What was the first Indian restaurant?

[glaham]

So the Naaz, Nirmals, and the Indus are candidates. I remember eating in the Curry Centre on London Road in the seventies. But there must have been 'Indian' restaurants in Sheffield well before that - in the fifties. Which one was first?

[bensonhedges]

I believe the first one in the UK was Veeraswamy on Regent St in London in the 1920's - seems strange it would have taken 50 years to get this far north?

[arrodbo]

So the Naaz, Nirmals, and the Indus are candidates. I remember eating in the Curry Centre on London Road in the seventies. But there must have been 'Indian' restaurants in Sheffield well before that - in the fifties. Which one was first?

 

There was one called the ORIENTAL on barrack hill just up from hillsborough,i went there in about 1960 and i am sure it was Indian.

[jass]

There was an Indian restaurant on Ecclesall Rd years ago. Must have been there in the 60's I'm sure - Taj Mahal I think. Perhaps some people from the Hunters Bar thread will remember it. Think it may have been below Hickmott Rd.

 

Cheers, Jass

[Texas]

You got that one right arrodbo, I remember the Oriental, it was up and running in 1958, only had about a dozen covers though.

[sweetdexter]

There was one called the ORIENTAL on barrack hill just up from hillsborough,i went there in about 1960 and i am sure it was Indian.

 

Would that be on Langsett Rd?

I remember going to what I thought was a Chines restaurant about that location.

I ordered something that contained bean sprouts .Not being familiar with them I said they where using potato peelings.

I was nearly three years in Hong Kong and I do not remember getting bean sprouts in a meal

[Texas]

Now I'm confused. I think the Oriental was a Chinese. But there was also an Indian in that vicinity, like I said, a small place, only seated about twelve to fifteen people.

[arrodbo]

Would that be on Langsett Rd?

I remember going to what I thought was a Chines restaurant about that location.

I ordered something that contained bean sprouts .Not being familiar with them I said they where using potato peelings.

I was nearly three years in Hong Kong and I do not remember getting bean sprouts in a meal

 

I must be having a senior moment, cant remember if it literally sold "oriental"food" ie. a bit of chinese and indian

[sirglyn]

We used to go to the New Bengal a lot in the late 60s.It was on the junction of Glossop rd/West street but the oldest one I can think of was very near there right beside Pollards grocers.I think it was called either Everest or Himalaya and had been opened in the late 50s early 60s.

[CHAIRBOY]

The Himalaya on Convent Walk was owned by Pritish Majumdah who once worked at BISRA.