Category Archives: England

Crawley – Dosa Plazza – A Sri Lankan / South Indian Curry Experience

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Hector

In the pages of Curry-Heute, Crawley is to England as Erlangen is to Deutschland. Provincial towns with perhaps a disproportionate number of Curry Houses and both covered exhaustively here, as one might expect. It is the final night of this … Continue reading →

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Ealing – Southall – Gifto’s Lahore Karahi – #1 Southall Curry

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Hector

After the outstanding Lams Karahi at Afghan Darbar (Antwerpen), Hector was not ready to return to the Mainstream. Curryspondent Bill had long planted the seed to sample Curry in Southall, to the east of Heathrow Airport, in the Burgh of … Continue reading →

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Manchester – Kabana – Visit #50 !!!!!

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Hector

Mr. Manchester! – is yet another moniker acquired by this intrepid reporter. On arriving at Kabana (22 Back Turner St., Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1FR England) at 13.05, Rizwan, Mein Host greeted me with news that three Scottish ladies had … Continue reading →

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Carlisle – Shaha Tandoori – Mainstream Curry

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Hector

Carlisle, where else would one go for a city break? A trip without Greco-Roman ruins is hardly worthwhile, a phrase that the Hector may adopt with increasing regularity in the future. Monday night choices are restricted for Curry in Carlisle. … Continue reading →

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York – Rafi’s Spicebox – Kashmiri Curry Kit

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Hector

There was a half kilo of brown Turkey Meat needing cooked, and nobody else to cook for. It may have been a year past its – best before – but being a packet of dry ingredients, well, why not? It … Continue reading →

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Pendragon : Everyone’s a VIP weekend – Morecambe – Saffron Restaurant

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Hector

Hector and Marg have been in Morecambe for two days, Bradford was simply the preamble before the big event – Pendragon – on stage in the UK for the first time since both the band and Hector made a hasty … Continue reading →

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Sowerby Bridge – Syhiba Restaurant – Outstanding Curry

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Hector

Syhiba is a name that has appeared previously in Curry-Heute, a Curry House I have praised in Wakefield. I have described their Curry as being close in Flavour to that served in Bradford. Little did I know then that the … Continue reading →

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Bradford – The Kashmir Restaurant – Curry-Heute #1

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Hector

12.40 is somewhat late for Hector to arrive at The Kashmir Restaurant (27 Morley St, Bradford BD7 1AG England), but who’s in a hurry? They used to open much earlier than 11.00. Marg and Hector were still the first customers … Continue reading →

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Bradford – International – Curry-Heute #2

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Hector

A day in Halifax with friends, various, concluded with the second Curry of the day. Time to have a full-blown Curry, a heavyweight. Arriving at International (40-42 Morley Street, Bradford, BD7 1BA) just after 22.00, the first observation was the … Continue reading →

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Bradford (Frizinghall) – Sultans Restaurant – Distinctive Curry

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Hector

Three nights in Bradford, there could be a Curry or three looming. To begin, a return to the new Sultans Restaurant (204-206 Keighley Rd., Frizinghall, Bradford BD9 4JZ England) locus at Frizinghall. The 19.30 train from Forster Square took four … Continue reading →

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