Curry-Source.com
Title
currysource- the anglo-indian takeaway
Description
What do we think we're doing?
currysource makes and sells 'ready to heat' Anglo-Indian food and a focussed range of British food favourites. Our tiny Bergen street shop limits what we do and what we offer. Primarily our Indian range covers four curries, basmati rice, several appetizers and side dishes, naan bread and a range of pickles and chutnies amongst them the award winning Geeta's mango chutney. Our British range carries such staples as Marmite, Heinz Baked Beans and Robinson's Barley Waters. For a full list go to british grub.
Why Anglo-Indian?
In India there is no such thing as 'Indian' food. There is merely a dizzying network of practices, raw materials, religous restrictions, fuel choices, class restrictions, market forces and imperial struggles. India, with a population of a billion people, 15 languages, five major faiths and an area the size of Europe, cannot be said to have a 'national' cuisine. But don't despair, there is 'Indian' food in Britain and it is very much our national cuisine. From Land's End to John o' Groats there are curryhouses even in the smallest villages. Just as an Venetian dropped in the heart of Carroll Gardens might despair at what is called Italian food, a Mumbian might wonder exactly what we were up to.
Our home town of London has had 'Curry' for over 150 years.These original curryhouses were clustered around the dock area in the East End of London, their second wave moved up to the Warren Street area of Central London. It was here that a integral part of the British curry history was created. Newcomers looking to decorate their new restaurants went to the local wallpaper manufacturer, Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd, whose special ranges included 'flock' wallpapers. Hence the seemingly obligatory red flock walls.
