(December 2011)

I used my blog mainly for two things: personal ramblings (which I had as friends only) and reviewing curry houses (all are visible). I have since taken the decision to stop rambling the nonsense to a select few, so comment if you want to make friends, but don't feel you will be missing out from here.

It's The Mughal, in Cheadle (the staffs cheadle). Don't go to Cheadle if you can avoid it, its a dead town.

Anyway, the guy was very attentive and helpful and the naan was excellent (and you know I don't say that often). The atmosphere was pleasant and the place was obv popular. The UV lights were annoying. The music was chart hits, which is unusual.

I had a "Persian Pathia" which was coconut and mango based according to the menu - unusual. It was mild but actually really tasty. It was best amongst itself, the bhuna which Ed had and the masala that the others (Kat, Chris, Tom) had. Rice was average but good portion size. They had the whole calling lamb "meat" thing so I had chicken.

We got a chocolate and a lolly at the end! Yes. Really cheap as well, £8.50 each. So if forced to be in Cheadle, why not?

It's Thespians, in Stratford. I went with my parents the week before Budapest when they came down to collect all my possessions.

Better than IE foodwise, we thought, and therefore must be crowned best curry house in Warwickshire.

This is a bit of a crap revoo as too much has happened for me to recall everything.

They had slanty glasses which we had water out of which looked like a health hazard.

The staff member was chatty and thought dad was foreign because of his inability to speak coherent English.

It was fair quiet but this was cos it was 5pm on a Tuesday, I reckons.

Want a curry in Stratford, go here, basically.

You join Dave and I live from the Cong, on the 13th song, Switzerland, only just back from IH. So the first 12 at the end. HOW EXCITING! [ps dont mention the stoke score]. Dave "can i say I lack optimism?". Er, no :p

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It's Seetar Tandoori, in ktown. Davey took me :). It's where I was gonna go for my birthday when IE said they couldn't take that many people, but in the end only sophie and sav turn up, so we went round to IE instead (it's literally across the road). Rolf Harris once ate at ST, which I consider on a par with the cast of Eastenders having eaten at Bar Carlos*.

Anyway. Poppadoms good, sauces good except the yoghurt style offering which after you had noticed was basically coriander toothpaste was literally nothing but coriander toothpaste. In an excellent feature, the waiter asked me how hot I would like my pathia, which came exactly as ordered, although the texture was slightly too chickpea-y. The staff were actually amazingly attentive and remembered which of us had ordered what. The naan was well sized and above average in taste. The rice was one of those where you have to order a rice each if you require filling from it, but luckily we'd had a naan each so were fine. I thought the curry portion size was just right.

We also enjoyed the bonus after eight.

I think while I prefer the pathia at IE [and ofc IH, to which this comment basically extends] the atmosphere at ST is much nicer, it's not the IE [/IH] style we're a happy smily curryhouse, go have a pint of cobra and live in your fictitious curry enjoying bubble; its come in, we'll put effort into personally making you an enjoyable meal. I dunno. ST may be toothpaste, but it's never going to be accused of being fake toothpaste.

*oh how I miss torrevieja :(