Curry Night

Visited The Staple Hill Oak last night. They were serving the new curry menu but due "to a printing" error the printed menus were not available. I reckon that someone forgot. However, I tried the new Lamb Chettinadu.This dish originates from the Chettinad region of India. Pieces of diced lamb are cooked with traditional Chettinad spices, in a tomato & coconut sauce, with fennel, cinnamon and black pepper. It was very nice, tasty and not too spicy but at 946 calories you wouldn't want to eat it everyday. Back to the beer. Started off with a Wickwar Breweries Autumnale (yes all one word) 4.6%. Then onto a Snowy Owl 5% as the free drink with the curry. Nice curry which I have already mentioned. However, then had a pint of Abbot Reserve 6.5%. A truly lovely and very drinkable beer so I had another. But at 6.5% it really is too strong.

Wetherspoons Real Ale and Cider Festival starts on 27 Oct 10. Jim, Pet and Richard will miss it as they are off to New Zealand. Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky barstewards. I will have to find another partner for the 4 or 5 of my Wednesday pub visits (not quite a pub crawl more of a pub stroll). Volunteers, preferably female and naturally blond, please write your details on a postcard and send to me. Sorry kids you have to over 18 for this one.