Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:08 pm  

I can't speak for the clientèle but the guy who runs them now used to run the student registry at the Uni. Easily one of the most organised and on the ball people I've ever worked with.

Not that the skills are directly transferable but a big problem with a lot of those sorts of places is they end up being run by people who like standing on one side of a bar and fancy having a go at standing on the other rather than people who have even the slightest idea of what they're doing.

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:17 pm  

Yeah, pretty much doubles up as the student union bar now.

The Westleigh used to be great, granted about 15-20 years ago (showing my age now), I even worked behind the bar for a period when my mates mum and dad ran the place for a fair few years.

It's definitely a lot better than it was, say 5 years back, when it was grim.

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:31 pm  

Bradford Badger wrote:

Yeah, pretty much doubles up as the student union bar now.

The Westleigh used to be great, granted about 15-20 years ago (showing my age now), I even worked behind the bar for a period when my mates mum and dad ran the place for a fair few years.

It's definitely a lot better than it was, say 5 years back, when it was grim.

I used to spend a lot of time in there too, about 20 odd years ago! Glad it's looking up, always liked it as a pub.

[Bullseye]

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:39 pm  

I was a regular in there from about 91-96. We might all have been there at the same time and never known!

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:44 pm  

Probably. I was there a lot in those days, as well as in the Shearbridge (more likely) and MacRorys.

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:47 pm  

Our paths almost certainly crossed in one of those back in the day. I had more hair then...

[Bullseye]

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:13 am  

Absolutely delicious curry in the Bharat on Great Horton Rd on Wednesday night. Had Petisse for starter, (sort of deep fried spicy coconut and potato ball) really really excellent. Then chicken methi for main, lovely but the methi/fenugreek smell is coming out of every pore even now. Mrs Bullseye had a mixed veg dish with okra, potato and spinach done Madras strength. Was really tasty.

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Fri Feb 21, 2014 10:18 am  

Bullseye wrote:

I was a regular in there from about 91-96. We might all have been there at the same time and never known!

Spooky. 92 onwards was my era. Though as I wasn't a student & found them annoying little scrotes I used to like MacRory's which was favoured by the Arch Sci intelligentsia, the department where the tigress worked.

[Bullseye]

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:08 pm  

MacRory's was great. It's a sad sight now looking utterly derelict. I remember some great graffiti on the bog door:

"I SHALL NOT REST UNTIL I SEE THE LAST COMUNITARIAN HUNG WITH THE ENTRAILS OF THE LAST BLAIRITE!"

and then underneath:

"what a load of pseudo intellectual b0ll0cks".

and then underneath that:

"Inky pinky ponky"
"Daddy owned a donkey"
"Donkey died"
"Daddy cried"
"Inky pinky ponky".

Re: Red Amber & Black Curry Guide : Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:28 pm  

back to the curry guide...give K2 on lumb lane a go...very tasty curries and the best chappaties in town.....