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"Currying favour!"

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Leicester Mercury article about the city's history of South Asian food and the fact that Leicester is named the best place for a curry in Britain in the book 'The Real Curry Restaurant Guide 1994'

"Serving success"

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Leicester Mercury article about Shireen Tandoori, a restaurant on London Road, being named the best Indian restaurant in the Midlands

"To curry favour"

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Leicester Mercury article about a study into the effects of eating curry

A tasteful art you just can't learn overnight

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Leicester Mercury article about the recipe of Indian tea

Adam's

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Adam's is a halal American diner located at 63 London Road. It serves a variety of food, including steak, curries and noodles.

Adam's Steakhouse, Food and Identity

A clip of Abdul Kadir, manager of Adam's SteakhouseTranscript:AK:"My brother, he chose the design [of the shop front] and he wanted it more of an American diner kind of eatery..."

Adam's Steakhouse, Food and Identity 1

A clip of Abdul Kadir, manager of Adam's SteakhouseTranscript:AK:"Predominantly, the most customers, well, we get a mix but I think it’s mainly Gujurati Indians that come and eat in and we do get about 25% of our customers are Arab." FF:"Would you…

Adam's Steakhouse, Interculturalism

A clip of Abdul Kadir, manager of Adam's SteakhouseTranscript:FF:"How would you describe your own ethnicity of nationality?" AK:"Asian British Bangladeshi" FF:"In that order?" AK:"Yes."

Bella Takeaway, food and identity

A clip of Farid Rezapaur, manager of Bella Takeaway.

Transcript:
"We are not Chinese. We don’t sell Chinese. But as this city is multicultural city, with a high potential, Chinese students give us a good chance to have a good business basically."

Bella Takeaway, history of London Road

A clip of Farid Rezapaur, manager of Bella Takeaway.

Transcript:
"We used to sell Italian and Chinese food together but we stopped Italian food because there’s so many competitors on London Road now. So many pizza places are opening. So it…