India curry travels 11000 miles

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India curry travels 11000 miles, sets world record

Vijay Dutt

London, November 10

 

The tales of celebrities ordering Indian curry and meals to be flown to them

thousands of miles away by their favourite Indian restaurants in Britain are

in a surfeit.

 

Such immense popularity of the Indian cuisine is the reason for the Indian

food industry's annual turnover of nearly £4 billion now and some of the

manufacturers having been honoured with knighthood and OBEs. They deserved

it if their cuisine made Tom Cruise while shooting in Italy order dishes

from Bombay Brasserie in London to fly them out to him.

 

The latest order, however, has broken the record for the distance to which

the ordered dishes had to be flown. It has led to its entry into the 2004

Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest delivery.

 

A British hiker Rachel Kerr was in Australia two years ago when the yen for

a curry made her telephone her favourite restaurant Rupali in Newcastle,

over 11000 miles away. So far calls have been made from New York,

Switzerland and Italy.

 

Another record of sorts was established by Kerr's order. So far orders from

far and away were mainly for the " national dish " , CTM (Chicken Tikka Masala

curry) and biryani, but Kerr was missing a vegetable curry. It was possibly

for the first time that a vegetarian dish was ordered from one thousands of

miles from her favourite eating joint.

 

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5983_453594,00430005.htm

 

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