Category Archives: York

York – Rafi’s Spicebox – Kashmiri Curry Kit

There was a half kilo of brown Turkey Meat needing cooked, and nobody else to cook for. It may have been a year past its – best before – but being a packet of dry ingredients, well, why not? It … Continue reading

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York – Rafi’s Spicebox – Madras Curry Kit

It was back in January when Marg and Hector stumbled upon Rafi’s Spicebox (17 Goodramgate, York YO1 7LW England). I had known of Rafi’s existence for approaching twenty years but assumed it had gone. Since 2017 there is a second … Continue reading

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York – Mumbai Lounge – The Full Bhuna

Last year’s visit to York saw Hector settle for an overpriced and very wet Kedgeree in a well known eatery. Today, the return from Sheffield permitted a stop-off in this Historical City at Lunchtime. With just under two hours there … Continue reading

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York – The Mogul – The Biennial Trip with Marion and Graeme

Three years ago it was Coniston, two years prior was Traben-Trarbach, and Howarth was the inaugural trip so a Bradford Curry must have been consumed on that one.  This year it is York. Hector has never eaten a Curry in … Continue reading

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