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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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Glasgow – Mia Sugar & Spice – Curry before Reality

This month’s trip to The Staggs, Musselburgh was excellent until the final hour when the news from The State Bar caused further concern – Jason. Knowing that Marg would collect me later, and that Food was required, I resolved to … Continue reading

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Glasgow – Charcoals (Renfied St.) – A Hector Recommendation, Eventually

A year and five days have passed since Hector last set foot in Charcoals (26A Renfield St, Glasgow, G2 1LU). The place was empty when I entered at 15.10, Hector knows that arriving any later, especially on a Friday, there … Continue reading

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Devilled Beef & Aloo Taare Ko – Hector’s Cooking

With 500g of Stewing Steak to cook for tonight’s dinner, something different was called for. On occasion, some forty five years ago, Mother would present a Tomato-rich, Spicy Beef Dish – Devilled Beef – she called it. It was not … Continue reading

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Glasgow – New Karahi Palace – Who ate all the Lamb?

A Saturday in Glasgow? What a novel concept. After the excesses of Thursday at Yadgar, Curry-Heute was put to the back of my mind, but it is a Saturday, oh, what the hell: Every day is a good day to … Continue reading

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