Tim Martin has run out of beer

[JP_]

bring your own beer

These were amazing, often above an off licence. We used to search for the byo baltis!

 

[JP_]

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That takes me back

 

[Bodd]

That takes me back

It was good and very busy. And it was a BYO.

 

[JP_]

happy days. I used grab a bottle of wine for £3 and have a balti and naan for about £5, cheap night.

 

[Bodd]

happy days. I used grab a bottle of wine for £3 and have a balti and naan for about £5, cheap night.

I went to Stuggart a good few years back. It was 90% bombed to the ground. They just built it up again as it was. Fantastically beautiful city.

As intriguing Coventry is it definitely is not beautiful. Its just a city of add ons...

 

[JP_]

Yeah. they did design the new town with old in mind originally, then they ruined it with add ons.
eg. from the pedestrian shopping area, if you turn back you will notice it nicely frames the cathedral - but then they built a foot bridge across the view, then escalators, then another bridge ... this is the problem with design and architecture - people do great things, then others come along years later without considering why people did something
I think it must have changed loads again since I was there.

nice block paving though, that looks new

 

[JP_]

This is all totally new
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.407...4!1sg7WS_bHoj98CNx-eWikPzg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

was a strange square with big cover when I was there, felt much more closed, and that big building in front of the old cathedral wasn't there.

 

[Bodd]

Doing more work at the moment from your last picture upwards...

The new cathedral is lovely modern architecture. All be it I'd say 1970s?

 

[Captain Nemesis]

My way they are all Bangladeshi

A huge number of "Indian" restaurants are.

Whats more - Bangladeshis who cant cook.

But what can you do when there are people like someone I saw on Tripadvisor who gave a restaurant a bad review because he couldnt find anything on the menu that was "traditional" so had to order chicken madras as it was the only thing he could recognise...

 

[Bodd]

A huge number of "Indian" restaurants are.

Whats more - Bangladeshis who cant cook.

But what can you do when there are people like someone I saw on Tripadvisor who gave a restaurant a bad review because he couldnt find anything on the menu that was "traditional" so had to order chicken madras as it was the only thing he could recognise...

Have you tried South Indian.... I've been to one in Nottingham and Brightlingsea and they are a different class...

I asked last night and they said it was Indian as apposed to Bangladeshi yer I see a photo of a Pakistani cricketer so not so sure and they didn't serve alcohol.... either way I had the Thali so a bit more traditional than a madras.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

Have you tried South Indian

Yup. I think I first encountered it 40-odd years ago here: https://www.diwanabph.com/

And Sri Lankan. Love it.

The First Mate and the Junior Midshipman are less keen though as they dont like hot food.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

When I go to Prague they have a small chain of excellent veggie proper Indian (Beas Dhaba) restaurants/takeaways with takeaway style seating where you get a metal tray divided into sections and help youself to all the different curries, sides, samosas, breads, soups, lassi, rice, etc, etc. It's cheap and authentic and so good that a confirmed carnivore like me doesn't notice the absence of meat.

 

[Bodd]

Out in Wetherspoons tonight plenty of beer plenty of people. Girls are Ugley

 

[ReganAndCarter]

What's the great dollop moaning about then?

 

[JohnD]

Out in Wetherspoons tonight plenty of beer plenty of people. Girls are Ugley

I stopped off in Ugley once. Seemed quite nice.

I saw the Womens Institute hall.