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Love Akbars - its my favourite however their takeaway portions are tiny. A piss take really. Looking ideally for the same quality but bigger portions.


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 10:23 am
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Hora, while you're on here, I've been meaning to ask if you've got a new job?
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Posted : 01/11/2010 10:26 am
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Eek t'other one has Zach's middlename. NOW, tell me a curry place dammit.


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 10:27 am
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Great Kathmandu on Burton Road and near the Victoria (?) pub.

Haven't got a clue how big their takeouts are but the curries always used to be great.


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 10:33 am
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Al faisal on Thomas st, near the statue of the brush and shovel,
it's lurrvley


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 11:54 am
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Al faisal on Thomas st

I've not eaten there for years. Whats it like now?


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 11:58 am
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Love Akbars - its my favourite however their takeaway portions are tiny. A piss take really. Looking ideally for the same quality but bigger portions.

Eat smaller portions, lose weight, go faster.


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 12:00 pm
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Never been to akbhars, but al Faisal was the only place my old man would eat out, real curry not pink custard with lumps in, and the rotis are a religious experience on their own


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 12:03 pm
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Al Faisal is still brilliant.

This reminds me of my first ever post on here:

Someone asked about curry in Manchester.
Hora then recommended This 'n' That, I recommended Al Faisal and Khani agreed.
Plus ca change eh? ๐Ÿ˜€

Oh and Hora, if you don't mind a bit of a drive, try Forts of India in Whitefield. It's superb.


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 12:05 pm
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Khani, please visit Akhbars. Its a must. You have to do this.

On reflection I started to view This n That as a bit too greasy.


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 12:14 pm
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I live in Essex now, I'll give it a go when the next trip ooop norf happens, which won't be for a while as we're building a house on the side of the house at the mo, and living in the Somme,


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 12:27 pm
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This n That...top quality...low price


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 12:51 pm
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Mmmm gonna have to try Al Faisal now!
****stani curries are totally different to other the regions, and imho rely more on ingredients that add taste rather then blow your socks off use of chillis.


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 12:54 pm
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Hora. Try the Ashiani on Upper Chorlton Road. Unbelievabley good. And unfortunately, quite close to you now.

Go for the Tandoori Mixed grill if your feeling particularly fat. That's 'feel' particularly fat, not 'look' particularly fat. As that would be all the time you gert big grazing heffer


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:02 pm
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It's the only place I've been that tastes like my dads curries, the samosas are the stuff of dreams, my fave is mince and pea or potatoe,
I'm bloody starving now ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:04 pm
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In my mates place, as a quick starter he'd serve up a popadom, loaded with salad, then a spiral of mint riata, and a spiral of chili sauce... my mouths watering thinking about it!


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:07 pm
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It's the only place I've been that tastes like my dads curries

Khani- confused!! which one are you referring to?


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:11 pm
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Hora in 'not understanding the answer' shocka ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:13 pm
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I need to find somewhere round here now, someone took me to brick lane and it was so bad I refused to pay, utter shite, nearly had to fight my way out but I didn't bloody pay!
Very disappointed I was ๐Ÿ˜•


 
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[i]It's the only place I've been that tastes like my dads curries
Khani- confused which one are you referring to?
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Faisals


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:14 pm
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Khans in Bayswater was my weekly spot when I lived in London however that was over 5yrs ago- it could have changed ownership etc.


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:14 pm
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http://www.khansrestaurant.com/


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:15 pm
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I went to a posh one in henley that was good, expensive though


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:16 pm
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For a town centre curry al faisal is nice but there is another almost secret rice and 3 place hidden near it. Its down this road and its the best o0ne I've tasted up in that neck of the woods.

Can't remember its name but it is down here

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=manchester&ie=UTF8&safe=on&hq=&hnear=Manchester,+Greater+Manchester,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.484375,-2.237509&spn=0,0.003642&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.48432,-2.237696&panoid=0XySnvFUpCEE6HrQAW99Jg&cbp=12,4.19,,0,5


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:22 pm
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JonR: http://www.citylife.co.uk/restaurants/reviews/17738_review__this___that

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Posted : 01/11/2010 1:25 pm
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JonR
My old man wouldn't go in there, said it was run by bloody bastards who used cheap lamb ๐Ÿ˜€ he knew most of the people round there though
I went with some friends and it was nice I thought


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:28 pm
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It wasn't this and that, it was at the end of Thomas st on the right hand corner, unless this and that took it over


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:33 pm
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Yadgar is the best '3 curry's place in the northern quarter. Its a disgustingly unhygienic hole, full of ancient formica tables. The service is so bad its laughable. They're willfully rude to you. The food is absolutely top notch though

Hora wouldn't go near the place as he's a massive lord and it'd offend his delicate (read: gay) sensibilities.

Its worth a go if you're in the area though


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:35 pm
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lol


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:37 pm
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binners, sounds about right ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:37 pm
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Must have done as Im sure it wasn't/didnt look like that before.

binners, is that place in Upper Chorlton road seriously ok? You have a Gora's tastebuds hence why I am worried ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:37 pm
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It's like joes greasy spoon with curry, great stuff!


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:39 pm
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Seriously Hora - You'll be hard pushed to find better than the Ashiana. They've been going about thirty years. The Tandoori Mixed grill is worth sacrificing a limb for. But all the curries are belting. Give it a go. Its only down the road


 
Posted : 01/11/2010 1:47 pm
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[s]Great Kathmandu[/s]

Thats one of the shortlist. Small portions and greasy/expensive for what you get.


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 5:11 pm
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I tried the Third Eye in Didsbury last night Hora. It was recommended by a woman I know whose husband has 3 curry houses, so knows a thing or two on the subject. It was absolutely excellent!!!!


 
Posted : 02/11/2010 5:26 pm
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This one? http://www.originalthirdeye.com/

Do they have a Japanese restaurant as well?


 
Posted : 03/11/2010 9:05 am