – Indian Mango + Plus a Day to Remember

Hector is in München, that can only mean one thing – Curry-Heute! This could well be the only visit of 2016, so there is a need to maximise the intake of Outstanding Curry at Indian Mango (Zweibrückenstraße 15, 80331, München), … Continue reading

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