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Theatre and good food came together to kick off the Taste of Britain Curry Festival

July 20, 2016 04:01 pm | Updated 04:01 pm IST - Bengaluru

All round zinger -  Balti cuisine

All round zinger - Balti cuisine

It went from India to the UK and is now back in Bengaluru with the Taste of Britain Curry Festival. The Bard made his presence felt at the opening at ITC Windsor Bengaluru with students from Christ University presenting excerpts from Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet .

Michelin Star chef Mark Poynton leads a team of chefs from UK — Syed Zohorul Islam from Durham, Amjad Ali from Shropshire, Syed Noor Hussain from County Durham and Pintu Rozario, consultant head chef for Curry Life Magazine. They will create over 50 dishes including favourites such as British chicken tikka masala, balti and jalfrezi.

The onion bhajji, oregano chicken tikka, vegetable Madras and Naga fish balti and Chef Poynton’s offerings of broccoli, blue cheese, pickled grape and almond praline and smoked salmon and cream cheese roulade with lime dressing salad, the pleasant weather and easy conversations set the stage and mood for the opening evening.

Chef Mark also has a special pub food menu for dinner at Dublin. The Taste of Britain Curry Festival and the pub food menu will be available till July 24.

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