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Lunchtime Curries in Loughborough
Posted on 02/03/2008
P. Klein
Over the last 50 years curry has become more popular than, well, an English breakfast. Senior politicians have even gone on record and stated that chicken tikka masala is now our traditional dish. Nationally we spend £3.5B a year on curry, with Marks and Spensers selling 18 tonnes of chicken tikka a week.
Loughborough has no shortage of both Indian Restaurants and Indian Takeaways, however one enterprising takeaway owner has decided to take the steps to open at lunchtimes. Farouk, from Farouks on Derby Road told inLoughborough: “I regularly get calls at lunchtime from people who ask if I am open so one day I decided to test how much business I would get. It was such a success that I have decided to open at lunchtimes during the week.”
Farouks have been trading for many years. As well as the traditional tikka, masala and biryani dishes they offer a wide range of house specialities, some of which you will have to travel a long way to experience. It also seems from the calls that they have been getting that the demand for a spicy curry in Loughborough at lunchtime is greater than many people may have thought.
If the thought of a curry doesn’t leave you drooling, then how about the thought of some of it’s healing properties to tempt you? There are even studies that show something called curcumin an active ingredient found in tumeric root activate the immune system to destroy protein plaques which are believed to be the primary cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Which might explain why Alzheimer’s disease is so rare in India. Curcumin is also believed to help combat other cancers such as breast cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer, and even blood cancer. No doubt it will keep the researchers busy for years identifying the true healing properties of this amazing ingredient and now doubt enjoying curries with the distinctive yellow colour imparted by this ingredient along the way.
So next time you are feeling hungry at lunchtime in Loughborough, forget the cob from the wagon or the place that delivers sausage and mash and treat yourself to something that you wouldn’t normally have at lunchtime.