curry house
A restaurant serving curries, especially (British) an Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi restaurant of this kind.
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Tom Watson on the infamous 2006 'curry house coup' against Tony Blair. "In politics, a myth with a decent headline can outrun a fact wearing running spikes." open.substack.com/pub/tomwatso...
Bank Holiday yesterday spent with kids and grandkids, then Project Hail Mary at the cinema, today drawing stuff and lunch at the local veggie curry house with Bernadette, so all excellent thank you!
We had a curry house called the Ballroom. They changed the name. I would too.
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A restaurant serving curries, especially (British) an Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi restaurant of this kind.
“Tom Watson on the infamous 2006 'curry house coup' against Tony Blair. "In politics, a myth with a decent headline can outrun a fact wearing running spikes." open.substack.com/pub/tomwatso...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Bank Holiday yesterday spent with kids and grandkids, then Project Hail Mary at the cinema, today drawing stuff and lunch at the local veggie curry house with Bernadette, so all excellent thank you!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We had a curry house called the Ballroom. They changed the name. I would too.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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