A mouth-watering menu from Britain's first Indian restaurant containing exclusive dishes like 'Pineapple Pullaoo' and 'Chicken Currey' has been sold here for $11,344.
Hindoostane Dinner and Hooka Smoking Club was established by Sake Dean Mahomed in 1809 at Portman Square in London.
Mohamed, an Anglo-Indian traveller and businessman with roots in Bihar, who was among the very early migrants to England from India, had opened the restaurant to bring the taste of Indian food to the UK.
However, the venture did not last long, with Mahomed declaring bankruptcy in 1812.
His restaurant struggled on as the 'Hindostanee Coffee House' under a new management for another 20 years, but finally disappeared in 1833.
A rare volume of a cookery manuscript containing the glimpse of the handwritten menu from the restaurant fetched 8,500 pounds (USD 11,344 or Rs 759,996) at a book fair here.
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