V8 Curry Night 2008
Saturday 23rd February 2008
in Cambridge

Updates from Ian Quarrington Note from Walter & Brigitte Kallenberg: Sorry that we are not at the curry this year. Brigitte needs a rest from work so we are in Egypt for two weeks. Please say hallo from us to the whole society. See you at silverstone! MGrüße Brigitte+Walter Kallenberg. (13.2.08) Reservations for the V8 Curry 2008 Ian Quarrington has posted a list of reservations. (10.1.08) More Suggested hotels for an overnight stay - 2008 Here are four hotels you may wish to try. I cannot understand why the others should be so full already unless of course we have lots of members planning to go to the Curry Night! On that point I now have ten names confirmed for the evening. (27.11.07) Regency House Regents Terrace CB2 1AA Tel 01223 329626 Crowne Plaza Downing Street CB2 3DT Tel 0870 400 9180 Royal Cambridge Trumpington Street CB2 1PY Tel 01223 351631 Hotel Felix Huntingdon Road CB3 0LX Tel 01223 277977. The first three are within walking distance of the Curry House. Hotel Felix is quite near to Girton College and has very easy access to the A14 - i.e it is almost on top of it! V8 Curry menu options It has been really hard for me to get this far with orgnaising the V8 Curry evening … I’ve had to visit the restaurant on a very regular basis since last summer’s Silverstone meeting where I volunteered to take on this very pleasurable task. Oh the hardship of it all …. . . . . Yesterday evening I called into the Curry Centre and now have a little more detail to give you on the menu for February 24th. The cost works out at £18 per head for three courses and coffee. I think it wise if people make their own arrangements for drinks perhaps on a per table basis. I will settle the bill for the food in person but am happy to take either cash or cheques from members made payable to me on the night. There is a choice of ten items to start with from Sheek kebab to Aloo Chaat. I personally recommend the Chicken Chaat. For main course there are six fish dishes, four chicken and six lamb and all these can be either in Madras, Jalfrezi, Korma, Rogon or Dhansak versions. Then there are five Tandoori options and three Balti dishes. There are also nine vegetarian options. Side dishes include five rice dishes four types of Naan breads and two parathas. Sweets, if you can manage them, are very very sweet and I leave you to ponder on that one. We have the whole of the top floor of the restaurant allocated to us and we are expected to arrive for 7.30 and be dining by 8 pm. I hope this whets your appetite but more importantly that it meets with your approval. I am happy to field more enquiries and on the night help out with those who for whatever reason manage to get lost en route. A word of warning about Cambridge without patronising anyone… There have been lots of road incidents with foreign tourists who look the wrong way before stepping off the pavement, so please take extra care if your route takes you around the Backs or Maids Causeway or even the top of Bridge St. which is only 300 yards from where we are meeting. Ian Quarrington 23.1.07 To anyone who enjoys a proper pint of beer, may I recommend the Castle Inn which is almost opposite the Curry House in the direction of the City? Plenty of choice for real ales with the occasional guest beers. Ian Quarrington 24.1.07 Update on the possible organ recital Unfortunately Ian Quarrington has heard from the Chapel Clerk at St John's that he has been unable to get access to play the organ there on the evening of Saturday 24 February 2007. This date falls in Term and Choral Evensong will be sung in Chapel that night with a rehearsal beforehand from 5pm. V8 members and their friends attending the V8 Curry will be more than welcome to listen to the service which will commence at 6.30pm and last for about 45 minutes. The College Choir are in concert at Eton College that night, so the service will be sung by the Hills Road Sixth Form College Chamber Choir. Ian responded to the Clerk saying he "feels sure that many of those attending our dinner that evening will be delighted to go and listen to the service as an opportunity for that does not come around often. Some of our group will have travelled from Germany and the United States so news of being able to listen to the College Service will be a welcome addition to their visit". (23.1.07) A word of caution for anyone travelling along the A14 in Cambridgeshire to the Curry night. I have always referred to this road as the highway to hell. Do watch your speed as it is having a lot of money spent on the installation of average speed cameras in case the dozen or so cameras already on it get lonely. So now it is also to be known as the highway to revenue... Ian Quarrington 25.1.07

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V8 Curry Night?
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iquarrington(at)prior.com
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All Club members and friends welcome
All members of the MG Car Club and their friends are very welcome to join V8 enthusiasts at their annual V8 Curry Night.

Set menu this year
There will be an extensive set menu at £20.00 offering assorted starters, a choice of main courses all at varying temperatures from Kurma to Vindaloo, desserts & coffee. If any member has a specific dietary requirement, beyond vegetarian, the restaurant can cope with this given advanced warning. Drinks will be logged and paid for personally. The restaurant layout has round tables seating between 8 and 10 people so it will be very simple to mingle and chat to folk on other tables. So no limbo dancing skills will be needed to leave the table this year to get to the loo! The Cambidge Curry Centre has been booked for 7.00 for a 7.30pm start.

Parking is free directly across the road at Shire Hall,
which is the County Council head offices. The births, marriages and deaths registry offices are there but Ian believes the last wedding on a Saturday to be at 4 pm so we won't have a problem parking. The car park has barriers on both entry and exit but at weekends the entry barrier is permanently up and the exit opens as you approach it.