There’s a story running on the BBC about one of Fakenham’s takeaway restaurants. Spice Heaven had been painted in bright Norwich FC -like colours and officials from North Norfolk District Council think that “the whole elevation in this yellow colour is a little too much“.  Owner Raj Khan had wanted it to “stand out a bit” and I reckon he succeeded, albeit with a bit of a backfire.

I’m reminded of the old Chinese curse: “May you come to the attention of those in authority.”

In my opinion, it’s a tad bright but not too bad really. My office is in Norwich Street too, so I pass it twice a day – and it didn’t take long for me to get used to it. Nice bit of PR for the owner though – well done Raj. At least something good has come out of the fuss!

I wonder how the aforementioned NNDC official would view “THAT PINK HOUSE” in Lenwade.  It’s one of my personal favourites (for all the wrong reasons) and I reckon it puts this little dispute in perspective!

I can’t wait for Christmas and the outstanding display of naff house decorations we tend to get these days. I’ll try to snap some of the finest examples for this site!

It’s Curry Central in the Hall household today. I’m donning the chef’s hat again in an attempt to use all our balti dishes for a single meal!

We have a visitor coming down from Middlesbrough, so he’ll probably need warming up with a couple of chillified concoctions before sending him out to sample our local beer tonight!

On the menu: lamb rogan, chicken balti, dhal, saag aloo, mushroom bhaji, Bombay potato, Gujerati carrot and cabbage (that’s the missus’ speciality) and naan bread. Should keep everybody quiet for five minutes!