I went to the Bharat at the weekend which was very nice. Also went to Kiplings at Apperley Bridge a couple of weeks ago. Has to be the most ‘whitey’ curry house I’ve ever been in but the food was amazing, great choice on the menu and really nice staff too.

Is that the one on Great Horton Rd next to petrol station? If so up road from me (edit - my parents i should say. I've got my own house & Mortgage now

) and it does actually do decent food.

Raj Bari in Yarm?

You'd never have thought so with that restaurant name.

Really? The whole point is that the oil is permeated with the spices, repels the watery liquids and the spices can work their way undiluted into the thing being cooked. He's making a soup with lumps in.

Exactly. Being veggie I've never tried it at the Karachi & wonder how many people say it's great because Rick Stein put his name to it. Having said that people have rated the place for decades before he went. I keep meaning to try the recipe substituting the meat for something else but can never bring myself to do it. I went ot see curry club man Pat Chapman & his wife cooking at Waterstones a few years back, they were insistent you had to fry the spices to give the food & fuller, rounded flavour. I reckon Chapman would knack Stein in a scrap.

I never see the Taj Mahal mentioned, it was by the university (Gt. Horton Rd ?) and was by far Bradfords best curry in the early 70's. Is it still there? The nearest pub to it was the Manville Arms.

Keep meaning to go there. I hear nothing but good things about it and I've walked past every day for about ten years, but I still haven't been in.

It was adjoining the Kashmir & the 2 became homogenised into one larger, & poorer, Kashmir. Probably about 13 years ago. I preferred the Taj I must say.

ATM Zouks is our personal fave, a good selection of starters I'd recommend the lamb chops, delish. They also do a pretty good chicken handi. Plus they also serve Black Sheep by the bottle (hope that's not too whitey)

I had it the other week. I'm not going back. I'm not going back because the guy who took my money off me came chasing down the street after us to tell us I hadn't paid. We went back in, went through what we had with the waiter, who had seen us pay and had a clearer memory of it than the guy who took the money, and it turned out I'd paid more money for the next table's food than I should have paid for ours. Their starters are cr@p too. Worst pakora batter in Bradford.

The chicken and spinach affair wasn't shocking though. More chicken and spinach in a mildly spiced broth than a chicken and spinach curry, but not as bad as I've had elsewhere.

On my way Leeds Aagrah for the full whitey experience in 10 minutes, c/o one of our suppliers. Of course I will be declaring it.