00:00 National Curry Week takes place from the 2nd to the 8th of October and this year is the
00:05 25th annual celebration of the tasty dish. Manchester is well known for its range of
00:11 cuisine in the city centre and beyond. And there is one place in the city region which
00:15 is synonymous with South Asian food, the Curry Mile. A stretch of Wilmslow Road in Rushome
00:21 is home to some of the best and older Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi restaurants in Manchester.
00:29 The restaurant started opening in the 50s and 60s as South Asian immigrants arrived
00:34 in Manchester to work in the city's textile industry. The Curry Mile is well known to
00:39 people around the region and the term was established in the 1980s. But Manchester is
00:45 also home to many other restaurants and the city centre has chains such as De Shoom, a
00:51 place which has become very popular in recent years after a site opened here in 2018.
00:56 "Oh, thank you everyone. That was good curry from time to time, especially when you're
01:01 recovering from a hangover or something like that. But yeah, in terms of Manchester, I
01:05 tend to go to De Shoom, just around the corner from where I live, so it's not too bad. But
01:09 also at bars, can't beat a massive family-sized garlic naan from there. It's just down the
01:15 road from Beaton Tower, it's nice down there." "I would say at bars as well, but in terms
01:20 of curry, I love curry. I think my go-to stuff are tikka masala. But yeah, recommendations
01:25 are great for fat bars. Really good, you get these huge naans that are like this high,
01:30 thank God. Really good." "I make it at home. When I eat out, I eat at Boudjon in
01:35 Falesworth. I've eaten there for years. And my favourite dish I would say is Bombay Aloo,
01:42 because I love my potatoes because I'm Irish, and Chicken Tikka. It's family run. We know
01:48 the family, we've gone there for years. It's fresh, it's tasty, and very often JB, who
01:54 runs it, experiments his dishes with us, so we get to taste lots of new dishes." "Dish
02:00 Room, it's just a really nice place to eat, and it's quite authentic, and the setting's
02:05 nice, and it's not like a typical curry house that you get in the curry mile. It's a bit
02:10 more bushy. I mean, obviously, predominantly, it's always been up on the curry mile, but
02:17 there seems to be a few more city centre, rather than on the curry mile, so a little
02:23 bit out of the bush. So yeah, it's sort of like growing and I like the taste of spice and stuff."
02:29 "Big tradition, yeah, it's absolutely lovely. Love it, yeah, definitely. All of it, just
02:34 loved it. First time, it was only a couple of weeks ago. Been waiting to go for a long
02:39 time now, but yeah, I'll definitely be back. It's really good."
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