Category Archives: England

Crawley – Blue India – Railway Lamb, Traditional Curry

Blue India (59 High St., Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1BQ, England) what a wonderful name for a Curry House, especially when it’s St. Andrew’s Day. Hector finds himself in Crawley once more, Lord Clive is about to turn 60, the … Continue reading

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Crawley – The Downsman – A Late Night Favour

Lord Clive hadn’t eaten today. Tomorrow he goes to Thailand, what chance Proper Curry there? After our evening in The City, The Downsman (Wakehurst Drive, Southgate, Crawley, RH10 6DH England) was phoned to ask if they would serve us a … Continue reading

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London – Agra Restaurant – Can Agra live up to Expectations?

Hector is on his travels again, the penultimate Continental Trip of 2015, the Reader will be kept in suspense as to where the Hector will pop up next. On the train in from Crawley, Hector had time to read reviews … Continue reading

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Halifax – Sagra – RickFest 2015 – Day 3 – #1 Halifax Curry

Halifax is twelve minutes by train from Bradford. Train? If they can call the Shacks on Wheels which shuttle back on forth – a Train. Huddersfield was the long term objective, why a train from Bradford has to go via … Continue reading

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Bradford – Sheesh Mahal – RickFest 2015 – Day 2

There is one thing normal about a Holden Tour, we don’t all arrive at the same place by the same means of transport, at the same time, and we absolutely never all end up in a Curry House. The Rickmeister … Continue reading

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Bradford – Kashmir – BBC – Bradford Breakfast of Champions

RickFest Day 2 September 30, 2013: Breaking Fast The Kashmir Restaurant (27 Morley St, Bradford, BD7 1AG) was not the intended Curry Venue this morning. Such was how my last visit to Kashmir began, and so it does again. Karachi … Continue reading

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Bradford – The International – RickFest Day 2015 – Day 1

Somebody, somewhere suggested a trip to Bradford. It was not Hector, but Hector could not sign up quick enough. Would Our Man in Bradford actually be in the country? He said so.   And so RickFest 2015 was born. Six of … Continue reading

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Bradford – Sheesh Mahal – We were just passing by…

Between Bury and Kirkby Lonsdale lies Bradford, sort of. Hector’s Volkswagen Passat (Diesel) knows the road well, exhaust emissions are minimal, they say. For a change, Hector fancied Mughals on the Leeds Road, Marg had never been. The Venue was … Continue reading

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Manchester – Dera – formerly Lahori Dera + IQ play The Met, Bury

Bury is only ten minutes from Cheetham Hill, Manchester. IQ, perhaps the UK’s finest Progressive Rock Band (IMHO) are performing in Bury, the furthest North they have played since the mid 1980s. As Ever, Hector manages to have all his … Continue reading

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Newdigate – Ali Raj – A Curry House in a Surrey Hamlet

‘Tis the last day of Hector’s first ever August Bank Holiday Weekend. In the past week, Curry has been consumed across several English Counties, today it would be Surrey. Newdigate may well be a village, the Surrey Oaks and the … Continue reading

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