Category Archives: Odds and Sods

But Hector does not go on about it!

Shkoor is here …. so we got together for a Karahi in Faisalabad, a three and a half hour drive from Islamabad. The venue was “Pehelwan Karahi at Chowk Ghanta Ghar (The Wrestler’s Karahi at the Clock Tower). As is … Continue reading →

Thanks to Curryspondents, Doug (welcome) and Neil, I was made well aware last weekend of the reporting of Fake Curry. The Sunday Mail had the headline that of the Curry served in Scotland, 1 in 3 are (sic) fake. They … Continue reading →

Thanks once again to all the readers of Curry-Heute. This number of hits was never envisaged at the outset, one million hits by the third anniversary in April 2013? Hector

The Wesley Centre in Rotherham-Maltby, is a new venue for Hector. The Friday night drive South enabled Curry and Ale with Ricky. The plan for this afternoon was for me to accompany Ricky to the Rotherham v Bradford Football match, … Continue reading →

Hector has been interviewed – online – by those lovely people who hand out the Curry Awards, but sadly, never to Hector… http://mypassionforfood.co.uk/the-life-of-a-curryspondant/

As part of the S6 Leavers’ Course there is a section on Lifeskills.  What better skill can Man acquire than making a decent Curry?  The ingredients were bought fresh yesterday from KRK in Woodlands Rd, Glasgow.  The purchase of 10kg … Continue reading →

Last year the evening of the Scottish Curry Awards  ended in disappointment when a local celebrity pipped Hector to the Award of Curry Lover of the Year.  I was not that bothered about entering again, however four weeks ago I … Continue reading →

Today, Sunday, May 27 @22.20 (GMT) the Curry-Heute Website passed One Half Million Clicks  In no way does Hector suggest that half a million different  people have read his increasingly popular coverage of  Curry Consumption in  Glasgow, Scotland and the … Continue reading →

Dear Hector,  I am in Peshawar (North West, the gateway to Afghanistan and Central Asia). Just came back from dinner at “Charsi”. Charas is “hash” in Urdu and a Charsi, therefore, is a hash addict. The story is that one … Continue reading →