15th May 2016 Hoppers Karam, Jyotin and Sunaina Sethi have opened Hoppers 36 cover restaurant inspired by the family home cooking and roadside boutiques of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, with the hopper and dosa at the heart of the menu. The interiors, feature warm terracotta tiles, a woven rattan ceiling […]
15th May 2016 The explosion in the number of Pan-Asian restaurants is driving the growth of Oriental food in the UK, according to a new report. Wing Yip, the UK’s leading Oriental grocer, commissioned the Oriental Food Report, a comprehensive study of the growing influence of Chinese food and other South East Asian
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14th May 2016 New Openings The Koh Group has opened on a former night club site on Endless Street in Salisbury, creating an “opulent and seductive dining space.” Koh Thai Tapas, the group’s 9th venture, is the first of 3 planned openings for the group in 2016. Although eat in customers
14th May 2106 Upmarket Indian restaurant Trishna has just announced it is to run a series of “Not Your Average Curry Nights” priced at £120 per head that will introduce modern innovative dishes from different regions of the subcontinent to diners, writes Glynn Davis. This struck me as interesting. Not only from the point
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13th May 2016 Watch the video: Nissan Leaf A pioneering Indian restaurant owner is making deliveries in a 100% electric Nissan LEAF as he aims to create Britain’s greenest takeaway. Minesh Agnihotri of Indian Summer in Brighton is using the car as he trials a new environmentally friendly waste-free service in the city. The
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Taj Cuisine Chatham has achieved one of the Cobra Good Curry Guide’s most prestigious awards, for ‘Culinary Excellence’. 12th May 2016 The Award was presented to the restaurant’s owner-chef Abul Monsur at a special VIP lunch with the Mayor of Chatham, Cllr Barry Kemp. Funds raised were donated to the Mayor’s selected charities:
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JUST EAT funds ticket give away 11th May 2016 Nominations for the sixth Asian Curry Awards (ACA) are now open. This year sees the awards expanded to include Turkish and Middle Eastern restaurants and takeaways for the first time. New award categories for vegetarian, curry pub, buffet and event caterer have also
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10th May 2016 Owners of around 500 Asian restaurateurs attending restaurant road shows were urged not to buy cheap and to up their game in terms of health, hygiene, nutrition and quality, if they want to survive in today’s competitive environment with changing consumer tastes The ‘Nutrition and Hygiene’ road shows were hosted in
(L to R) Vice President Bian, President Jiang, Yawar Khan (FoBC/ACF) and Thomas Chan ACF. Asian Catering Federation UK met Chinse Cuisine Association delegates on Monday 30 March 2015 at ABP Compressor House Royal Albert. Docklands London.
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Sky news has reported today about how the campaign to fight for a reduction in VAT for the tourism and hospitality industry has become stronger than ever and how it could offer a £4bn boost to the UK economy. As you may know the FoBC has campaigned for this since 2012 and are pleased that
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