howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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extract from the east kent mercury by graham tutthill.
Madras is the most popular curry in Kent, and a Dover tandoori is the cheapest place to buy it, according to the findings of the Kent Curry Survey.
Those questioned in the survey, by bitspicy.com, said Madras was their favourite (35%) followed by Tikka Masala (18%) and Korma (18%).
The survey found that Bromley was the curry capital of Kent with 15 Indian restaurants, followed by Maidstone (14), Chatham (13), Gillingham and Gravesend (12 each)..
With more than 250 Indian restaurants throughout the county, and a population of 982,000 adults aged 20 to 74 years, there are approximately 3,500 people to every curry house in Kent.
More than three quarters of those surveyed (76%) said they ate at home with only 24% opting for the restaurant.
Of the home curry eaters, 35% are eating takeaways and 41% now cook their own curry.
The price of a curry varies enormously across the county.
The most expensive meat Madras was £7.95 in Headcorn and the cheapest was £3.85 at the White Cliffs Tandoori in Dover.
