Indian restaurant named 'Best Northern Ireland' at 2024 Curry Oscars

A popular Bangor eatery has been named the 'Best Asian Restaurant' in Northern Ireland at the UK-wide Asian Curry Awards.

The Asian Curry Awards recognise and reward excellence in food and service across the whole of the Asian catering sector in the UK.

The biggest event in the Asian culinary calendar, dubbed the “Curry Oscars”, the finalists were chosen from a shortlist of over 200 restaurants and takeaways and voted for by the public.

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Co Down hotspot Bangla has been named as the best in Northern Ireland at the awards this year at the glittering awards ceremony in London on Sunday evening.

Bangla is an Indian Restaurant which specalises in serving authentic Indian and Bangladeshi cuisine.

Taking to social media after winning, they said: "Thank you all our customers and friends who had voted got us and your support to win the awards 2024."

The Northern Ireland shortlist for Restaurant of the Year also included:

• The Jharna

• Bengal Brasserie

• Himalayan Restaurant

• Yak’s Indian & Nepalese Restaurant

The event, organised by the Asian Catering Federation (ACF), which represents the nation’s 30,000 restaurants and takeaways, is the only accolades acknowledging the full panoply of Asian cuisines.

The Asian Curry Awards cover the complete range of Asian and Oriental cuisines: Bangladeshi, Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Middle Eastern, Pakistani, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

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