Chennai's Marina: Scottish Curry Evolution

It's April 3rd.

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Chennai's Marina just snagged the 2025 South Indian Restaurant of the Year award,

and there are no strangers to the spotlight with.

Branches on dowry road, clerk street, and monogu terrace.

They dominated the Scottish awards back in 2023 too.

Back in the 70s, Scots got their first real taste of curry through dehydrated packets like Vesta,

boiled back to life with those stubborn bullet.

Peas that wreck teeth.

It was a step up from porridge, lentil soup, and eggs with chips.

We weren't spice shy though.

Haggis packs heat, and we douse mince and tatties in HP sauce,

puzzling over tamarind on the label.

School home egg classes pushed these packets as fancy dinner, served in rice rings with

wild sides like desiccated coconut, banana slices, and grated cheese.

Then modern jaffri hit the BBC, ditching the bananas for real deals,

while Punjabi and Bangladeshi folks open shops betting we'd crave authentic.

Flavors.

They nailed it Zane's Curry House and dowry to take away champ this year.

Shout out to all our Curry Spots.

For evolving our plates from dried packets to proper feasts, they keep the love alive.