All up in your grill, it's the second TATTGOC podcast of 2012. In an attempt to shake things up, the centrepiece of Keep Calm And Curry On Episode 5: Heroic Weights is a special extended interview with Tikka MaBaws, easily our most prolific Foreign Curryspondent. As well as filing spicy missives from around the globe, Tikka recently spent 100 days in Japan on a charitable blogging exercise, and recounts a wondrous tale of discovering some authentic curry in an unexpected place. You may also be amazed at where he ends up for his first curry back in Scotland. Thanks, Tikka!

Also in episode five, the Tramps rattle through curry pop-ups, supperclubs and real ale matching in their regular curry news round-up. And while there isn't time for a full Burning Question, there's a hearfelt, heartbreaking response from The Bulldosa to last time's debate. And to wrap things up, The Tramp's Jukebox Puri features the post-disco sounds of Salma Agha ...


(Click through for the shownotes and more ...)

Kama Sutra, Sauchiehall Street

The Time: February 9, 8.30pm

Booking Name: Mr Q. Pidd 

The Pub Aforehand: The State Bar, Holland Street 

In Attendance: Trampy, The Tramp, Makhni Knife, Ravi Peshwari, Rumple Of The Balti, Sir Spicy Lover, Rabbie Shankar ... plus Mumbai Me A Pony, Vag Mahal, Naanbread Mouskouri, Tina Turmeric, Chaka Naan, Birhiani and, of course, Baby Bhuna.

Decor: A long-standing Sauchiehall Street curryhouse, Kama Sutra strives to live up to its name with comfy couches, heavy drapes and exotic prints on the walls ... with some even racier artwork in the bathrooms. 

Expectations: While many Clubbers had experimented with Kama Sutra while it was a flagship restaurant of the Harlequin chain, no-one had been along since it became part of the smaller, leaner Kama Sutra Group (now with additional outlets in Edinburgh and Stirling).


(Click here to read ... hang on, what's the deal with those pandas?)

The distinguished members of TATTGOC sure do love their curry, as evidenced by their now-outdated title of Curry Lovers Of The Year 2010. But their ongoing quest for spicy satisfaction isn't merely limited to TATTGOC's regular excursions to some of Glasgow's hidden-gem curryhouses. If they happen across almost any curry-related foodstuff, Trampy and The Tramp feel compelled to take it for a spin – and thus was born the irregular feature Tastin' With The Tramps. What spicy product is in the hot seat this time? Why, it's The Spice Tree, a malt scotch from those artisan whiskymakers at Compass Box!


(Click here to read on ...)

Yadgar, Govanhill

The Time: January 19, 8pm

Booking Name: Unrequired!

The Pub Aforehand: The Pandora, Victoria Road

In Attendance: Trampy, The Tramp, The Bulldosa, Rogan Josh Homme, Ravi Peshari, Chasni Hawkes and the triumphant return of The Birmingham Wan.

Decor: A no-nonsense diner and takeaway, Yadgar is bright and bustling, but with decent crockery and cutlery your ma wouldn’t turn her nose up at.

Expectations: Possibly absurdly high, because so many people TATTGOC respect have recommended it with great enthusiasm.

The Experience:

Legends. They are only definitively born in their perpetual retelling, which is perhaps why they can seem to pillow and bulge in the process. For who, in their heart of hearts, wants to recount a simply boilerplate tale? Better to add a curlicue here, a grace note there. And in cruel, unsmiling January – that dryest, drabbest of months, especially for those in the Curry Club who vow to forgo the evils of alcohol in the pursuit of some imaginary reboot of themselves – the prospect of becoming swept up in a greater narrative becomes ever more appealing. Call it surrender; casting oneself into a spicy riptide, tugged down into an inky blackness, only to emerge – mewling and reborn – into the light. Just go. Go with the flow ...


(Not had enough of this? Click here to, uh, “cast oneself” ...)

Hello ladies! It's the first TATTGOC podcast of 2012 and after a surprisingly frosty start, the Tramps soon warm up when contemplating The Burning Question, posited by The Bulldosa, about whether or not he should take his lady love out for a curry on Valentine's Day. Stay tuned to hear The Tramp's Valentine curry menu, and Trampy role-playing as Louise Redknapp from Something For The Weekend. Also in episode four, a round-up of curry news involving swap-ups, pop-ups and some ill-informed discussion about football, a fairly comprehensive review of the Harlequin Group's curry delivery service and the first artist to feature twice on The Tramp's Jukebox Puri, the sitar master Okko Bekker.

(Onwards to the embedded player and more ...)

The distinguished members of TATTGOC sure do love their curry, as evidenced by their rather outdated title of Curry Lovers Of The Year 2010. But their ongoing quest for spicy satisfaction isn't merely limited to TATTGOC's regular excursions to some of Glasgow's hidden-gem curryhouses. If they happen across almost any curry-related foodstuff, Trampy and The Tramp feel compelled to take it for a spin – and thus was born the irregular feature Tastin' With The Tramps. So what spicy product is in the hot seat this time? Why, it's only the new(ish) range of microwaveable Veg Pots from those juicy folks at Innocent! What better way to kick off TATTGOC's nominally healthy January? (Although if you represent Old Raj Gin, please get in touch.)


(Remove top, reapply loosely, then click here to read on ...)