Bengal Village: Trying London's Hottest Curry

Evening Standard

Bengal Village claims to make London's hottest curry. Josh Barrie tries it out.

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00:00It's not for the faint-hearted and also it is very, very hot.

00:06I'm upset, mate. I'm upset.

00:10We're on the famous Brick Lane and we're going to try a restaurant called Bengal Village,

00:14which is apparently serving London's hottest curry.

00:17It's known as Afal and I'm going to go and give it a go.

00:20I've arrived in Bengal Village. It's quite quiet. It's a nice sunny day.

00:25Perfect temperature, perfect weather for curry.

00:28This place was founded in 1991.

00:31But they're sort of, you know, really promoting this London's hottest curry,

00:36which is nothing new, but this one is apparently going to blow my socks off, so I'm ready.

00:41There's 72 different chillies that goes in it all over the world.

00:44We get it from Bangladesh, we get it from India, we get it from Africa.

00:48There's a chilli called Fukmaris and that is fly chilli, it's called.

00:52It's very, very tiny chillies and Fukmaris is very, very hot as well

00:57and obviously you've got the naga, you've got the rest of it.

01:00It's got one chillies, you've got all that.

01:02Is this it?

01:03This is it, so we're just going to get you some rice.

01:05So there's some, I mean, it looks like a big chilli in the middle.

01:08Chicken has such a deep red.

01:11I mean, it looks, it looks a little bit like I'm going to plunge myself into Mordor, to be honest.

01:16Or, yeah, it looks like lava.

01:19It looks like lava.

01:20Right, ready?

01:21Ready, steady, go.

01:23Oh, that's a joke.

01:25Oh.

01:26Cheers.

01:27It is the world's potty.

01:28Do you agree?

01:29I don't know, mate.

01:30Do you want more sauce?

01:31That was a joke.

01:32Who finished that?

01:33I'm upset, mate.

01:34I'm upset.

01:35I can't say anything.

01:37Oh, this is, what the ****.

01:38I'm going to have some of that.

01:39I'll finish the chicken.

01:40I'm not enjoying it.

01:41Oh, this is good.

01:42I'm not enjoying it.

01:43It's good.

01:44Oh.

01:45Do you agree?

01:46Do you agree?

01:47I don't know, mate.

01:48I don't know, mate.

01:49It's a joke.

01:50Who finished that?

01:51I'm upset, mate.

01:52I'm upset.

01:53I'm upset.

01:54I can't say anything.

01:56Oh, this is, what the ****.

01:57Let me have some of that.

01:58I'll finish the chicken.

02:01It's great.

02:02It's good.

02:03It's good.

02:04It's great.

02:05I'm not enjoying it.

02:06I'm not enjoying it at all.

02:10Yeah, you're well done.

02:19My mouth.

02:20There you go, there's that.

02:21What have we got here?

02:22Mango lassi.

02:23Mango lassi.

02:24Thank you so much.

02:25Within 10-15 minutes it's going to go away.

02:27There is a weird culture in this country for enjoying hot curries.

02:32I've never been one for that really, you know.

02:34Eating in lovely curry houses and seeing the groups of lads come in.

02:39And there's a lot of bravado.

02:41It's a macho thing.

02:42That is utter bollocks.

02:44But if anyone is intent on doing that, I would urge them to come and have one of them.

02:50If I ever see someone finish that, I'll think they're a bit of a , but fair play.

03:04This is totally different.

03:05But that's kind of a more difficult thing to do.

03:06I'm looking forward.

03:07I'm not sure.

03:08I'm not reading that.

03:09And the reason for that, I'm not reading that.

03:12I'm not reading that so it's a lie.

03:13But I'd love to see someone who's been reading.

03:14I like the Joneses.

03:15I like the Joneses.

03:16I'm hearing the Joneses.

03:17I think that they're in a good way.

03:18I'm hearing the Joneses.

03:19I'm hearing it.

03:20That's a lie.

03:21I think that he might be the Joneses.

03:22I'm hearing it.

03:23I'm hearing it.

03:24Doesn't mean by the Joneses,

03:25that I'm hearing the Joneses.

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