: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:08 am  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

Yes there was an Indian (or technically Pakistani I guess) called the Islamabad opposite the Uni. We had a name for it - the "Slimy Bad". I went in there on my 21st and got food poisoning (had nothing to do with alcohol honest ). My mate went in there one night and nearly caused a riot by claiming that the chicken bone in his tandoori was actually a cat bone. He did this very loudly and pointed out at the top of his voice that he was a zoology student and that he knew a f*****g cat bone when he saw one.
Priceless

Had a bout of food poisoning there myself once – IIRC it got closed down by the local H&S folk on ‘hygiene’ issues.

Go figure

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:14 am  

LS16_Rhino wrote:

Had a bout of food poisoning there myself once – IIRC it got closed down by the local H&S folk on ‘hygiene’ issues.

Go figure

It's not as bad as rajput
How that place is still going is unbelievable.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:25 am  

rhinoms wrote:

It's not as bad as rajput
How that place is still going is unbelievable.

Never the same when they closed the China Buffet! Their 'bag' of chips was in fact a sack!
Just up from the Islamabad was the sadly-missed Theo's Charcoal Grill, a purveyor of the finest 'real' kebabs you could hope to taste. Think it's an Ainsley's now.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:40 am  

rhinoms wrote:

It's not as bad as rajput
How that place is still going is unbelievable.

we have never ever ever had a problem with Rajput. I know it's not the most glamorous looking of establishment, but never had a problem with the food.

other than the predictable side effects of a curry the morning after

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:46 am  

flipper wrote:

we have never ever ever had a problem with Rajput. I know it's not the most glamorous looking of establishment, but never had a problem with the food.

other than the predictable side effects of a curry the morning after

Very lucky mate i once had an unfortunate rendevous with a madras in there

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:46 am  

rhinoms wrote:

:lol:
Very lucky mate i once had an unfortunate rendevous with a madras in there

I don't like Indians.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:47 am  

thebloodbath wrote:

I don't like Indians.

I do but i could never eat a full one

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:50 am  

rhinoms wrote:

I do but i could never eat a full one

I'd attempt a serving of Pocahontas. She was mighty fine.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:14 pm  

(Broken) Time Bandit wrote:

Never the same when they closed the China Buffet! Their 'bag' of chips was in fact a sack!
Just up from the Islamabad was the sadly-missed Theo's Charcoal Grill, a purveyor of the finest 'real' kebabs you could hope to taste. Think it's an Ainsley's now.

Also up that road was that off license that used to sell beer in pint pots to get around the licensing laws. You had to stand on the street and drink it (sold for consumption off the premises), but it was as close to the continental "al fresco" lifestyle as we got in Leeds in the 1980's
It was the only place to get a pint between 3pm and 5.30pm.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:36 pm  

Dave Heron's Moustache wrote:

Also up that road was that off license that used to sell beer in pint pots to get around the licensing laws. You had to stand on the street and drink it (sold for consumption off the premises), but it was as close to the continental "al fresco" lifestyle as we got in Leeds in the 1980's
It was the only place to get a pint between 3pm and 5.30pm.

Was 'It's Paper' there on that row? Art supply and card shop? I remember the wonderful smell of that shop but not quite where it was...