Chef Anand George, founder of Mint & Mustard in Cardiff, is to go back to his roots and pay a personal tribute to the home-cooking that inspired his rise to culinary fame in Britain.
The winner of the Best Restaurant title in the South Wales Echo Food Awards, The South Asian Chef of the Year as well as the Tiffin Cup, awarded by the House of Commons for the best curry house in the UK – Mint & Mustard is to stage the first ever Kerala Food Festival.
Running for a month from July 23rd, the festival will celebrate cuisine unique to the region on the Southern Coast of India, renowned for its seafood specialities and dishes featuring coconut, plantains and spices only found in the locality.
To celebrate his homeland, Chef George has created an entirely new menu for his restaurant on Whitchurch Road, which has quickly become one of the most popular eateries in the Welsh capital.
Chef Anand George said: “We have been overwhelmed by the reaction from Welsh people since choosing Cardiff to be the birthplace of our restaurant and our aim of re-defining Indian cuisine.
I believe people will be intrigued to learn more about the traditional home-style and street snack cooking of my home region and we will put on a real show by introducing dishes that have never been experienced in Wales before.”
Chef George was born in Kerala, and took an early interest in cooking at the family home. He progressed his career in the Five Star hotels of Mumbai before re-locating to the UK where he honed his skills in a number of leading Indian restaurants in London. Chef George has now established his family home in Cardiff.
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Cafe Naz – Cardiff, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff , CF10 5BZ
Tel: +44 (0)29 2049 6555
Café Naz is a chain restaurant that takes pride in serving contemporary Bangladeshi food in their four outlets. The focus is on quality and taste, so the menu is drawn up with care. Their glass fronted kitchen bustles with activity at meal times, rustling up delicious set and a la carte meals. Bangladeshi and Indian cuisine have evolved as a result of their popularity, and are today known for their balti and korai curries and freshly baked Indian naan breads. One can also enjoy the rice preparations like biryani and pilau with tangy chutneys and other sides.