{"id":265,"date":"2008-07-08T00:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=265"},"modified":"2008-07-08T00:27:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T00:27:00","slug":"a-brick-lane-curry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-brick-lane-curry\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brick Lane curry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brick Lane runs from Bethnal Green in the north, passes through Spitalfields and on towards Whitechapel High Street.<\/p>\n

Situated in the heart of London’s Sylheti Bangladeshi community, the street is known as the curry capital of the UK.<\/p>\n

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Walking down the street you can expect a full hustle from waiters and restaurant employers (amusingly described as ‘Tikka Touts’) hell bent on luring you into their premises.<\/p>\n

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As you progress down the street, expect to be offered ever-improving offers; “Twenty five percent off – but only if you take our offer now!”, “Free first round of drinks plus thirty per cent off!” and my favourite, “Special VIP table!”.<\/p>\n

My tip: decide where you want to go first and ring up them up beforehand to sort out a good deal.<\/p>\n

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We went to Cafe Raj on 42 Hanbury St, just off Brick Lane.<\/p>\n

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The food was very good, the restaurant clean and the service reasonably swift, although our promised ‘free Cobra beer’ turned out to be a glass of some nondescript lager.<\/p>\n

The promised discount also needed some firm renegotiation after they sneakily added a clause that everyone had to order a main course.<\/p>\n

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Things got a little tatty when we headed out to the outside loo that had a worryingly large pile of toilet rolls stacked up.<\/p>\n

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I loved this ‘Chef of the Year’ sign. No need to tell us what year it was or who accorded the place the honour!<\/p>\n

Still, it was a good curry, and although not quite able to challenge our favourite curry house in the capital – Khan’s of Brixton<\/strong><\/a> – we can definitely recommend the place. <\/p>\n

More Brick Lane photos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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