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Patna,(BiharTimes): The first Indian restaurant opened by a Bihari in London completed 200 years. To mark the event a National Curry Week is being observed.
Named the Hindostanee Coffee House on George Street, Portman Square, in 1809, the Indian food industry has grown into one of the largest in Britian. It employees over 100,000 people with a turnover of millions.
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A PTI report from London said that there is hardly a village or street in Britain that does not have an Indian restaurant. Chicken Tikka Masala is considered Britain’s national dish, while Britons continue to patronise the Indian food industry despite recession.
National Curry Week was started in 1998 to promote the cuisine and to raise funds for charities concentrating on hunger, malnourishment and poverty. During the week, curry lovers visit their local curry houses, some of which stage special events and fun challenges.
Sake Dean Mohamet (actual spelling Shaikh Deen Mohammad) who was born in 1759 in Patna, joined the East Indian Company and rose to the rank of subedar.
He and his best friend, Captain Godfrey Baker, came to Britain in 1784 and started a new life in Ireland.
Dean studied English and married Jane Daly, a pretty Irish girl. He moved to Portman Square in 1809 where he joined the vapour bath owned by Sir Basil Cochrane.
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I think it is the same Sheikh Deen Mohammed who is also considered as the pioneer of the art of champee in UK (champee gave rise to the word Shampoo).
Shitanshu, Mumbai
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