Forty minutes in the car on the M60 on a dark, drizzly Tuesday evening to pick up a takeaway seems like a bit of an undertaking. Actually, let’s upgrade that to ‘daft’. But what if it’s supposed to be the best takeaway in the country?
Last week, the descriptively named Bombay Cuisine in Prestwich was given that very mantle at the Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards, dubbed ‘the Oscars of the curry industry’. Over 2,300 businesses were nominated this year, with over 100,000 votes being cast for the winner by their own customers.
To come out as the best takeaway in the whole of the UK as such a modest place - it’s a tiny spot on the edge of Heaton Park, just a kitchen and a waiting area at the front - feels like a pretty big deal. So here I am, on the motorway, really hoping it’s better than my regular Friday night go-to.
