Omar Khan's? It's OK

Advantages: Good central location, pleasant surroundings, tasty food at good prices
Disadvantages: Service a little slow at times, average for Bradford

...Omar Khan's is a fairly traditional Indian restaurant situated in the centre of Bradford. We were in town for a weekend of curry and had eaten lunch that day at a very modern establishment so I wanted to go for the more traditional British "curry house" in the evening. I found Omar Khan's listed on the Visit Bradford website and a look at the restaurants own website was encouraging. The restaurant is situated on the south side of the city centre, beside the national Television and Media Museum and the Alhambra Theatre. The restaurant has a small car-park but there are other car-parks nearby and it's a five minute walk to the train and bus stations at Bradford Interchange. It wasn't immediately obvious where the main entrance was as we approached the building from the side and climbed up a small flight of steep steps. The initial...

fizzytom 03.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Omar Khan's Restaurant, Bradford

The Wrath of Khan

Advantages: It has humour and humanity
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

...---------------- INTRODUCTION ---------------- Rel eased in 1982, STAR TREK II - THE WRATH OF KHAN is a sequel to both STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE (released in 1979), and the episode 'Space Seed' from the first season of the original TV show STAR TREK. The first movie had not been well received by the critics, although it did quite well at the box office. Unfortunately its gross was not good enough for the studio in comparison for its budget so with the second movie they really were looking at the final outing for STAR TREK, unless they were able to come up with something both critically and financially more successful. ---------------- THE PLOT ---------------- Whilst on mission training cadets, Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise is attacked by superhuman criminal Khan Noonian Singh and his followers, who had...

phurren2006 18.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Star Trek 2 - The Wrath Of Khan (DVD)

Khan Is Back And Not A Happy Chappie

Advantages: It is Star Trek for Trekkies
Disadvantages: Kirstie Alley's performance

...Well - here goes - I started with the first film and now I'm on to number 2! I may not be a trekkie, but I do have to sit and watch them so I might as well write my opinions down. As said, this is the second of 10 Star Trek films spanning 30 years. This can be picked up on blah.com for as little as £5.99 (P&P free as well!). We certainly havent paid that little for it as my husband gets these DVDs sent to him as part of a collection, along with some really informative magazines (if you are into Star Trek that is - me I just find them boring!) Anyway, I digress. An so on to the review.... Synopsis ~~~~~~~~ For those of you who watched the original series of Star Trek, many may remember meeting Khan in one of the episodes. The Enterprise encountered the Starship Botany Bay adrift in space, its crew in stasis since...

bonsi6337 10.05.2006 · Read review
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Genghis Khan has invaided Brighton

Advantages: you choose the food you want cooked, food for vegies aswell
Disadvantages: .

...I put Genghis Khans into the Thai section as i belive that this was the closet section that describes it. the food there i would say is South-East Asian. So Where is Genghis Khans? ----------------------------- The restaurant is located in the Laines in Middle Street. what Food is there? --------------------- The food is located in the centre of the restaurant. The meat consisted of Beef, Pork, Chicken, and some seafood, prawns etc. At one end of the food there are a variety of stocks to choose depending on whether you have red or white meat or seafood. On the opposite side to the meats is a selection of curry pastes and powders. the pastes to choose from are to name a few Thai Green Curry and Thai Curry (what the difference is I do not no). The powders, the only one I can remember was Vindaloo. Noodles are also available...

paul110 17.05.2002 · Read review
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Review of Genghis Khans, Brighton

If you haven't been to Khan's......

Advantages: Wonderful food, healthy options, great value
Disadvantages: Poor selection of starters, early closing, service can be offhand

.......you haven't been to London, is the slogan of this restaurant. You can even buy a souvenir t-shirt to remind you of your visit. Yes, Khan's has its faults, but I love the place. It serves beautifully cooked and presented food, the atmosphere is colourful, and the decor would put some more expensive restaurants to shame. Khans can be found at 13-15 Westbourne Grove, WC2, just down the road from Bayswater tube station. It was founded in 1977 and is still a family-run business. It's open 7 days, including Bank Holidays, from 12 noon till midnight, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but closes between 3pm and 6pm Monday-Thursday. Firstly: an update. Khan's no longer serves alcohol. They claim that this is for religious reasons, but I have heard some regulars say that it was to discourage troublemakers. However, they do a great...

joycarole 28.09.2004 · Read review
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Review of Khan´s, London

I'll Tell You Who Genghis Khan Was-- Really!

Advantages: fascinating; well--researched; easy to read
Disadvantages: how Genghis Khan has been vilified by many

...We could very possibly still be stuck in the primitive world of the Middle Ages if it hadn't been for the phenomenal brilliance, peace-seeking ambition and global vision of the nomadic, illiterate man who grew up with the name of Temujin and later came to be known as Genghis or Chingiss Khan. Surrounded by loving family and friends, he died in his bed at almost 70 years of age and immediately one of the mourners had his life story written down. The manuscript, known as The Secret History Of The Mongols, was discovered in the nineteenth century in Beijing, which now sits where Genghis Khan's capital city Zongdu was built. Countless scholars around the world have tried to decipher it and one did for the Germans during WW11, but the translation was luckily destroyed in transit. Then when Communism collapsed in 1990 and Soviet...

jankperegrine 08.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World - Jack Weatherford

Controversially poor

Advantages: Some beautiful passages of prose...
Disadvantages: ... mirrored by some dreadful passages

...There can be few works of literature which can have inflamed passions quite as strong as those created by the Satanic Verses. Yes children queued through the night for the latest Harry Potter, yes David Beckham's autobiography astounded people by being shortlisted for literary prizes, but on 14th February 1989 Salman Rushdie ended up on a wanted poster. To be honest, the declaring of the fatwa by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini on Rushdie totally overshadowed the book (it must be stated here that fatwa simply means 'ruling' rather than 'death sentence' which it seems to have been used with interchangeably since Rushdie). But 19 years after it was first published, can we look at the book through purely literary eyes? From the beginning Rushdie's style is evident - the running together of words, the jumping about around a particular...

blackpuddinonnabike 08.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

A Dark film by Mehboob Khan

Advantages: A land mark film
Disadvantages: The audience rejected it...

...Amar(1954) was a landmark film in Dilip Kumar's career.Right at the beginning of his career, Dilip Kumar took the risk of starring in a negative role.Predictably the film flopped as the audience were not prepared to see the hero Dilip Kumar in a negative role.. A little background about Dilip Kumar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dilip Kumar is considered to be one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. Born Mohammad Yusuf Khan born in Peshawar ( now in Pakistan),Dilip Kumar was the screen name given to him by Veteran actress Devika Rani, co owner of Filmistan studios while she gave him a break in 1944. Dilip Kumar has starred in some of the biggest and commercially most successful films from the late 1940s, 1950s, 1960s right until the 1980s. His performances have been regarded as the epitome of emoting in Indian Cinema. He is...

kiran8 28.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Amar (Hindi Language) (DVD)

An experience

Advantages: fun and interactive
Disadvantages: slightly expensive

...This restaurant is a one pony trick. But don't think of that as a disadvantage, its what makes this place so good. The simple idea behind Khublai Khan is that for your main meal, you take a bowl, fill it with your own choice of the rice/noodles,veg and meat on offer, and then concoct your own sauce from the wide range of sauces and spices provided. You then hand your bowl over, and watch as your food is cooked on a massive hotplate, supposedly reminiscent of the monogolian soldiers who cooked their food on an upturned shield. It's a modern take on an old tradition, and as its in the trendy part of the inner city, the decor is modern, although a mural of mongolian soldiers dominates one wall. The staff are quite helpful, unpretentious, and don't intrude too much on your meal, which is a blessing in glasgow sometimes...

littlemissdrunk 20.09.2001 · Read review
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Review of Khublai Khan

The Rise to Power

Advantages: good story, excellent acting, scenery and music
Disadvantages: bloody battle scenes and subtitles may not appeal to all

...Young Temudgin is the son of the Mongol Khan (leader) and as he is now 10 he sets of with his Father to pick his bride. Temudgin upsets his father by picking his bride from a different tribe so peace cannot be made. Temudgin falls insistently in love with Bort and says he will return when he is 15 to marry her. Temudgin is about to have his world turned upside down when his father gets murdered and the second in commend of the tribe start rioting and taking over, as Temudgin is rightfully the new Khan he is told that when he becomes a man he will be killed as Mongols do not kill children. Temudgin now has to leave his mother and set out on his own to the mountain where he can pray to the God of the Blue Sky for help and guidance. Along the way Temudgin makes a blood brother and starts to find the strength to protect himself. He does...

sewbizzie 26.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mongol - The Rise To Power Of Genghis Khan (DVD)