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Bradford is crowned England's Curry Capital but loses out to Glasgow for British title
11:18am Thursday 9th December 2010 in News By Tanya O'Rourke
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Mohammed Gulbhar and Mohammed Akhtar cheer the win
Bradford has been crowned England’s Curry Capital after a highly-praised campaign by restaurants across the district.
The Bradford Council-backed bid came a whisker away from capturing the Curry Capital of Britain prize – beaten by only two points by Glasgow.
Bradford was commended for having the most “innovative submission” for its cinema-themed bid, created to reflect its status as Unesco’s world City of Film.
Competition organiser Peter Groves said yesterday: “Bradford presented the most creative bid out of all the cities, drawing on several aspects of the city to fully illustrate the impact curry houses and their culture have on the region and their local community.”
A DVD featured the four restaurants chosen to represent Bradford: Lahore Cafe Bar in Bradford, Azeems in Keighley and Aagrah and Shimla Spice in Shipley.
Mohammed Aslam, executive chef and managing director of the Aagrah group of restaurants, said: “Britain’s passion with spicy Asian food has reached a new high and when it comes to curries Bradford is the culinary hot spot for the country. This award is great news for the city of Bradford.”
Lahore Cafe Bar managing director Asghar Ali said: “I feel Bradford should have been number one. The bid Bradford put in was fantastic and the offer we have is second to none. It’s got the most restaurants and the best quality.”
Director of Azeems Barkat Ali said: “We are very pleased, there is always room for next time. We were up against quite good restaurants. I think we deserved to come first, everyone really put a lot of effort in.”
Faisal Hussain, a manager at Shimla Spice, said: “There’s no curry in the UK like in Bradford, the best curries are here. We’re still the best in England. I think Bradford still is the curry capital. Next year we have got a definite chance.”
Councillor the Reverend Paul Flowers said: “There is such diversity in the city and it is fantastic to see the public and the businesses which make Bradford the place it is today coming together to demonstrate just how good the city and its curry truly is.”
Comments(17)
albion
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11:46am Thu 9 Dec 10
Idler60 wrote:No, as they are all busy queueing for the loo after celebrating it.
At last something positive about Bradford. Will the council manage to put a negative spin on it
curse
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12:13pm Thu 9 Dec 10
ive returned
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12:30pm Thu 9 Dec 10
curse wrote:Take it you live under a stone and dont venture out much,the question should be why are nearly all the curry houses in areas that resemble the third world.
Bradford? Since when have Shipley & Keighley been in Bradford?
truthbeknown
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1:11pm Thu 9 Dec 10
ive returned wrote:i take it you are referring to your own area(eccleshill)...c
curse wrote:Take it you live under a stone and dont venture out much,the question should be why are nearly all the curry houses in areas that resemble the third world.
Bradford? Since when have Shipley & Keighley been in Bradford?
ouldn't agree more with you....I think if you lifted that judgemental stone from your head you may see things in different perpective ;)
Brent_Meister
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1:43pm Thu 9 Dec 10
Saltaire Bantam
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2:12pm Thu 9 Dec 10
BD16
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2:55pm Thu 9 Dec 10
Saltaire Bantam wrote:I've always preferred the sweet centre or the Karachi myself. Some of the bigger chains look more to presentation rather than the food.
I went to Shimla spice and didn't think much of it. Prashad and Aagrah are better.
I always think if you see knives and forks on a table you will pay too much and the food quality won't be as good.
puddin
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4:08pm Thu 9 Dec 10
Jaz999
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4:18pm Thu 9 Dec 10
sexysam
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4:31pm Thu 9 Dec 10
International in Morley St is another good one.
Infact I rcommend people go where they see a lot of Asians going for their curries, as that is agood sign of proper and real quality curry
lecutus
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5:28pm Thu 9 Dec 10
allannicho
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5:45pm Thu 9 Dec 10
makes individuals rich, cannot export it.
Windyass
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6:14pm Thu 9 Dec 10
allannicho wrote:Could export the gas I produce after eating one. :-)
Not like Wool though is it? only
makes individuals rich, cannot export it.
Some good news for Bradford at last.
Prisoner Cell Block A
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11:03pm Thu 9 Dec 10
DCarbz
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7:15am Fri 10 Dec 10
Beatles or Stones?
City or Avenue?
Kashmir or Karachi?
Once made the decision stayed forever.
yangy8
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9:36am Fri 10 Dec 10
yeah, a dump!
curry might be nice but the town is a joke.
curry is only thing that makes money but too many so can't all be making money.
what happened to people who remember bradford that used to be a vibrant place to go?
Reverend Paul Flowers obviously is not one of them.
Idler60 says...
11:39am Thu 9 Dec 10