If you ask Londoners what their favourite type of food is, chances are you are going to hear ‘curry’ (or at their least imaginative, 'butter chicken') an awful lot. Owing to England’s centuries-long connection with India through trade and colonialism, and postwar mass migration from the region, it didn’t take long for the British to realise how delicious and satisfying Indian food was – UK and London Indian restaurants started popping up everywhere. Indeed, he first Indian eatery is thought to have been opened in the early 19th century, and it wasn’t long before the curry gained popularity and grew to become one of the country’s favourite dishes.