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The UK is obsessed with Indian food to the point where the Chicken Tikka Masala is the countries national dish. In this video Andy travels across the UK visiting curry houses to figure out how Indian food became a staple of British dining. And why, despite their popularity, the UK is at risk of losing these restaurants.
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Faultline was launched in the summer of 2022 by documentarian Andy Burgess. He has spent the majority of the past decade travelling across the world, producing, hosting, filming, and editing videos for himself and brands like Red Bull, Helly Hansen, & Terra Matter. He started making short form content on Snapchat and was nominated for a Shorty Award in 2018, before moving the focus of his stories into video journalism, guiding audiences through stories from across the world. His series ‘Origins’ with Red Bull explored the history of extreme sports, the communities behind them and how they have gone on to affect the cultures of today. Faultline is a channel that combines of ontheground reporting, research, and filmmaking to tell the stories of how humanity is understood through geography.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 The UK 's National Dish is a curry.
1:23 Paying the bills
3:05 The first Indian restaurant in the UK
3:54 The seamen from Bengal
4:43 Post WW2 Migration
5:34 Your favourite Indian restaurant isn't an Indian restaurant
7:32 The difference between Indian & Bengali food
8:22 1971 changed everything for the curry house.
9:49 What's the deal with the Chicken Tikka Masala
12:20 What do Londers think of the Chicken Tikka Masala
13:14 Why are all curry houses the same.
13:57 The peak of Indian food in the UK.
15:08 Why do I only order a Chicken Tikka Masala?
16:33 Why the curry house is dying out
18:08 The new styles of 'Indian Food' in the UK
19:38 Why the British Indian food doesn't taste like Indian food
20:00 The secret Chef menu
21:19 How curry house changed the taste of a nation
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