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The Hindoostane Coffee House, opened at 34 George Street, London in 1810, was an Indian restaurant, and the first of its kind in the British Isles. It was founded by Sake Dean Mahomed, a former captain in the British East India Company's Bengal Army. [a] It closed in 1812, when Mahomed became bankrupt. [2] [3]
The first curry house opened in London in 1810. More followed early in the 20th century; Veeraswamy , founded in 1926, is the oldest surviving Indian restaurant in Britain. By the 1970s, over three-quarters of the Indian restaurants in the country were owned and run by people of Bangladeshi origin, mainly from the Sylhet area.
Veeraswamy is an Indian restaurant in London, located at 99-101 Regent Street. It was opened in 1926 by Edward Palmer, an Anglo-Indian retired British Indian Army officer, the grandson of an English general and an Indian princess. It is the oldest surviving Indian restaurant in the United Kingdom.
According to EasyJet Traveller magazine, [16] the top three curry houses on Brick Lane in 2021 are Aladin, Sheba and City Spice. Bengalis in the United Kingdom settled in big cities with industrial employment. In London, many settled in the East End.
The curry industry is seen as a great success for Bangladeshis living in Britain, the industry which changed the culture of food in British cuisine. [6] [7] Chicken tikka masala is now served in restaurants around the globe, and a UK survey claimed it is the country's most popular restaurant dish. [8]
Gymkhana (/'ʤɪmˈkɑːnə/) is a two-Michelin-star restaurant in Mayfair, London. Opened in 2013, the restaurant earned its first star one year later, followed by a second star in 2024. [ 1 ] The name is taken from the Indian social and sports clubs of the same name. [ 2 ]
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• 2010 Cobra Good Curry Guide, John Blake Publishing, London — ISBN 1-84454-311-0 New cover same text as 2009. • 2013 Cobra Good Curry Guide, Curry Club Publisher, Haslemere — ISBN 978-0-9537735-3-4 Complete rewrite.