1st October 2017 The Strand’s historic India Club is “under threat” from plans to turn it into a plush hotel. Marston Properties, which owns the site has submitted plans to Westminster Council to replace the India Club’s first-floor canteen-style restaurant and lounge bar with en-suite hotel rooms. India Club director Yadgar Marker […]
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30th September 2017 Chef, restaurateur and author Tommy Miah has criticised MPs over the “terrible restrictions” placed on Bangladeshi chefs working in Indian restaurants in the UK. Workers from Bangladesh make up 90% of chefs in the UK’s Indian restaurants. Regulations state they need to earn almost £30,000pa to qualify for a
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29th September 2017 The Michelin Restaurant Guide has revealed the names of its new Bib Gourmand rated restaurants ahead of the announcement of full Michelin star awards on 2nd October). They include: Indian small plate-focused Soho restaurant Kricket, Vivek Singh’s Indian “market cooking” restaurant Cinnamon Bazaar, Sanjay Gour and Nand
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12th September 2017 Goa Premium Beer is to sponsor this year’s Greenwich Curry Club Awards. The award-winning gluten-free pilsner is brewed by the family-run boutique Impala Distillery & Brewery in Goa. The brewery was acquired in 2015 by Bollywood actor and film producer Sachiin Joshi. Exclusively imported into the UK by Viiking Ventures,
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31st August 2017 The Cinnamon Collection – which includes The Cinnamon Club, Cinnamon Kitchen, Cinnamon Soho and Cinnamon Bazaar from award-winning chef Vivek Singh – has announced a number of promotions as the group expands. With two new Cinnamon Kitchen restaurants due to open, one in the Westgate Centre in Oxford this October
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17th August 2017 Bang Bang Oriental, London’s biggest Asian foodhall, has opened in Colindale, North London. The eco-friendly 32,000 square foot venue, designed by Stiff +Trevillion, brings a pan-Asian culinary experience and cultural entertainment concept to the capital, encompassing a food court, restaurant and community space. ‘Bang Bang’ means ‘Good Good’ in Taiwanese.
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14th August 2017 Manchester venue for glittering ceremony Asian foodies can nominate their favourite restaurants and takeaways in the first Asian Restaurant Awards, which will be held at the Manchester Hilton, on Monday 12th February 2018. The awards are open to Bangladeshi, Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian,
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1st August 2017 Vikking Ventures, the importer of Goa Premium Beer, has revealed that the recipe of its gluten-free craft beer has been tweaked, as it embarks on a consumer-lead push. The announcement comes in the immediate wake of receiving a prestigious English Asian Business Award for ‘Best Marketed Business’ at a glittering
31st July 2017 Rola Wala has opened in Spitalfields, East London – its second site. Founder Mark Wright launched the street concept, which offers “twisted Indian street food”, translates from Hindi as “man that rolls” in Hindi, at Trinity Kitchen, Leeds, in 2014. The new site in Brushfield Street references the Indian roadside
.25th July 2017 The London Halal Food Festival is returning to East London’s Tobacco Dock on 19th and 20th August, showcase the best in halal food from over 100 vendors from around the glob, to an anticipated 15,000 crowd of serious halal foodies. Opening hours will be from 11:00am until 8:00pm on Saturday and
