00:00So what originally, why did you choose to bring the restaurant to Blackpool in the first place?
00:07So we moved to Blackpool like six years back and everything was new.
00:13So we liked the British food a lot we were trying here and then after a while we thought
00:18we should give the authentic Indian, Kerala food to the natives as well
00:24So that they can know how different the taste is from the other restaurants we went to
00:29which were supposed to be the Indian restaurants
00:31because all the Indian restaurants were concentrated on one portion of India
00:35because it's a huge country
00:37So we are coming from the southernmost part of India, a place called Kerala
00:42which is very famous for backwaters and its coconut trees, the spices
00:49So we wanted to bring the traditional Kerala food to Blackpool
00:54so that the people of Blackpool will know how different that is from the other part of India
00:59because we are quite different in cuisine and language with the other portions of India
01:05So that's what we wanted the natives to know and taste
01:11When did the restaurant open?
01:13We opened last Sunday
01:16So how successful has it been since then?
01:21We had a lot of people through the door
01:23Yes, we were surprised at the number of people that were enquiring about the food
01:30and who were coming in to eat and they were so happy to taste a different kind of flavour
01:36and we make sure that we get the authentic Kerala ingredients
01:41So we go to the Kerala, there are a few Kerala shops and we get that South Indian particular ingredients
01:49and the spices and we wanted to be authentic on the taste
01:57and we want to do the traditional cooking
01:59So we have the chefs who are already trained in Kerala
02:03So they were trained in Kerala
02:05So they know how to do the traditional cooking
02:09and we have all the pots and we follow the traditional method of cooking
02:14and the ingredients we try to get everything from the Kerala shops
02:19so that it's true to its roots
02:27So what would be the signature dish?
02:32So Kerala is a backwater place, it's famous for its backwater
02:36and we have so many fish dishes
02:38and the fish coconut curry is one of the famous Kerala dishes
02:43So we use coconut in that, we use quite a lot of coconut
02:48because we have so many coconut trees if you look at the pictures of Kerala
02:52So we use a lot of coconuts in there
02:55and we make sure we don't get the coconut powder, we get the coconut, grind it
03:01So to maintain the authenticity, that's our commitment
03:06So we use that in the Kerala fish curry
03:10We use the coconut and the spices and the masalas
03:15That's one of our dishes and we have something called appam
03:19which is like a rice pancake
03:21and we have puttu which is like a steamed rice cake
03:27and we have something called Kerala parotta which is like a bread
03:32which is very very famous in our place
03:40So how did you initially get into cooking and restaurants?
03:47This is our first venture, we are a start-up
03:51So we are professionals but we thought why don't we look into a few things that are lacking in the city
04:01because we are from a different place and the people were so welcoming to us
04:05and they were so nice and they used to ask us a lot about our tradition, our culture, our food
04:11and each and everyone told us they love our food
04:14So we thought we'll bring some of those to a restaurant
04:20We'll start a restaurant to bring some of those to the natives
04:25So that's one of our inspirations
04:27because we ourselves have tried in different places to get the same flavour
04:31but no, they were really different, though they had the same names
04:36So that's one reason that we wanted to do this
04:43What would be your ideal future plans for the restaurant?
04:48So we have something called Onam Festival
04:52in which the community will come together, celebrate
04:56and we'll have a feast with like 30 to 40 dishes in a single
05:01Have you seen, I don't know if you've seen the picture, it's a banana leaf
05:06On that we'll have 10 to 15 dishes on the top
05:10and then with rice and many curries into that
05:13So we are planning to bring that to the community
05:16and like a get-together to bring the culture
05:19so that people know Kerala's culture as well
05:22So it's like a big event
05:24We will plan about that
05:27And I was thinking, so many people were telling me how delicious the food is
05:32So maybe some cooking lessons once in a while from our trained chefs
05:36Of the food, for anyone to come in and learn how to cook
05:39Like maybe we will put in an advertisement
05:41and whoever is interested then they can have some time with the chef
05:51I think, yeah
05:55Just need to get, I think that's the questions that I have
06:01Let's get a few questions from you
06:04Are you local to Lappal?
06:06I used to work in Staining, Staining Village
06:11Oh right
06:12Yeah
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