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We have hit 20,000 views! Unbelievable!  I want to thank everyone who has bothered to read and support my blog! By far the most popular post was The Regency Club review which hit 1597 views! In second place was my review of the "Navadhanya - 5 star indian food comes to Cambridge" with 853 views!! Third place was my " The King Of Mill Road " tour with 451 views. The biggest audiences was from the United Kingdom followed by the USA. Though I have had traffic from all over including Ukraine, India, Pakistan and Ireland.  Thank you again to everyone who reads my ramblings and I look forward to hitting 50,000 in the future! 

As you may or may not be aware, Montaz is a chain of Indian restaurants around the Cambridgeshire area. They have locations in St Ives, Brampton, Newmarket, Ely and Bourne. I have taken it on myself to try my best and review every single one and compare them to see which is best. I am also curious to see if they are the same across the board in quality and style. I had been to the one in Ely Montaz before but many years ago, and I remember being very impressed with the place in my post  "The Indian Ely Tour".  A couple of months back I even managed to hit  the St Ives Montaz  to see if it was any good in comparison but sadly it didn't live up to what I remember to Ely's Montaz.  I decided to try the Ely Montaz one more time to refresh my memory as I hadn't been in quite some time. Here is my most recent review. One thing I noticed about Montaz as from the outside it hasn't changed one bit. Still located next to its rival  The Sylhet , th...

I recently swung by one of my favourite Indian restaurants in Cambridge for a well overdue visit.  I used to eat here all the time last year when I was in the area more, but now I have moved to Ely I  have struggled to find the time to come say hello. So I was really excited to come back here after so long and pay my respects.  The Taj Tandoori is sat on Cherry Hinton Road, opposite the cinema complex and sandwiched between numerous shops and pubs, the establishment claims to be one of the oldest Indian restaurants in the city. I could be forgiven for saying that The Taj even looks a little tatty and uninspiring from the outside. This does add to its charm however as it feels like a bit of a hidden gem once you discover the food and service within the establishment. Upon entering we were seated in the waiting area near the bar while they prepared our table. We were eventually greeted and shown to our table by Amin, one of the waiters in the restaurant. I ...

When I first moved to Ely nearly 2 years ago I took it on myself to do a tour of the Indian restaurant scene around the city to find my favourite. The conclusion I came too was that Ely has a very mixed bag of restaurants with no dominant Indian restaurant, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.  One of them being Le Spice, a very popular restaurant in the city, located on Fore Hill amongst numerous other restaurants and shops. The place comes highly recommended by friends, family and numerous people on  The Cambridge Curry Crew . I have been a few times before and enjoyed my time here but I still haven't managed to write a review on it.  That is, until now... I was lucky enough to be treated with a meal by my son and my good friend Joanna, which was a delightful surprise. I suggested Le Spice mainly because of their good reputation, but also because of its well known trendy and modern style. We looked online at their website  which appeared t...

Its been quite a while since my last visit to Zara. Located at the Great Shelford train station, the place absolutely blew me away last time  with its trendy modern interior, its fine Indian cuisine and all the bells and whistles you'd expect from a high end restaurant. I can see why it is currently  no1 on our Cambridge Curry Crew Facebook poll  and The English Curry Awards 2015 winner for the East Of England.  My last visit was a long time ago now  so I was keen to see if Zara was still as good as I remember.  I went with my good friend Jim, who just so happens to be a wheelchair user. This puts a new challenge on a place like this as it doesn't just have to prepare fine food and offer an excellent customer service, but it also has to be accessible for everyone.  Something which I thought might be an issue for an old building attached to the station of such a small size. Getting in proved mildly challenging for my friend....