National Curry Week has been going for more than 25 years, created to drive awareness and celebrate Indian restaurants in the UK. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 They can be places that have a familiar feeling where staff know you and welcome you like a friend or just somewhere that the food is really, really good and you enjoy the culinary sensations that the place provides.
I'm someone who appreciates a good curry, starting out with a chicken korma when I was younger, then enjoying a chicken tikka massala or a lamb bhuna as I got older and, now, where I appreciate the endorphins rush when I eat something spicy, like a chicken naga. Over my 40-plus years, I've been able to eat in Indian and other South Asian restaurants across the country, from Moti Raj in my university days in Sunderland to the Tale of Spice in Pewsey in the Wiltshire countryside. Closer to home, I've found places that were excellent and enjoyable places to eat because of the food, the service, the decor, the company I was in or all of the above.
Ahead of National Curry Week, which runs between October 7 and October 13, I wanted to list some of my favourite places within the region and why I like them. Living in Wolverhampton as I do, there will be more restaurants on my list from there, but I've also list some of my favourites from outside the city as well. Penn Tandoori The Indian restaurant nearest to where I live and one where I've never left feeling hungry or d.