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Where to go for a curry in Salisbury

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Believe it or not, our beautiful medieval city of Salisbury is also home to some rather fine Indian restaurants and takeaways.

Since the Scrutineer is written by unashamed lovers of Indian food, in the coming weeks we will profile some of the best places to get a good curry in Salisbury.

I’ll start with a list of places that I have eaten in/from, in order of preference:

Indian Restaurants

Anokaa (Without doubt the best in Salisbury, more ‘contemporary’ Indian food, will be reviewed in detail)

Shah Jahan (More ‘traditional’ curries, with good chef’s specials, recommended)

Balti House (Buffet available every day, surprisingly good food, very reasonable prices - one of our stock restaurants we go to regularly)

The Golden Curry (the curry we had there was very greasy - couldn’t recommend it, sadly)

Indian Takeaways

SJ2 (104-106 Fisherton St, Salisbury, SP2 7QY. Tel: 01722 322666) - A takeaway run separately by the Shah Jahan restaurant. Superb, if a little pricey.

Balti House - Interesting takeaway menu, including southern Indian dishes, different to their restaurant buffet.

Chutneys (37 Estcourt Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3AS T: 01722 504456) - Tasty, interesting menu, close to the Wyndham Arms for a quick pint while you wait for your meal to be cooked.

Takhdir (157 Fisherton St, Salisbury, SP2 7RP. Tel: 01722 506506) - Bog standard curries, reasonably priced.

There are several other restaurants and takeaways that we have yet to try - rest assured we’ll review them here as we work our way through them!

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Salisbury District Council RSS Feeds

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Salisbury District Council have recently introduced a number of RSS feeds. This means that you can subscribe to the latest events being organised or overseen by the Council, for example.

We might look into incorporating relevant links into the Salisbury Scrutineer during the coming weeks.

Link: Salisbury District Council RSS Feeds

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Salisbury International Arts Festival 2007

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Details of the 2007 Salisbury Arts Festival are now online. The festival takes place from 25th May to 10th June in venues across the whole city.

Visit the website for full details.

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Abbey Stores Blog

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on March 28, 2007
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Abbey Stores now have their very own blog. You can subscribe via RSS and keep up to date with the latest delicious offerings from this fine emporium of cider, real ale and tasty food.

Link: Abbey Stores Blog

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Christmas in Salisbury

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on December 17, 2006
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As Christmas approaches, Salisbury’s shops gear up for the annual shopping frenzy, and the streets become decked with lights.

To help warm those stressed-out shoppers, Abbey Stores will be selling mulled wine this Thursday (21st December 2006), outside the chocolate shop on the High Street. Knowing them, it will be good wine with just the right amount of spice, and will require much restraint to limit yourself to just one glass… (and end up like Old Saint Nick, below) :-)

Fallen Santa

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Salisbury’s Community Internet TV

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Vision NewsBelieve it or not, but Salisbury has it’s own internet based community TV channel. Found by chance whilst researching an article for the Scrutineer, Vision News says that it provides “local news with a personal touch”.

The videos on Vision News cover all aspects of Salisbury, from politics to local commerce. The video quality is superb, but you do need a very fast internet connection to be able to watch them ‘live’ - i.e. without having to wait ages for the whole thing to download. The style of each episode is that of an on-location local news feature, with a reported who smiles a lot, and leads the feature. They’re filmed in widescreen, and are generally quite watchable.

The beauty of delivering very local news in this way means that things that would never make TV can be covered just as well via the web. You can watch a video that follows a walk around “Haunted Salisbury”, find out about the latest excavations at Woodhenge and Durrington Walls, or see what went on at the Wilton Sheep Fair.

The website itself is clearly designed, and I hope that it becomes a success. It’s a shame that it’s so obscure though - I’m not sure where they advertise themselves.

So - if you live in, or are visiting Salisbury, head over to Vision News and take your pick of video reports to watch.

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Abbey Stores launch online shop

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on September 19, 2006
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Abbey StoresThis is just a quick plug to let people know that you can now order a growing selection of Abbey Stores’ finest consumables (read beer, cider, chocolates, you name it) directly from their website: http://www.abbeystores.co.uk/

If you do live in Salisbury, and can never quite find the time to physically visit the shop - did you know that they deliver for free in the local area. See? No excuses!

See Abbey Stores on Google Maps.

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Salisbury Food & Drink Festival 2006

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on September 19, 2006
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logo_food.jpgThis week sees the start of the Salisbury Food & Drink Festival 2006. There’s events all over the city, apparently, culminating with the third Salisbury Food & Drink Fair on Sunday 24th September in the Market Square from 10am-5pm.

This year, the fair’s beer and wine tent is being run by Abbey Stores, so it’s bound to be brimming with only the finest beer and ciders. If you can only make it to one of the events of the week - I think that the beer and cider tent is the one to head for!

Find out more at the official website of the Salisbury Food & Drink Festival.

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Old Sarum Flying Club open day

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Old Sarum Airfield

On Sunday 3rd September 2006, Old Sarum Flying Club will be holding an open day.

Old Sarum Airfield is the UK’s 2nd oldest operational airfield, opened in 1917. You can wander around looking at planes, and even get airborne on a first-come-first-served basis. There will be aerobatics, a loop-the-loop, and a rather British activity - flour bombing.

Link: Open Day flyer (PDF), Old Sarum Airfield on Google Maps

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Photos of Salisbury

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on July 14, 2006
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Salisbury CathedralIf you have arrived here looking for photographs of Salisbury, you must check out the Salisbury Flickr Group. From pictures of the cathedral, rivers, grafitti, underpasses - the pretty bits and the grotty bits - there is an ever-growing collection online taken by residents and visitors alike.

See Salisbury as it really is…

And if you have any photos of your own, why not sign up for a free Flickr account and add yours to the group?

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