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.

Hey matey - you stay off that Doncaster site cos that is my new home for a while

At Zooks on Leeds Road very good Not cheap though.............

I made this the otherday, It turned out exellent.

But the only Bradford curry house where they actually make it, you testify isn't worth going to.

Weird.

Whats wierd about saying my homemade version turned out exellent?

Went into Zouks on leeds Road this lunch time.
Haddock Tandoori was small and thin and overcooked. Not marinaded but spices pasted on before cooking and those not as subtle as is needed on fish.
Chicken Biryani cooked with whole spices. generally my preference but way over the top. No flavours coming through except the massive spices and the dry chicken.
Would prefer to be complimentary in some way but find it hard to do so.
Apart from the disappointing meal the cost was high and the waiter unwelcoming.
In general a pretentious place without substance.

I've defended the place in the past, but I can honestly say I haven't had a worse curry than the one I had in the Kashmir last night.

The starters were fine as usual, for mains I ordered a chicken madras, and my friend a bhuna - in his own words he hadn't had a curry for "about three years", they aren't big in the wilderness of rural Shropshire, but as soon as it arrived in front of him his first comment was "that doesn't look right".

The chicken was a weird grey-ish colour, and my best description of it would be to say the meat was soggy, it tasted disgusting and I had no more than three mouthfuls, he had about a similar amount of his.

I wanted to refuse to pay, but him being a soft Southern jessie he paid the bill anyway, I certainly won't be going back there unless I hear very good things in the future.

Living in Salisbury is awful for currys up until last weekend I decided to go into a restaraunt called the Asia its the 5th oldest curry house in the UK (apparently). They had a baby chair for my youngest they even gave him a bananna and me and the wife ordered a chicken bhuna each and all I have to say about the place was fantastic for a bunch of southerners. It was even better than most in bradford. so wether any of you decide to come on holiday or be in the Army and be posted down here like myself then you should definatley consider going there.