Restaurants and stuff

Went for a curry at the International on Morley Street this evening. Must be at least 30 years since I was last there. It's certainly been spruced up a bit since those days.

Onion bahji and chick pea & potato starters were decent. For mains I ordered lamb & bhindi/okra karahi and my brother ordered the lamb & spinach karahi, which we split half & half. Both were excellent - really succulent meat, very tasty sauce and plenty of the veg. Other half had the fish karahi, which I finished off for her, and it was also very nice indeed. Portions were generous and all mains came with a choice of 3 chapatis, one naan or boiled rice. I opted for the chapatis, as is inevitably my wont, and wasn't disappointed - they were large, beautifully cooked and served pleasingly hot.

Highly recommended. I shall certainly not be waiting another 30 years before going back.

 

Lovely stuff. I'm currying this eve. Venue TBC.

 

If anyone on here is ever looking for an Indian restaurant in Inverness I recommend Mangrove. We had an excellent meal there on Sunday.

 

Went to the Tapas Tree in Shipley the other day. The chef must have trained at a school, it was shite

 

Northcote’d - v. nice

 

When there the other month.

Like eating at a school. Shite.

 

Harrow or Eton, m8?

 

Met the brother-in-law for a couple of post-work scoops and a curry. The plan was Omar Khan's but it's closed. Dunno if that's permanent or not.

As such we did the International. Nice to see a Bradford business busy, and justifiably so.

Kept it simple: popadums and pickles; chicken karahi; chicken madras; chapattis.

Superb.

 

Can't decide if to make one in or not. Mates got married there just before it all changed and Haworth took a backseat. Was it good?

I notice he's now got the Three Fishes at Mitton which looks decent.

 

We treated ourselves to the 5 course menu (with a few tit bits thrown in). Started with asparagus then sweetbreads, turbot, duck and finally a rhubarb parfait.
I obviously don’t have the same sophisticated palate as you, but I enjoyed it.
Off to Frances Atkins new place, Paradise tomorrow - in a garden centre in Killinghall

 

Sophisticated palate? Teas this week have included Heinz tomato soup, a fishfinger sarnie and a Bratfud cuz.

 

Anyone got anywhere for lunch for this Thursday? (Nothing too fancy but somewhere I can get in at short notice)
Bradford/Leeds area would be ideal.

 

Buon App in Otley
The Fox at Menston
San Carlo, South Parade, Leeds (excellent Sicilian)

 

Much appreciated. Will report back what I go for

 

Ate at Knead in Halifax again last night for the 2nd time. Slighly irked by the 'your table's not ready yet, you can get a drink in the bar', despite the restaurant being quiet when we arrived. No biggy but perhaps a bit of an underhand way to get us buying more refreshments.

Anyway, the pizza was good and in the Neapolitan style of big, blistered crusts. Controversially I went for the ham and pineapple. Couldn't finish it all.

 

Ham & pineapple

 

A controversial choice, aye.

 

Inexcusable, I'd say!

 

That looks very tasty