1, Calling Chicken Tikka Massala the British national dish , along with the title “India beat China in UK”, is quite consistent with Time of India’s notorious reporting style and reputation.
2, Most “Real” Brits I know of are still considering the smell of curry pungent, nothing perfumery fragrant, unlike what that big mouth Indian chef Enam bragged in the article. I’m sorry but truth is truth.
3, you will find the sales record of Chicken Tikka Massalaand curry are directly and very positively correlated to the drastically increasing size of Indian population here in the UK, specially in London and Midland.
…oh, sorry, they call themselves British now. That might be the reason why “British prefer Curry” or why it´s so popular since “British also prefer curry for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snag these days”.
4. I have never eaten a single dish of Indian food, neither my gf, and I´ll never try Indian dishes. Yes, the smell is unbearable to be totally honest. More importantly if that romantic Indian standard of hygiene is of any guide, it´s not that hard for any chap with a decent brain to figure it out what that pair of hands usually did minutes before grabbing those dripping Curry Chicken into your plate… thank you, but no thanks.
Merry Xmas to you all!