Rye has had several Indian restaurants over the years - of varying quality taste-wise.  The Mahdi Spice outlasting them all and has now taken over the Indian Restaurant further up the same road and done an excellent renovation job on the interior.  The service is efficient and the food / presentationa great improvement on anything that has preceded it in Rye.
At last an Indian restaurant that has picked itself up, gone upmarket and succeeded - rather than corner cutting in these trying times. Well done Mahdi Lounge

Was staying in Llandudno again recently. Amazingly Bengal Dynasty still there & still looks unappealing

One easy way to reduce stroke potentiall is to take 75 mg of soluble aspirin daily with food to reduce stomach ulcer effects.
I managed to give myself a tia by banging my neck to offset a painful cricked neck. Lost my sight for 20 seconds which was frightening !  Many tests later proved I was OK - but as a precaution for the future I have been prescribed clopidogrel - a better tablet for tia / stroke potential sufferers. I know a few people who have had strokes. Some recover ok - others are left in a devastating condition.

Hooks? Use an old wire coat hanger - snip to required length & bend to S shape with pliers

Well - works OK for me - but missus couldn't taste it.  Citrusy flavour no longer there after cooking staek - but definitely a delicate sweet peppery taste. Nice change - but not enough of a wow to make me go out and buy more of it so far.  Will look at other potential uses for remainder

Just received a sample of Paradise Pepper - grains similar looking to black pepper. Ground them by hand with a pestle & mortar & will try tonight precoating all sides of a fillet steak prior to cooking. Tastes like citrusy black pepper

I usually do - and make far better food than Sangams offerings - but missus insisted on a takeaway - and regretted it as did I.

This place has had a few names / owners. Last good one was Swadesh - good upmarket food & pricey - but that's the area it is located in. I have some guys I do business with who have an office close to the Sangam who have offered in the past to take me there for a meal - but it has never been the right timing & they used it and rated it.  My wife fancied an Indian takeaway in late Feb 2021 lockdown and our favourite Jai Kathmandu has shut shop - so we tried the Sangam.

Poppadoms & chutney - very good, veg samosas - thick pastry & soggy not crispy - just about passable, my wifes Hyderabadi lamb  biryani - lamb tough as old boots & very chewy - threw half of the meat away as inedible - rice bit was quite tasty. Not clever. I ordered the chefs special Handi staff chicken. No idea what this tastes like, since they didn't include it in the bag !  Rang back when we realised - apologies and come back for it.  At a 15 minute drive too far to waste half hour there & back. Offered us 2x free main courses for next time. ?35 wasted really on this so called upmarket Indian meal.

Emailed my business friend to relate my experience at the Sangam he rated so much. Reply - told me he had stopped using them - along with many other people he knows since last April when the quality of all dishes nose-dived. Thanked him for not telling me.

Based on this experience, don't think I will bother taking up the restaurants 2x free main meals - it will only be 2x disappointingly crap meals judging by what others have said & my own experience. Places like this hopefully will not survive lockdown, making way for a more deserving outlet.

Noticed same pattern / theme here in South Manchester - but with Turkish kebab shops. Same guy has opened several in a short space of time and sold out / moved on fairly quickly after they were established / popular.

Pass - all I know is what the guy looked like that they referred to as Patak. He was a tall thin asian with wavy black hair. Always wore a bright blue suit & drove a late 1970s Rolls Royce.