From a distance, it would appear a giant UFO has landed on the edge of Stockport and can’t get home.
But this shiny blue, pyramid-shaped edifice next to the M60 ring road, which looms ominously over the Greater Manchester town, is in fact the world’s largest curry house. The Royal Nawaab employs 200 staff, serves around 2,000 customers a night and gets through 15,000 chillies a week.
In fairness, curry ‘house’ doesn’t nearly do it justice. Palace would be more accurate judging by its size and glitzy interior. Its owner, restaurateur Mahboob Hussain, 71, prefers ‘destination’.
Certainly, curry lovers journey here from afar
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