Balti Kings

A comical slice of British Asian life set in the Midlands. In Birmingham's Balti Land, where Indian restaurants ruthlessly compete for custom, curry wars rage with price slashing and chef poaching.
Restaurateur Yahsin Anwar is on the verge of being swallowed up by the mighty Karachi Karahi. To ward off this threat, his family plan a grand re-opening where you can pile your plate for under a fiver and 'Curry-oke' into the night. But the temperature in the kitchen soon rises, as the chef is faced with the challenge of producing dozens of dishes, hampered by staff whose personal affairs are also hotting up...

Summary

A comical slice of British Asian life set in the Midlands. In Birmingham’s Balti Land, curry wars rage with price slashing and chef poaching. Yahsin Anwar and his family plan a grand re-opening where you can pile your plate for under a fiver and ‘Curry-oke’ into the night. Can they succeed as things hot up in the kitchen?

Product details

• Authors: Sudha Bhuchar, Shaheen Khan
• Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2025
• EAN: 9781910798409
• ISBN: 978-1-910798-40-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 134 g
• Illustrations: black and white photographs
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories