Our old haunt - the Aagrah

It being Mum's birthday yesterday we went out for a meal. We visited one of our favourite haunts - the Aagrah in Shipley. Being the boring and predictable old duffers that we are becomng, we had our usual - a Vege Mekhani for Mum and a Chicken Korma for me, with the usual Popadums to precede the main course, then Peshwari Naan, Basmati Rice and Lemon Rice. Mum had a "small" white wine and I had a diet Coke. I had had a quiet word with one of the regular waiters and arranged for a Birthday Cake (Chocolate Pudding with an indoor firework to follow the main course). Mum knew nothing about it until it arrived as she wasn't facing the direction it was brought from! Most of the assembled diners joined in Happy Birthday!!! We followed this up with a latte each and the usual supply of Aagrah Mint Chocolate. Just as we were about to get ready to leave, the waiter said, "Aren't you staying for the fireworks?" So we hung on until midnight and were among 20 - 30 poeple who witnessed a couple of boxes of what were termed "Earthshakers" going off! Something like 100 individual fireworks packed into a square container and each linked by a fuse to the next firework.The impression was of 100 individual rackets firing into the night sky, and the final 6 of each box created a fantastic display of pyrotechnics!