McCoy's launches curry promo with new crisps

During these difficult financial times the currycouncil are always on the prowl for super money saving offers available to our visitors.

McCoy’s crisps are joining 1,500 Indian restaurants around the country with an offer for two main curry dishes for the price of one with every pack purchased.

Consumers will be able to take their promotional voucher on-pack to any one of the participating restaurants and consumers will receive one free main curry meal when they purchase a main meal of greater or equivalent value.

The promotion which runs until March 2011 will also allow consumers to bring more than one voucher to claim further main curry meals.

McCoy’s are also launching two limited edition curry flavours, also available from mid-September, McCoy’s Chicken Jalfrezi and Lamb Vindaloo.

Greg Johnston, marketing director of Bagged Snacks at United Biscuits UK says: "We’re extremely proud of the promotion and feel that it’s spot on for our target consumer. The curry meal is one of Britain’s great traditions and the restaurants have needed little encouragement getting on-board to take advantage of the extra sales opportunity the promotion will create.”

Consumers can log on to www.mccoys.co.uk to find the nearest restaurant taking part in the promotion.

You can also find additional local and national curry saving offers on our Money Off Vouchers page.

Source: promomarketing.info

Moorlands Restaurant Provides Hot Competition in the Tiffin Cup

The Qarma Tandoori restaurant in Leek is celebrating winning a place in the regional final of the Newby Teas Tiffin Cup 2010.

The national competition is held each year to find the best South Asian restaurant in the country and Karen Bradley MP chose Qarma this year to represent Staffordshire Moorlands. Qarma Tandoori Restaurant will battle with other restaurants in the regional final to go into the national Grand Final.

In the next few weeks a mystery diner will visit the restaurant and judge whether it deserves to respresent the region. Karen said;

"Qarma Tandoori Restaurant was the overwhelming favourite among my constituents so I am delighted that my nomination for them has been accepted. I really hope they will be chosen to represent our region in the Grand Final of such a prestigious award. I am sure everyone in the Moorlands will be supporting them."

Keith Vaz MP, Chair of the Tiffin Club said:

"We are delighted with the nomination of the Qarma Tandoori Restaurant. It will really put Staffordshire Moorlands on the culinary map."

Karen is pictured with manager Mohammed Ahmed and staff of Qarma cooking up a - hopefully - prize winning meal.

Currycouncil.com hope to visit Qarma in the near future and will be providing the forthcoming results from the Tiffin Cup 2010.

Source: karenbradley.co.uk

CurryCouncil Monthly Chaat

Welcome to the first edition of our new monthly feature - "CurryCouncil Monthly Chaat". We aim to bring you all the exciting news from the wonderful world of curry and beyond.

Curry Pasty

Ginsters have recently launched the Chicken Balti Pasty. The new pasty is a fusion of two of Britain’s favourite takeaways – the Cornish pasty and curry.

The £1.99 snack sounds perfect for a curry-in-a-hurry and may soon find its way into the lunch boxes of the CurryCouncil.

Health

The extra ordinary health benefits of curry was again in the news this month.

The Daily Star reported how “Curry Could Save Your Life” and that “Chilli-laden dishes such as vindaloo or phall might appear to cause the brave eater to tense up, but they make blood vessels relax. In turn this lowers blood pressure, reducing the risk of deadly heart attacks”

CurryCouncil member and avid Daily Star reader Paul Day (left) demonstrates how a hot curry “may cause the brave eater to tense up” and that curry may actually be good for your health.

New Restaurant

Delish Spice is set to open its doors to the public this week. The new Bramhall restaurant promises its customers “a refreshing twist on traditional Indian cuisine”.

The CurryCouncil are planning a visit to Bramhall's latest eatery very soon. Watch this space for our upcoming review and thoughts on their new venture.

Online Tikka-Away

CurryCouncil member MrMarf last week tested the credentials of the online take-away ordering service at the Red Rose Indian Restaurant in Hazel Grove (Stockport).

The whole process was smooth from beginning to end and made take-away ordering extremely easy. The food was also, quote, "spot on!".

This has resulted in the CurryCouncil's resident Business Naanalyst MrMarf emailing an exciting new idea directly to Mr Bill Gates at Microsoft.

MrMarf said "We need to devise some way of giving curry eaters online the best of both worlds. You need to introduce some scratch and sniff technology to give curry fanatics an idea of the spicy scent before ordering curry at their PC".

Landmark Review

The August 2010 curry will be the 40th Indian restaurant review to be placed directly on our home page.

There are even more reviews hidden away in our archives, please feel free to tikka some time to read some of our extensive back catalogue and add your comments.

Twitter

The CurryCouncil now have 300 curry eating followers on Twitter.