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Bradford’s International Restaurant, Curry Extravaganza #2

After a splendid tour of North West Yorkshire which featured first visits to Sowerby Bridge, Todmorden (where an angry proprietor took issue to the ritual sharing of a Black-pudding Pie, cf Bier-Traveller.com), and Hebden Bridge; we returned to Bradford in … Continue reading

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Bradford – Sheesh Mahal – Curry Extravaganza #1

Marg: ‘Don’t book the summer holiday right at the end of term, I need time to get organised.’ A month ago Marg realised she could squeeze in an International Vets Hockey tournament this very weekend. The tie was put in … Continue reading

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Let me entertain you…

Dom was not present, he was at Hampden Park; the rest of his cohort were being fed and watered in Clydebank. An appreciative gathering scoffed the Chicken Curry, the mountain of Lamb Curry  in Hector’s current bitter and dry style … Continue reading

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One Up – a choice of two Dumbarton venues

This evening Marg and Hector were entertaining Kirsty who sadly will not be a regular part of lives at the end of this week, ah industrial relations… A Helensburgh Curry-Heute would have been an obvious selection but the keen reporter … Continue reading

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Keema Mutter – Curry Lessons

Last year it was A beginner’s Chicken Curry.  This year it had to be something different but still straightforward.  Mince and Peas, how common is that?  Call it Keema Mutter and it becomes exotic. The challenge was to teach the … Continue reading

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Shimla Cottage : A Coatbridge Curry and Can’s Damo Suzuki

A few days before the recent Curry Awards for which Hector was nominated in the category of Curry Lover of The Year, Mr Waseem Ahmed of the Shimla Cottage (109 Sunnyside Rd, Coatbridge, ML5 3HR) extended an invitation to eat … Continue reading

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The Khyber – no Carry Outs today…

Having read about the long wait for the main courses to arrive by the contemporary Bloggers at TATTGOC, Hector now a regular at The Khyber Restaurant (221 St. Andrews Road, Glasgow, G41 1PD), was determined to avoid this delay for … Continue reading

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Friday at Nandos, what on Earth…

There was a slight surplus of precipitation in the West of Scotland today, it poured down from 09.00 until about 21.00. Unfortunately for Hector, Marg and the Colleagues, this was the annual Sports Day at Linwood.  Many were soaked, something … Continue reading

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A very interesting evening, and a Yadgar Curry

Hello, Eddy There I was sitting in The Other Place enjoying a pint of Kipling when a Chap passes and says ‘Hi, Hector, love your Blog!’  This is the first time Hector has ever been recognised by a complete stranger.  … Continue reading

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Hector turns the gun on himself…

Others must suffer This has been the motto of Hector for many years, today I am victim of my own philosophy.  Enjoyment, a personal experience of something pleasurable – made all the more pleasurable by informing the non-participants that they … Continue reading

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