curry works pretty much the same way as slimfast really, doesn't it?.tastes a lot nicer too.

Didnt say it wouldnt be gorgeous....ive been there and the food is superb,what we mean is they cater for us "whiteys" with there nice decor nice table cloths and cutlery, bar etc etc...and nice prices too. where as you can get the same quality food from more authentic establishments without the trimmings...if you know what i mean and at a lot less cash.
All depends on the occasion...

Abids in stanningley, leeds is amazing the service is brilliant and the food is amazing

theres also the polash across the road which is quite nice

I remember when the one opposite the Kashmir was called the Oasis. That used to be a decent curry, a bit different from most and always very spicy. It's long gone though. Does anyone else remember it?

My dad was talking abouth that one the other night

Karachi is a bargain price-wise and pretty good fare.

You ought to try the Kashmir next time. Don't listen to Bullseye and VBFG either... they're either clueless about the Kashmir or harbour some kind of irrational agenda against the place. I went last Friday and it was pretty good. My stomach wasn't feeling too great beforehand, so I played it safe and just ordered a Chicken Masala. A few pieces of chicken were a tad rubbery but the rest was fine - 7/10.

Onion Bhaji starter was excellent, tasty and plentiful and at just 80p an absolute bargain - 7.5/10.

The Roti's were also excellent at 40p each - one and a bit was enough for me.

Side salad just like it is at the Karachi... tomato, onion and cucumber with the acccompanying mint yoghurt sauce.

Total cost for the lot? £6

Went to Nirmals in Sheffield last night, my Chicken Madras was pretty good if a little too much sauce, rotis were good quality and so were the kebabs for starters. Bloody cheap n'all, £7.50 a head more or less.

The porcelain carnage has begun

I love the place and want it to be the best, it's the first curry house that I thought of myself as a regular in. Trouble is it has sucked everytime I've been in for the last fifteen years.

I veto any place where the smell of pi55 coming out of the bogs is stronger than the food I'm eating.

I was taken to Bibi's overpriced place in Leeds Christmas before last, as a bribe by a consultant. We were plonked next to the bogs, which stunk as bad as the Karachi used to. The cost of that meal would have kept me in Bradford curries for a year.

No wonder you've been going so long then. How much are the 'extras'?

Two 'out of town' experiences last week, one good and one woeful.

On Wednesday I went to see the GB vs France U-18s game which meant skipping tea and getting a takeaway on the way home. I stopped off at the 'Home Indian' in Hipperholme. Big mistake. I decided to play safe and go for something veggie with rice, ordering a 'dall dopiaza' with plain rice.

The rice was like American long grain (3/10) and the 'DD' was plain weird - dall in a tomatoey sauce with lumps of tinned pinapple and no onion. Uneatable and 0/10.

On Saturday I took the family to the Golden Bengal in Horsforth Leeds. Its a small unassuming looking place thats been their many years (as the Golden Gate') but was gutted and reopened by the same owner as the Golden Bengal about 18 months ago. Its got a kind of a homely whitey feel to it, with faux trendy decor, a bar and a big window along one wall into the kitchen. A sort of middle class, suburban whitey place.

We skipped starters but did have some poppadoms and pickles as they keep the kids quiet. Poppadoms were fresh and dry (8/10) and the pickles were good too (8/10), espescially the fresh onion chutney which was lovely.

For the main dishes we had:

A chicken tikka main dish which was served with fried onions and peppers. This was essentially for the eldest but we all shared a bit. It was very pleasant and scored a respectable 8/10.

A chicken massala, again very nice, with the chicken all being good quality and it being really nicely spiced. 8/10.

Chicken something or other naga. Billed as being hot and sour it didn't dissapoint. Again the chicken was excellent and the sauce was really nice. 9/10.

As acompaniments we had a pilau rice (delicatelycooked, all the grains good and seperate 9/10), a naan bread (a relative dissapointment as it seemed a bit 'heavy' and they usually do better, 5/10), 2 side salads (fresh and varied, 8/10) and a mixed vegetable side dish (this was superb, all fresh vegetables in a spicy, garlicky sauce 10/10).

We also commited to the full whitey experience with 2 Bangra lagers, 3 fruit juices, a tea, a coffee, and 2 ice creams for the kids. We were rewarded with the whitey staples of hot flannels to wipe our hands and a sweetie each with the bill (the latter having full whitey padding coming in at £53).

You'd struggle to afford to go there regularly but for a one off its a good place as the food is very fresh and noticeably different to elsewhere - with the place billing itself as offering 'Bengali cuisine'. Watching the chefs chopping ingrediants and cooking breads was pretty interesting too.

Hard to quantify really, I paid in roadkill.

Anyhoo, upcoming events:

1) bullterrier's birthday (13th March)
2) Asim's birthday (errr, about the same time)
3) The Catalans game and fostering cross border relations with the good people of Le Hudds de Field. (ar5e end of March)

One, some or all of therse merit curry. What say you, curry fans?