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| Tonight is your night bro'.... |
Everybody relax, we’re here! Apologies to our regular, and
irregular, readers. The curry club is alive and well I can assure you – it’s
just that our resident blog correspondent has been a little preoccupied with
big wig takeover bids and the pending arrival of his twins.
So, having missed a few out it was Daniel Grimes Esq who had to
step up to the mark. He decided we would go to Mims Café & Restaurant in Dewsbury. There were 3
absentees, Liam, Vinny and Steve, who were missed by most but when this
information was shared with the group, our
benefactor for the evening was wringing his hands with delight imagining all
the gold coins he would be saving – what with Mims being a BYOB joint, would this evening be a record breaking low for total cost??
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| Greed is good but not for the gas factor |
We met at the Leggers Inn, around a few corners in the middle of
an industrial estate - all of a sudden you happen
upon a canal with moored barges and a hint of romance. However, this was marred
a little when we realised they seemed to be hosting a biker rally that evening.
Circa 50 leather clad bikers revving and comparing engines whist discussing
who’s batch of crystal meth was the purest. We opted to stand outside and wait
for everyone and reminisced about the last time we were there and TTT stormed
into the beer garden complaining ‘it took 2 taxis and a train to get there’ and
being so focussed on his rant, not
only did he nearly fall in the canal, he walked into the boat house instead of
the pub. It’s a first up best dressed policy in this club. This time TTT, familiar with his surroundings, rocked up
looking like a shammy leather was draped over his ultra-tanned face. Who knows
where he has been.
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Stepping off the Sons Of Anarchy set, we
headed indoors where we pondered the question - what does your character choice
in the classic arcade game Golden Axe say about you? This raised concerns for
Scott and Grimes who confessed they opted for the Dwarf, but all were in
agreement that the Warrior Princess certainly knew how to 'swing a sword' and
she 'rode a dragon' like her life depending on it. We
moved indoors and Fagan advised us all we had to be at the restaurant no later
than 21:45 or else we would not be
fed. This information was passed to him via the waitress as he dropped off the
12 bottles of Bierre d’alsace we would be having
with our meal. We pressed him on this, given we have heard these kinds of
threats before and adopted a devil may care attitude towards them. But it seems
the waitress was adamant as she had ‘college the next day’. Never let it be
said the club stands in the way of learning and we wish her all
the best with her typing exam today.
Mims Café &
Restaurant, Dewsbury
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| I hate snakes in my balti |
Most of the bikers had dispersed by the time we were leaving,
although we did have our own cannonball run on the way to the eatery as 4 of
the 8 were driving, 50% of whom got lost. Daniel ran through the door like
Indiana Jones minus the bull whip and fedora, I think in fear of missing our
birth. He had nothing to fear, we were welcomed with enthusiasm and shown to our table. It took me a while to realise,
but we have been here before, I was trying to tell an amusing story about a
former club member and the waiters were interrupting key moments with regular
comedy timing – leaving me exhausted and giving up the ghost. Popadoms arrived
(1 each), good pickle tray with all the usual suspects – 1 mixed starter
ordered between 2 (philanthropy!) – mains ordered and the Cobra ‘de-corked’. I
especially liked the attention to detail from the waiter asking us how
strong/mild we would like our dishes, as with most things in life, one size
does not fit all.
Mixed starters were top drawer, succulent
chops, kebab, fish (very spicy), chicken, fried onions all
cooked to perfection – I assume they tasted as good as they looked but I
couldn’t get Dockers out of the way to get my snout in the trough. Mains and
sundries arrived with uber efficiency – very good portions and very clean were
the comments from most, by which we meant there wasn’t a hint of grease or oil
to be seen. Unbelievably most polished theirs off, personally I had to bag half
of mine up (no diggity). As the plates and bowls
were cleared away with ruthless aplomb, I
noticed on the specials board a selection of desserts.
A rare bird indeed. A selection of 3. Dad though, had decided we’d had a good
day, enough was enough and it was time for bed…..AWWWWWW DAAAAAD, JUST 10 MORE
MINUTES?!?!?!
The food was excellent, the service was outstanding and the
price was extremely competitive. As your writer predicted, an all time low – in
fact it was reminiscent of the 5 men days - £125 + £6.99 for the beer, half of
which went back with the person who bought them.
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| I'm bagging up |
Thanks Dan, much enjoyed and appreciated – until next time
folks, stay lucky.
Matty
