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Beyond the Curry Mile...

Beyond the Curry Mile...

LET'S not shirk the issue. The majority of `threatened' Bangladeshi restaurants serve up ghastly regulation slop bearing little resemblance to any regional cuisine.

In contrast, Coriander's Special Dishes, while hardly offering hardcore Bengal delicacies in intriguing combinations and the emphasis on seafood reflects the cuisine's heritage.

 

Box of delights

Box of delights

Day in, day out, we eat dreary working meals out of soggy cardboard, leaky plastic and squeaky polystyrene.
Sugar and spice

Sugar and spice

Great, fat raindrops sit on the 6,500 lights decorating the Belgrave Road area of Leicester and with every minute the sky seems to darken further. It is good weather for staying in but there is no time to sit around moping: there are festivities to organise. Come November 9, 60,000 people will line these streets for the biggest Diwali celebrations outside the Indian subcontinent.


 

Food & Drink Festival: The lowdown

Food & Drink Festival: The lowdown

GOURMET or glutton, the 10th Manchester Food And Drink Festival is in town, bigger and better than ever.
Chef aims for world record

Chef aims for world record

CHEFS at a top Indian restaurant are hoping to scale new heights in their bid to set a world record.


 

 

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From washer-up to supermarket king Mango and marlin - yum yum A debut at Chequers? Small Cream Cakes Gulab Jaman (Milk Balls in Syrup) Banana fritter - Thai-style Aubergine raitha A banquet for Eid Garlic spinach
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