At work there is this club called the Curry Club. So, every so often (perhaps monthly) the club will get together as a group and go out and grab some curry. Speaking to a few people at work the club seems to have a reputation for being a bit cliquey because its a bit of a mystery how one gets membership. At any rate I kind of gate crashed tonight’s apparently 55th or 56th event thanks to Sir Jules getting me on to the list. After we lost some people after leaving the pub we were still left with a good size group of around about 30 people.

Tonight’s resturant was Tandoori Nights at Holborn. It was clear that the restaurant struggled with managing the size of our group. We were spread out on three tables and getting our orders in was pure havoc. To their credit though they didn’t make too many mistakes and although our table always got our food last – we did get it all eventually if a little later than the other tables! The curry was pretty yummy when it came and I was stuffed after a starter, curry, some rice and of course a naan. The price tag was pretty hefty at the end but that probably had more to do with the bottles of wine and beer on the table rather than the food. It would be interesting to visit as a smaller group or even as a couple to see if the service, food and price tag compares with tonight’s experience.

As for the Curry Club experience. It was certainly … interesting. Though you could sense the separation between the regulars and the not so regulars based on who sat at which table we still had a lot of fun – even if we didn’t really mingle too much (hard to do in a restaurant really!)