Category Archives: Manchester

Monday Lunch @ Manchester Kabana

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Hector

The joy of staying at the Ibis is opting out of Breakfast, this gives The Hector enough time to acquire an appetite for Lunch. So it goes. The Final Day of the Glasgow September Weekend has to be enjoyed, a … Continue reading →

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Visit #3 – Lahori Dera – Cheetham Hill

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Hector

Curry on Four Consecutive Days Today was The Big One, taking Marg for her first visit to Lahori Dera (433 Cheetham Hill Rd, Manchester, M8 0PF). I write First, there shall be more. Normally when I drive to Manchester I … Continue reading →

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Manchester’s Kabana – Lamb Nehari

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Hector

This Man has come all the way from Glasgow for Lamb Nehari – Men Host informed a Takeaway Customer as we stood together at The Counter. I was asked to sit having confirmed Chapattis as the Accompaniment. One and a … Continue reading →

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Is Hector Camped at Manchester’s Lahori Dera?

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Hector

Normally on a Manchester Trip there is a Saturday Lunchtime Curry at Al Faisal. With a pre-booked Ticket to Sheffield just after noon, time escaped, a Ritual broken. In the Spirit of True Sheldon-esqe OCD, Hector was going to Cheethamhill … Continue reading →

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Ahmed – The next time you’re in Manchester, you must try the Lahori Dera

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Hector

Cheetham Hill is an area of Manchester that meant nothing to Hector until last month. On the Yadgar Party Night, Ahmed, Hector’s Islamabad Curryspondent and Occasional Fellow Diner, had informed me that he had been at the Lahori Dera (433 … Continue reading →

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Manchester Kabana – Hector is Recognised on Visit #2

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Hector

Kabana (52 Back Turner St, Manchester, M4 1LQ) opens at 11.00. Hector entered at 10.58. Mein Host was setting up, I parked the Outer Garments and returned to Survey The Specials. Lamb Karahi (Boneless) was what Hector had decided upon … Continue reading →

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Lal Qila – Back to The Curry Mile

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Hector

This is a Restaurant on Manchester Curry Mile that Hector has been aware of since Manchester Visit #1. Was that only Three years ago, in the Common Era? The Taxi Driver from the Manchester Velodrome to Rusholme was less informed … Continue reading →

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Kabana – Manchester’s #1 Curry Cafe

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Hector

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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Al-Faisal Tandoori – Curry in Manchester, eventually…

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Hector

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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Manchester – Shahi Masala and Al-Faisal Tandoori

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Hector

Marg announced a few weeks ago that she was planning a mini hockey tour for her First XI to Manchester.  I was invited to accompany her, nice.  A pity this may not be the last use of the term nice … Continue reading →

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