Barry Townsley, a stockbroker who lent £1m; Sir David Garrard, a property developer who lent £2.3m; Chai Patel, head of the Priory Clinics, who lent £1.5m; and Sir Gulam Noon, the so-called "curry king", who lent £250,000.
For food, the Coast Café above the Ogaan shop at the eastern end of Back Lane serves good fish curry with kokum (the dried peel of a tamarind-like fruit), malabar parathas (stuffed, spicy flatbreads) and zingy fish tacos.
In court, Jacobs' lawyers raised questions of whether Ng was also hired to curry influence, including with Beijing.
The technique of frying the curry paste in coconut oil, made from coconut milk, is an authentic Thai method.
When I was writing my cookbook, Made in India: Cooked in Britain, the sausage curry was the only thing Mum and I argued about.
In the curry recipe below, Indian spices just play footmen to these local ingredients.
Decant and set aside. 3 Heat the sunflower oil in a small frying pan and add the mustard seeds, dried chilli and curry leaves.
Patnem's beachside cafes all serve a similar mix of east and supposedly west: chai and something resembling cappuccino; curry and something similar to pizza.
Add the curry powder mix and fry for a further minute, stirring constantly.
Not content with its existing roles as pub of choice for Generation Preload, mid-week curry house, and makeshift community centre, JD Wetherspoon is looking to corner the breakfast market, with price cuts (a traditional breakfast will have 40p shaved off its price, while coffee with free refills is dropping from £1.15 to 99p) and an expanded morning menu.
It was my grandmother who taught me the basics of making a curry – her staple food and mine.
