Category Archives: England

Sheffield – Ayubowan – Sri Lankan Street Food

On Monday night at Rutland Arms, the barman asked: Have you had any good Curry since you have come down? – or words to that effect. He was able to tell me that it was four years since my last … Continue reading

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Sheffield – Khyber Diner – Late Night in Wicker’s World

It was a long day, songs shall be sung about the wait for lunch at Naan Heaven. As closing time approached, Clive and Maggie declared a severe case of – The Munchies. Imran’s Diner on Wicker was reportedly open until … Continue reading

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Sheffield – Naan Heaven – If you have an hour, or more, to spare…

A few days in Sheffield, Hector has the opperchancity to go exploring new venues. Naan Heaven – Desi & Indian Restaurant (82 London Road, Sheffield S2 4LR England) showed up, part of a cluster of Curry Cafes on the west … Continue reading

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Manchester – Kabana – Your journey has been updated

Your journey has been updated – which is Avanti-speak for – your 10.38 train is cancelled, your seat reservation is no more, take either an earlier or later train, we don’t give a … it rained overnight, nobody designed a … Continue reading

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Bradford – Karachi Restaurant – Rick Stein’s Choice, was it – The Right One?

It’s Saturday, Curry-Heute is expected. My 14.00 arrival at Karachi Restaurant (15 Neal St., Bradford BD5 0BX England) would mean a fourth Bradford Curry in forty six hours, in keeping with the spirit of this Blog. One cannot always be … Continue reading

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Bradford – International – A Late Finish

On the return from Huddersfield, the Hector had to show reasoned restraint not to alight at Wakefield. Maybe December will present another opperchancity. Back in Bradford the Münchener Okotoberfestbier was duly tackled. As the time to leave The Lord Clyde … Continue reading

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Bradford – The Kashmir Restaurant – An Early Start

This is going to be a long day. Having checked in at The Lord Clyde where the Münchener Oktoberfestbier was already flowing, Hector the abstemious, headed up the slope to The Kashmir Restaurant (27 Morley St, Bradford BD7 1AG England). … Continue reading

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Bradford – Des N Pardes – Not a “Bradford Curry” House?

Wilton Street in the heart of Bradford, the first place I ever parked in this city in the mid 1990s, in order to go searching for Curry. Des N Pardes (Wilton St, Bradford BD5 0AX) opened ten months ago in … Continue reading

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London (Whitechapel) – Tayyabs – Eight Years Later

That there would be Curry-Heute in London was never in doubt. With the demise of The India Club, this would surely be in either Tooting or Whitechapel. Yesterday, on a certain social medium, the eight anniversary of my hitherto first … Continue reading

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Crawley – Balti BLVD – Kashmiri Cuisine

Since my last visit to Crawley three months ago, two new Curry Houses have opened, both on the High Street. Hector had been installed at Schloss Clive and Maggie less than hour when the menu for Balti BLVD (36 High … Continue reading

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