CURRY IN CAMBRIDGE. THE TIFFIN TRUCK, ORCHARD PARK

January 2025. Cambridge.

Back in Waterbeach for another day of searching through Mum’s endless treasure trove of photos and every card received in 30 years, we collapsed on Sunday evening and looked for an early tea.

Surprisingly, Mrs RM turned down my offer of driving her to the Haymakers for a pint of 7.5% Marcus Aurelius and pizza in favour of curry and a bottle of Kingfisher, which I assume is brewed in Northampton.

Anyone familiar with the A14 zooming eastwards from Northants to Suffolk will know the two budget hotels in Orchard Park, a more affordable housing estate in north Cambridge.

Tourists at the Premier Inn or Travelodge have now got a decent curry option,

the Tiffin Truck opening to 5* reviews last month.

Perhaps 5pm on a Sunday in January isn’t the time to test the ambiance, perhaps the main trade is always going to be takeouts; it feels a bit in need of “wearing in”.

But the fish and lamb curries with peshwari naan and rice and a drink were under £40,

which as the Southworths will know is pretty good value in 2025.

In truth, we ought to have had a veggie side dish alongside the meat, might have pushed it to a  3.5 from a 3+, but worth a try.

Of course, the golden rule of drinking after curry is to NEVER have beer after Mango Lassi, so sharing Mrs RM’s bottle on Old Peculiar from the One Stop while watching “Goodnight Sweetheart” was a big mistake, huge.

But I guess that’s the content and life lessons you come for.

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Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.

11 thoughts on “CURRY IN CAMBRIDGE. THE TIFFIN TRUCK, ORCHARD PARK”

  1. Absolutely amazing how much stuff we accumulate when we live in one place for a long time. You look around and say “I don’t have much” and then you start picking through it to find masses of things. I had a lot less stuff when I moved once every year or so.

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    1. Oh don’t get me started on the subject of stuff. Mrs B and I have a vast amount of stuff, very little of which gets used or even looked at but most of which will never get chucked out.

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      1. I think I have more “stuff” than most people but have been pleasantly surprised how much has been accepted by museums in recent years.

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      2. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how much has been accepted by The Household Waste Recycling Centre, Paul.

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  2. Before I make any (rare) purchases now, I just think of my poor kids having to get rid of it via the tip or charity shop in future and think, “Nah, I can do without that.” I’m still ploughing through stuff from when dad passed away in March, mainly farm business paperwork–blimey, his approach to record keeping would put any pub ticker to shame!

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      1. When I was clearing my mum’s house I found my dad’s notebooks from teacher training college. No use to anyone so in the skip they went. Oh the guilt though…

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      1. Exactly, what do you give a man who has everything? (The only non-consumable/non-wearable thing I’ve half considered buying over the last few years is a tulip-shaped beer glass, then realised all the Cardiff Beer Festival branded glasses from the 2000s I have and a, probably stolen, Hopback glass, so no point.) https://untappd.com/user/Cwrwgydiwr/checkin/1443485407

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