The 45 Places to Go in 2012 - NYTimes.com
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19. Birmingham, England
Could England’s second city be first in food?
Olive, the BBC’s food magazine, recently startled British gourmands when
it declared Birmingham, England’s second largest city, the United Kingdom’s “foodiest town,” ahead of London and Edinburgh. The award came last October, just as Birmingham was hosting an annual festival, the 10-day
Birmingham Food Fest, which featured such local talents as Aktar Islam of
Lasan Restaurant; up-and-comers like David Colcombe of
Opus, Andy Waters of
Edmunds Restaurant and Steve Love of
Loves Restaurant; and a troika of Michelin-starred chefs: Glynn Purnell of
Purnell’s; Andreas Antona, Luke Tipping and Adam Bennett of
Simpsons Restaurant; and Richard Turner of
Turners of Harborne.
The chefs are building on an already rich dining scene. Birmingham is famous in
Britain for its
Balti Triangle, an area of town that is home to a beloved Pakistani-Kashmiri curry dish invented here; it is also birthplace to such classically British food items as Typhoo Tea,
Bird’s Custard and HP Sauce.
ALEXANDER LOBRANO
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