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Hector’s Lamb Curry for Eight

The Day Before Hector has been permitted to Host a Barrel of Löwenbräu (Buttenheim, Bayern) Bock. This necessitates a Home-Cooked Curry-Heute. KRK (Woodlands Rd., Glasgow) was the Source of the Ingredients. Only 2Kg of Mutton between Eight? Given our current … Continue reading

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Glasgow – No Room at Charcoals, Refuge at Asmaan

Dr. Stan is at a Birthday Party, with Jelly and Birthday Cake and Balloons…NOT! Dr. Rick has flown in from Geneva to have Curry-Heute – True! Apparently the Swiss do have Curry Houses, but nothing that compares to Glasgow. Such … Continue reading

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Akash New-co, Eager to please…

The Akash (45A Sinclair Street, Helensburgh, G84 8TG) has been re-opened for a month, time to bed in. Hector was the Lone Diner at 18.00 this evening. Determined to have the Dish that was presented – eventually – on the … Continue reading

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Kabana – Manchester’s #1 Curry Cafe

On previous Manchester Trips, breakfast has been at Al Faisal (58 Thomas St.). Initial research had suggested that Kabana (52 Back Turner St., Manchester, M4 1LQ) was the best of the Curry Cafés in the Northern Quarter. Alas it is … Continue reading

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Master Chef – Hector’s First Liverpool Curry

Ale was the main attraction today in Liverpool. Arriving after everyone else I had to pick up from a Social Media Website where everyone had checked in. Matching this to the Map on the Trusty Samsung put Renshaw St. firmly … Continue reading

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Al-Faisal Tandoori – Curry in Manchester, eventually…

Hector arrived in Manchester last night armed with a Google-Map printout of Curry Houses on the edge of the City Centre. No Curry-Mile tonight, let’s find what else is available outside of the Northern Quarter. Only Dr. Stan and Jonathan … Continue reading

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The Village, Glasgow – Seats Upstairs

The first visit to The Village ‘Curry House’ (119 West St., Tradeston, Glasgow, G5 8BA) of 2013 was written in the Diary some time back. This would be in the too infrequent company of Alan and Tracy. The rendezvous was … Continue reading

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People say – Hector don’t you think you’re living here in paradise? … Yadgar!

Whilst the rest of Britain struggles with a skiff of snow, Glasgow is merely Baltic, seriously. What better way to warm the cockles than a traditional Friday pre-Ale Curry-Heute at Yadgar (148 Calder St., Govanhill, G42 7QP). Dr. Stan pooh-poohed … Continue reading

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Dry Lamb Curry – Home Cooked

The local supermarket insisted I take home portions of Lamb Neck Fillet, heavily reduced.  Cooking for one this evening, what to do?  Curry-Heute! Determined to try the new Pot and do something different, Hector consulted a few Recipe Websites, all … Continue reading

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The Mother of Hector is 80! Cafe Salma, Mother’s Choice…

The Mother of Hector is primarily responsible for Hector’s Lust for Curry. The Mother of Hector is eighty years old this very day. It was she who decided the the Birthday Lunch would be a Curry and the venue would … Continue reading

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