The economy in this country is going through tough times with business shutting down every day, but it seems that Indian restaurants in Irving are bucking the trend. In the past 3-4 months, the Irving area has had 5 new restaurants open up in an already competitive Indian restaurant landscape. Each restaurant is trying to offer something different. 

• Samosa Hut and Grill - offers a very different menu mainly made up of 10 varities of Samosas along with some quick items like Kebabs etc. You will not find Chicken Tikka or Biryani here.
  
• Paradise Biryani Pointe - brings the taste of Hyderabadi cuisine with another branch of the Hyberabad restaurant of the same name.
  
• Anjappa Chettinad - brings the taste of Chettinad to Irving.
  
• Pakvan - offers Gujarati thali and a host of vegetarian options
• Desi Dhaba -  offers the traditional North and South Indian food but at a lower cost. Their weekday lunch buffets start at 6.99.
  

Its a competitive market with close to 50 restaurants. Lets hope they all make it. 

The last few months have drawn a lot of attention to attacks on Indians in Australia whicjh appear to be racially driven. Many students have been badly hurt and a few have even died. Mia Northrop, a resident of Melbourne has initiated an idea to stop the spreading of the violence through the promotion of great Indian food. Her idea is to get the people of Melbourne to dine at local Indian restaurants to show their solidarity to the local Indian community. 

The event is being scheduled for Wednesday February 24, 2010.  

Ethnic food has been identified as an important and emerging sector in UK and is one of the fastest growing areas within the retail market.

The World Food Awards 2009 is a new, national awards ceremony to recognise the best operators in the world food sector in the United Kingdom and Europe. This event will provide an annual focal point for the ethnic food industry - highlighting the valuable contribution of this rapidly growing sector. The World Food Awards is supported by the World Foods Association which represents the interests of UK companies operating in the ethnic foodservice markets, which covers; Asian, Oriental, Afro-Caribbean, East-European, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean products.

For the past 5 years, the British Curry Industry has been hosting the Annual British Curry Awards to honour the best restaurants in Britain. Indian Food is extremely popular in the UK and the awards were only a natural next step. If you are a restaurant owner, then being a winner or a nominee helps to separate you from the rest of the pack. Thiis year is a very special one for the British Curry Awards 2009. Not only have they reached their 5th year, but they will be commemorating another landmark occasion and celebrating the fact that the spice industry has received official recognition from Her Majesty The Queen. As a result, they promise that these awards will be bigger and better than ever before.