The terraced house exterior |
Another Friday and another dinner
time in transit through the middle of Bradford …. Strange that isn’t it? But totally
coincidental I promise.
I’m a traditionalist as you know,
and would normally treat myself to fish ‘n’ chips on a Friday dinner time. However, when in Bradford ,
the draw of a dinner time curry is too much to resist these days, and tradition
is all too soon out the window.
I wonder how long it will be before my picture graces a wall |
Well, it was International last
time, so where this? Many ideas whizzed
through my little brain as I hot footed it down towards the centre of town,
with Karachi winning
the head battle this time. I think Karachi ’s Lamb and Spinach (as favoured by Rick Stein) is
my favourite Bradford curry… but I have to
keep eating it just to make sure. Will it
live up to the hype again on this occasion?
It was really quite early – just
after 12noon – and wasn’t expecting many people to be in to be honest. To my surprise, there was a table of about
eight workmen, and also about three lone dinners. In addition, a Christmas Party table was set
up for about twenty, and this slowly filled up during my brief stay.
As with the International the
other week, my meal turned up in super quick time, and was presented in a
sizzling balti dish. The luxury of a
clean bowl and spoon to aid ‘spooning’ my curry from its spitting cauldron was
also proffered. I selected to go posh
and transfer the virtually boiling curry into its fresh receptacle, and scoff
it utilising the chapattis from there – saved burning my fingers on the balti
dish too. Goodness knows how/where they
are heated to reach such a temperature?
Piping hot |
What can I say – it is still my
favourite Bradford Curry full stop. That
Rick Stein chap certainly knows his onions.
Dark, dry and not oily - the sauce was perhaps not quite a reduced as on
previous occasions, and the addition of fresh coriander stalks added a certain
zing the proceedings. All this resulted
in a fresher, cleaner taste. This simply
added another chapter/verse/dimension to the ongoing saga of me and this curry.
£7.00!!! Wonderful.
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