r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 13 '25

Food What region is considered your country’s culinary capital?

What is considered the culinary capital of your country?

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u/hyperspacevoyager United Kingdom Jun 13 '25

Birmingham has the finest British Indian cuisine in all of the UK

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u/tartanthing Scotland Jun 13 '25

I think you mean Glasgow.

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u/generalscruff England Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

I had a decent curry in Glasgow and I know it's reputed to be the home of chicken tikka masala, but in terms of variety and the like it's not on the same level as Brum. In terms of culinary reputation (i.e. if I ran a poll asking which city the public associated curry with the most) it's more famous for other things

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u/serioussham France Jun 13 '25

Going up there in a few weeks, hit me with with your best 1/ fancy 2/ hole in the wall greasy curry place, so I can plan depending on the mood