Inside England’s Most Indian City 🇮🇳🇬🇧

Ever wondered what it feels like to step into a city in England that looks and tastes just like India? In this video, I explore England’s most Indian city where nearly half the population is from the Indian subcontinent!

From the famous Golden Mile filled with gold shops, sari stores, sweet stalls, and fresh Indian street food, to vibrant temples and authentic restaurants, this city is like taking a trip to Gujarat without leaving the UK.

Leicester’s Golden Mile, a stretch of Belgrave Road, earned its name for the dazzling display of gold jewellery shops, vibrant clothing stores, and restaurants that sprang up in the late 20th century, creating one of the most famous hubs of Indian culture in the UK.

Its origins trace back to the 1960s and 70s, when a significant wave of Indian migration arrived, particularly from East Africa. Many Indians had originally settled in countries like Uganda and Kenya under British colonial rule, but political upheaval – most notably Idi Amin’s 1972 expulsion of Asians from Uganda – forced thousands to seek new homes.

England, and specifically Leicester, became a key destination due to existing community ties and affordable housing.

Over time, these migrants transformed Belgrave Road into a thriving commercial and cultural centre, making it a focal point for Diwali celebrations, traditional cuisine, and Indian enterprise.

Join me as I eat, explore, and uncover the hidden gems that make Leicester one of the most uniquely Indian spots in the world.

00:00 The most Indian city in the world
02:24 When did Indians arrive?
04:36 Best Indian breakfast in England! (Milan & Di Damao)
09:58 Meeting the locals
22:21 The main market
27:01 Indian Pub (The Indian Queen)
31:13 India Supermarket (Root Millers Superstore)
34:26 Fish street
38:38 £5 Haircut
39:45 Authentic street food! (Bright Superstore)

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Today I am exploring
the most Indian city outside of India. Nearly half the population here are from the Indian subcontinent. And in fact there are more people
from South Asia here than White British. This place is truly a very unique spot here in England. And today in this video we are going to explore this street. This is the golden Mile, known to be packed with gold shops, Indian restaurants, sweet stores, snack stores, sari stores and decades of Gujarati culture. As we’re going to see in this video, let’s explore the Golden Mile. And the first thing we notice at the very beginning of the Golden Mile, we have a temple. This is a Lord Shiva temple. And look at “Jatt Scaffolding.” My bros from Haryana are doing the scaffolding here. Or maybe they’re Jaat from Punjab. Hard to know. Let’s see. It’s closed right now. But, Yeah, you can come here. Okay. Every Saturday. Aarti at 7 p.m.. Okay? So we won’t be seeing prayers tonight because it’s not Saturday. And now the very next thing, I’ll show you before I tell you a little bit more about what makes this place special is Mr. Mahatma Gandhi ji. There’s a lovely statue dedicated to him here. I’m not very happy about the rubbish though. Oh. Have you? Thank you so much, sir. How are you? All right. What’s happening?
– Nothing. Ram Ram. – Ram Ram. I see you well most of the time on the YouTube. Yeah. Thank you.
– You’re from New Zealand? So it’s Friday. What are you doing here on a Friday? What’s happening? Oh, good. Lovely. It’s beautiful weather for it. Yeah. Lovely. Just like India. Yeah. I just started exploring, man. I just said exploring today, so. Yeah. Yeah. Nice meeting you. Thank you brother.
– Have a good day. So how did this place come to be? Well, in the 1970s, Indians got expelled from Uganda and England took them in. And a lot of them from the Gujarati community settled here in Leicester. Why were they expelled? Well, the Gujaratis they are incredible business people, very business minded. And wherever they go, they are super, super successful. Like you’ll see throughout the Golden Mile today. And basically, you know, one of the main reasons was jealousy from the locals. The Gujaratis, the Indians, they became so economically successful in Uganda that they got they got kicked out. Crazy, right? Imagine that. How dumb is that? Kicking out your most successful people who are building your country. But that’s what happened. So England said, “Yeah, come here.” You can see the gold right here. It’s already started. This is why it’s called the Golden Mile. They reckon there’s more gold stores here than anywhere else in England and Europe as well. And now, if you don’t know who I am, my name is Karl Rock. I have lived in India for many years now. I live in Delhi with my wife. She’s from Haryana. And I’ve travelled to every single state in India as well. And, with my England food tours, I’m always looking for authentic flavours so you can come down here and taste something which is just like India. I’m not interested in fusion food. There’s so much fusion food you’re going to find here, but I’m looking for stuff that tastes exactly like India. I’m looking for people who are keeping it authentic, who brought the recipe from India and are doing exactly the same way. Okay? I’m not looking for Vada Pao served of ketchup. I’m not looking for like a gastropub where it’s like a cross between the Sunday Roast and Indian spices. I’m not looking for any of that fusion stuff. We’re looking for authentic flavours. So, if you can’t come to India. At least you can come to one of these places and try something, na. I don’t think Indian food needs to be changed. I think Indian food is perfect the way it is. There’s always a siren in this country. Good morning. We have gone back in time because one of my subscribers that I met on this street, he told me, “Karl, you got to come to this place and have breakfast.” This is Milan Di Damao. And that word salad means something. So ‘Milan’ is the owner’s name. ‘Di’ is his sister. And ‘Damao’ well, that means Daman. It’s a brother and sister restaurant. And they’re from Daman, a union territory in India. So let’s go and see what these guys are doing for breakfast day, aye? Oh, it’s busy in here already. Good morning, Bro. Are you Milan? Yes, I’m Milan. So this is the man. I met one of your patrons yesterday on the street, Mr. Om, and he told me I’ve got to
come here for breakfast, and I’ve got to try your Vada Pao. He said you guys specialize in the freshest Vada Pao. Yeap. Yeah, it’s one of the famous places to eat Vada Pao in the Leicester.
– Cool, man. I’ll take that and a tea. Perfect. And I think immediately I can see why this place is so popular. So you can get… Oh, man! You’re going to see what
I get for £2. Okay? Just £2 this meal that I’m having and you can see the fresh buns are right here as well. So let’s go and take a seat. Bro this looks beautiful. Thank you. Oh. Cool. Nice. Thank you, Milan. So. Wow. This is beautiful. What we have here
is a plate of Vada Pao. Bread. Potato Ball. And, you know, a chilli. And I’ll show you how to do it, aye? I’ll show you how to make your own. This is just like how they make it on the streets of Mumbai. You’ve got fresh bread, you grab your vada. I can feel this is fresh. He’s just fried this out in the back there. It’s golden. And inside is potato and spices. You get your vada, stick it in there. Just like that. And You can put the chilli in as well if you, if you want that kick. Now you have your Vada Pao. Bread and potato ball Then you dip it in the chutney and he’s got two different chutneys here. On the left it’s a spicy chutney. On the right it’s less spicy. So you can kind of mix them yourself. It’s, absolutely perfect. It’s just like what I would have on the streets of Mumbai. And the key is it needs to be done fresh. Everything in Indian food needs to be done fresh. That’s one of the, you know, one of the rules of Indian cooking. Do everything fresh. And this is all absolutely fresh. And that’s why it tastes so good. And his chutney is great too. Man! So to give this Maharashtrian dish a little Gujarati twist and you’ll notice us throughout this video, the chutney is a little sweet. Gujarati sweeten everything up a little bit compared to the rest of India. So that’s how I know this is a Gujarati-style Vada Pao. We have had such a strong start here, and, because he’s my subscriber. He’s given me some Bhajia to try to. It’s just fried vegetables. Good. But their Vada Pao is the real winner here. And, so what I’ll do is I’ll usually just stuff. I’ll stuff two vade (potato balls) in there. And I’ll eat it just like that. With the chutney. Let’s hope the rest of the street is just like this. Just like India. I’ve already made some friends here. This is Parth and Zeel and you guys are newly married, aye? Yeah.
– It’s been a month. A month only. Congratulations, guys.
– Thank you. So they have come in for breakfast too. You guys have, like, a favorite restaurant along this street. What’s your favorite? Here is Vada Pao. We love it. Any any others? Actually, I prefer homemade food. So he knows more. He’s Punjabi. He knows the best food is from home., Nice. Lovely.
– Yeah. So I just want to say
thank you to these guys for bringing me to their table and offering to pay for me as well. Crazy man. Like wherever I go around the world, people look after me like that. So yeah, thank you guys. No man, anytime, anytime. And, if my face is going red because I ate that chilli, or I ate half that chili. And I’m feeling it now. That was an absolutely perfect way to start this vlog. And I met another lady in the queue, and, she goes to me, “It tastes just like Mumbai.” And that’s why she goes there. And she was so right. That’s exactly what I said. Okay, I’m going back to the hotel, and I’ll meet you guys
back here at 5:30 p.m. Oh, look at this, so, you know, Bobby’s on the corner here. Chai Paani here. And Punjab National Bank here. Hey! They’re open. Oh my God. First I’m seeing an Indian bank that’s actually open. I mean, they’re closing right now, But, yeah, they were… They were open. This guy’s just parked in the middle of the street. What’s up with that? Just like India. Oh, well, there you go. Bank of India. Yeah, there it is, Leicester branch. So this is the gold section of the street and, yeah, the fashion section of the street. And the food section is coming up now. Here we have… This is called Vrindavan. That’s a place in India, So this shop is selling all sorts of prayer ceremony supplies. We’ve got Rakhi for Raksha Bandhan, And now the crazy thing is in that Vrindavan store I’m so glad I walked in and chatted with people. There was a white British woman in there, and she was there repairing Indian people’s or Hindu people’s idols. Idols that had got tipped off that it got broken. She was in there repairing it because she learned this, this skill from her, her father. She learned how to repair marble. So nice, so nice. She was too shy to be on camera. So I said, I just tell her story now. Yeah. What’s up? Come over. Come over here, mate. Oh, I appreciate it. Wah, it’s too many people. It’s too many people. You alright mate? What are you doing down here? Just exploring man. What are you doing here? What shop? The sari sari mandir. Image. Everything. Is it? Can I do that? Yeah. I’m coming, I’m coming. Hello. What’s up bro? Tell me about Leicester. What do you know? Not very good. What?!?
– Not very good. Looks okay to me, man. It’s all right. It’s like a small London, you know. It’s not Wolverhampton. Have you been there? That place is rough, mate. I’ve been there. It’s… I’d say Leicester is like a cross between Birmingham and London. It’s very multicultural city. Yeah.
– Lots and lots of places like this. You know, if you go down
Norbury Road as well, it’s Eastern European. Got it. Well it’s very nice man. Nice to meet you. It’s lovely to meet you bro. See you later. All right. Next person. Meeting a lot of people. And there will be a lot of people to meet in this vlog. So this is Image Hair & Beauty. Is this your shop, ma’am? Cool. What’s happening everybody? Oh that’s nice Leicester, there’s a lot of you guys here. I’m. I’m so happy to meet you all and take photos of you all, and. Yeah, it’s awesome to meet you guys. Okay, let’s keep exploring. We’re getting up towards the food area now. What are these guys up to? This is Pramukh. Hello. Namaste. So check this out. This is like a shop here. And it says up here paan sold here. This is Pramukh Fruit Veg. & Grocery. And here this guy is selling I think it’s called ‘Gola’ (circle). It’s like shaved ice basically. And he’s going to put all these flavours onto the shaved ice. That’s a… it’s a classic Gujarati drink, isn’t it? Shikanji. It’s like, spicy lemonade, na? Sweet and sour. Oh, it’s sweet and sour. Cool. And you can see in his window here. I can read devangari (Hindi script). So, this says, “Ram, Ram, Ram, Ram”, all over and white. And then here it says, “Jai Shri Ram.” So from that we can tell he’s a Hindu and he’s a follower of, Lord Ram. And let’s go have a
look inside the shop. I’ll show you what I
found here yesterday. See, he’s got the… He’s got the Sprite bottles from India. It says ₹20 on it. Long live Lord Ram. So they’ve got, like, Indian food here as well. Balaji. Yes. Look at all this. All the namkeen. These are all, like snacks, basically. And of course, you have to have, you know, Maggi is here as well. 5 for £1. That’s cheap, man. 5 for £1 (₹118) is a good deal. And of course they have Lay’s Magic Masala 3 for £2. Good man. Good prices. And so this stuff here he’s going to make paan. Like Betel Nut Leaf and then it’s got these other kind of nuts and stuff in it. Bye. Nice to see you.
– Ram Ram. Bye. Bye, Bro. So that’s a little Indian store here. Get what you want. This is an Ice Gola (Ice Block). See? That’s on a stick. Or you can get it in a cup as well. That’s what the guy’s selling there. Bye, Bro. Okay, we’ve left the gold section behind and we’re going towards the food area. There’s something else very special that happens in this area. They have probably the biggest Diwali celebration outside of India on this street. They just lined the whole of the Golden Mile with Diwali lights. Unfortunately, I’m not here on Diwali. I wish I was. They’re very proud of their Diwali celebration. Alright, now here’s something which is just like India. See all these, guys sitting here? It’s just like India. People are all hanging out. Get together and chatting to each other. Just hanging out. Yeah. Just like in India.
– Yeah. When I go to Haryana, there’s people sitting on the street like this and playing cards and smoking hookah and drinking chai. Yeah. No. We don’t play cards. No hookah?
– No hookah, nothing. You’re good boys. Thank you. Good boys. But, we are talking each other. Yes. Laughing. Joking. Yeah
– Something like that. Only for socialise. Social life, yeah. Yeah. It’s basically a social club. Yeah, yeah! All along the street here. And we got a lot of friends with pigeon. Pigeon…
– Okay. They come down here when we are here. Are you from BBC? No, man, I’m from YouTube. I have my own channel. Yeah, I’m on my own. It’s called. It’s under my name. What’s the name? Karl Rock.
– Karl Rock. Yeah. And I live in Delhi with my wife. She’s from Haryana. 90?!?
– 90. Nine Zero. He came in 1967. Wow. And he bought a house in £200. £200! No, no. How to spell Karl? K, A, R, L. A house for £200 in 1967. Karl Rock, yeah? Amazing! Yeah, you’ll find it. You can’t get £200 pound anything now. A million pound, £500,000. Is it correct? I’m getting some subscribers here. This one? I’m going to subscribe. Thank you, sir, thank you. I’m going to sub… So I can get you a update. Thank you. I’ll release my Leicester video in like… When you are going to release this video?
– 4 weeks. 4 weeks, after that. I’ll go back to India and I’ll edit. Which part of India?
– Delhi. Pitampura. Pitampura, oh, good. Nice to meet you guys. Thank you dear. Bye. Thank you, Sir. Karl, Karl. So the Golden Mile is along here, right? And the back streets look like this. It’s just rows and rows of houses, and they all look exactly like this. On this side and on that side. Just thousands of them like this. You can see Patel & Co Accountants. A very, very famous Gujarati last name. Yeah. And you can see like
on the house number 9 here. It says, We’ve reached the middle of the street now and so we’re finding all sorts of… Fruit and vegetable stores, cakes. “Nimbu Pani.” “Lemon Water.” These guys are selling Pani Puri. And of course, it’s mango season right now, so, yeah, you can buy, like a box of Kesar Mango. Hey buddy, what’s up man?
– Hi, man. I watched your YouTube channel. Oh thanks. And I have follow that regularly. Appreciate it bro. It’s really nice to see you here. Thank you. You speak Haryanvi, right? Someone’s yelling my name.
Guy at the bus stop. I better go and go over and see him. Let’s go. Let’s go see what he wants. And then, Then I think we’ll try some food. It’s going to be very hard for me to get anywhere… in Leicester. What’s up bro? How are you doing, Karl?
– How are you? Nice to meet you, man.
– Yeah, man. How are you doing?
– I’m happy to be here. I’m happy to see you in Leicester, man. Look at these tattoos, man. That’s cool. I know.
– Lord Ganesh. That’s my son’s name – Saransh. Lovely. I’ve got a tiger.
– Aw, perfect. I’ve got an Om and Trishul (trident)
there as well. Wow. And I’ve also got my name in Chinese as well. Very cool. Watch out for the bus.
– It’s a pleasure to see you Karl. I’ve been following you. How’s your wife?
– Manisha. Yeah, yeah, she’s great man. She’s at home. She can’t make it. But, I’ll bring her next year for a holiday. Oh my God, man. You should have bought her here. She would’ve enjoyed it around here. It’s kind of boring for her to follow me around, so I’ll bring her just on a holiday. Where I won’t do any filming. So how are you finding Leicester? Good?
– Yeah, I love it, man. The food is so good here so far. Yeah. What do you say is better than Southall? Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, that’s the first thing I said. Southall is like an imitation. Yes.
– London is like an imitation. Yeah, Leicester is best. Ealing Road is good. But Leicester is best so far. Yeah. Do you know what? Next month I’m actually off to Southall and I’ve got my, reservation booked in Southall. Okay.
– I’m staying in London, but London was, so expensive, so I couldn’t afford to stay there.
– It’s too much. It’s too much. Yeah, so, I’m staying in Southall. I’m staying in London for four days, so I’m going to be adventuring now. I’m going to be, you know, trying stuff out in Southall. Yeah. I’m going to be actually going to Wembley as well towards Ealing Road. Yep.
– Trying everything around there. Yeah.
– Right. Southall is like a Punjabi area.
– Yeah. Then you’ve got like… There’s not… I found more Pakistanis
there than anyone else. Okay. Yes, yes, yes. If you want to taste that, the Pakistani flavours then Southall is good for that. Southall is good for that, yeah?
– Yeah. Not like here. Okay. I like this place at the end here. Milan Di…
– Ow, Milan Di Damao. Yeah. This guy makes good Vada Pao. Just like Mumbai on the street. Exactly the same.
– Exactly, yeah? Exactly the same. I’m glad that you enjoyed that, Karl. Yeah. Because I was just about to recommend that place to you.
– Yeah. You’ve tried it so I can’t tell you more. It’s okay. I’m going to go try up here. Now, there’s a few more places that I’ve been recommended. So. Okay.
– Nice to meet you, yeah and I’ll see you soon.
– Appreciate it, Brother. I have the best subscribers, man. So many subscribers. Hi, guys. Hi. It’s just like a back home in India, man. Okay. I live in Delhi with my wife. We’ve been there for eight years. Yeah. And, just exploring England at the moment. So, yeah, there’s even, Ganna (sugar cane juice) here on the street. £3.50 though. See you later. Bit expensive, bit expensive for… sugar cane juice Man, it’s cool, they’ve got like all sorts of street food. Biryani, if you want Biryani. This is apparently Hyderabadi. This guy’s doing pani puri. I think. You’ve got your… It’s halal. Halal butchery here if you want halal. So there’s two types of meat in India. There’s halal and there’s… What is the other one? I forgot. But it means swift in Hindi. And that’s what the Hindus will eat. The Muslims eat halal. The Hindus will eat… The animal killed swiftly. It’s killed differently to halal. But I haven’t seen one of those meat places here only halal. Now we’re going to go into a place called Bhojalram Sweets & Farsan. It looks like they’re doing, Oh, Gujarati kind of snacks in here. So let’s go have a look. Hey, bro. How are you, man? I am, it’s beautiful. Smells nice in here. I like it. So, yeah, these guys have all sorts of Gujarati Namkeen, na? All these types of different like sev. And I forgot all the names of these things, but, it’s like. It’s like ground to the roof in these snacks and then some sweets as well. But what I want to try. Someone told me to come here and try their their samosa. So let’s see. Oh, man. It’s bright out here. Look at that. What a beautiful Somosa. Looks perfect. Let’s give it a go. I could smell that everything tasted good in there. Just walked in and got that smell of a Gujarati snack shop. I’ll tell you something about Gujarati food, eh? So, everything is a little sweet. Even this samosa. A little sweet, even like their dry snacks. There’s a little bit of sugar in there. It’s a little sweet. So, if you get something, you’re like, “Oh, this is… This is different… It’s… Maybe it’s too sweet.” It might just be Gujarati that’s all. Everything’s a little sweeter there. It’s good, man. Indian Queen? Is it… Is it fusion or what. Like Indian pub food or something like that. I want authentic Indian food only. No fusion man. I like Indian food, it’s perfect. Don’t need to change it. That’s what I feel. It’s perfect the way it is. So I’m happy here man. Brothers. They’re competing. A lot of Indian brothers do this. A lot of Indian brothers do this. Thank you, Sir. Nice people. That’s how I do my research, man. It’s getting a little busier around here now. So this is the main market. And you can see there’s a sign for the Golden Mile there. How are you?
– I’m fine thank you. Can I make a little video? – Yeah, why not?
It’s so… it’s so beautiful. Are you putting on YouTube? Yeah, I make YouTube videos about India and Pakistan. And at the moment I’m exploring Leicester and the food scene.
– Ow! Nice. What flavours are these two? Strawberry and bubblegum.
– Ah, okay. Nice. You’re making another one here. So this is Ice Gola, isn’t it? And he’s basically just making an ice block right now. Literally making an ice block Here’s the Golden Mile sign here. What’s happening? You guys been to the gym? Yeah, yeah. Cool, man.
– You’re right? How are you? Looking buff, man. I need to get to the gym, man. Honestly. I eat too much good food in India. Yeah, yeah, just hanging out, man. Just exploring. Yeah. I’m going to go check out this pub. Someone told me it’s like an Indian pub. And, they’re doing food as well. How do people not recognise you here? A lot of people are, man.
– Yeah. It’s crazy.
– Yeah, exactly. Yo. What up? What up?
– Yeah, so how was it? Yeah. Of course, man. Go for it, go for it. Hang on. I’ll be back in a sec. I feel like we should actually go and check inside an Indian pub, see what an Indian pub is like. Just out of curiosity. Alright, I’m here with Arjun and this is an Indian pub. It’s my first time ever being inside an Indian pub. How cool is this? I mean, even a British pub because I don’t drink. So, bro. Arjun, what do you guys do here in terms of food? Okay. Yeah. Oh, you guys do like a traditional, like, British lamb chop. But you’ll spice it up, right? Cool. Awesome. Yeah. So if you guys want to come and, you know, try something fusion. Why don’t you stop at a pub like this and have a beer as well? Cool. Thank you, Arjun.
– No problem. It must get crazy in here when India’s playing cricket. So, yeah. Someone brings a dhol along? What are you doing here? What’s going on? What’s happening Bro? So those guys in the were hard case the dudes in the pub. I’m so glad that I went in there, though, because… that’s something unique, man. That is definitely something unique here in an England that you’re not going to find in India. Okay? You’re not going to find a British pub, you know, a British Indian pub in India, I don’t think not like that. That was like very traditional. And yeah, I would go in there and try the food guys, if you want to have like a meat feast. Have a beer, have a feast of meat, that would be a great place to go. All right. Let’s keep exploring and yeah, maybe I can find some sweets next, then maybe some pani puri. Yeah. Let’s see, let’s see. Man, there’s so many of these Gujarati namkeen (savoury snack) stores. What all they’re selling in there. There’s heaps of them. And there’s another one right here selling very similar stuff as well. Royal Bites. And, yeah, my uncles and aunties just socializing on the street here. And in front of us here, this is what used to be a church. But now I hear that it’s, radio station. You can see their satellite there. Alright. That was definitely the main part of the street back there. Now it’s getting a bit more suburban, but I know there’s some other great little bits and pieces down here. Actually, I need a haircut. Let’s see if we can do that as well. And guys, if you enjoy these tours, do watch my Southall tour and my Ealing Road tour. Yeah. After these three places that I’ve been to, you’re going to have a pretty good idea on the Indian areas and where to go and what to eat. If you’re coming to England. I’ve got more here. Rangoli Sweets Centre. Paan Cottage. Maryland Chicken. It’s a bit out of place. Something’s gone wrong at the Bombay supermarket. Looks like it’s closed down. Some kind of old building. Quite nice. Oh, look, you can see here. There’s a sign here. It says, I can only read basically. “Paan” I can’t read the rest. It’s all in good Gujarati. Okay. It says, “Don’t spit paan.” You will be fined £150 / ₹17,600. It’s from the NHS (National Health Service) that. I mean, the food is still going. We must be at least a kilometre down this road already. A mile is like 1.6 km, apparently, but it’s still going. This is going to come alive even more at night time, too. We’re here a little early, but we need the light to film. Let’s go and see. Look at this. This is Root Millers since 1985. This is a superstore. And, yeah, you can see how kind of long it is. It’s huge. Oh, so this is. Yeah, an Indian supermarket. Except a really, really big one, guys. Wow. Wow. You’ll get everything here honestly. It’s massive. It’s just going and going and going. There’s even, like, fruit and veggie here as well. Wow. I mean, you can get everything that you can get in India here. Seriously. Oh, okay. There’s one more supermarket here, and it’s a super supermarket. It’s called Falcon. I won’t be going there. He knows me. But anyway, the guy that I just met coming out of Root Millers, he told me the food. Well, the Indian food in London is so bad and not authentic, and the flavours are just so off, he said, because a lot of Bangladeshis and Pakistanis are running “authentic Indian restaurants,” apparently. So maybe that’s why the food is not great there. Aw, thank you bro! How are you? You’re right. Good to see you, bro. So yeah, maybe that’s the reason why, the Indian food isn’t great in London, you know? But when we’ve come here, where I know these people are from India and they’re all from Gujarat. Yeah, you can taste the difference, ok? You can taste the difference between Indian food in London and Indian food in Leicester is what I’m trying to say. So yeah, maybe there are some fake Indian restaurants in London. We’re getting quite far down the road. That’s a nice street. Look at that. It’s very pretty. Yeah, it just keeps going. Like I said. It never ends. I’m going to cross over. Hey, buddy. You okay? Good, man. Good. Just exploring. See ya’. Another thing I noticed is down like every street, right? Down every street there are street parties tonight because it’s Friday. Yeah, there’s just groups of people, like drinking and having fun. And then there’s weddings happening as well. There’s lights all up and down, certain houses and yeah, there’s just a lot of life, man. A lot of life in these streets. Just like India, man. Just like India. It’s cool, it’s nice, and it feels safe here. Okay. There’s a lot of places in England where you ain’t going to feel safe. But this area, everyone’s cool, everyone’s chill. I can smell fish. Let’s go and see. Oh. Ambar Fish. Oh. Look at this. Wow. Yeah. Wow. These guys are from Diu. So Diu is a very small island. Island. Yeah. Just off the coast of Gujarat. It’s a union territory. I’ve been there. You’ve been there? I’ve been to Diu, man. It’s beautiful.
– When? But how come you speak Hindi? Six, seven years ago. Wow. Lovely. Oh.
– Yeah. I see. Rohu.
– This is Silver Pomfret. Pomfret. Yes. I noticed that, a lot of the fish shops are called Daman. A lot are called Diu.
– Yeah. Are all the fish people
from Daman & Diu? Okay. That makes sense. That’s why you guys are running the fish shops along the street. Ah. Nice. I just met a guy, and he’s 90, and he came here in 1966, and he said he brought a house here for £200. Is that true? Oye! Amazing. Beautiful, lovely for them, man. I wish I was them. Okay. Thank you guys. Take care. Thank you. And there we have the Indian flag. Yeah.
– There it is flying up there. Proud Indians.
– Take care. See you. Ok. Bye bye. Nice fellas here. This is Ambar Fish. and the dudes from Diu. Really nice. Really nice. There’s tons of fish shops along here. You can smell the fish if you walk down the street. And just speaking about Diu see there’s Diu Bazar (Market) there. Oh someone’s smashed out the… someone’s smashed out the… Oye oye oye! Hello. Do you know who that is? No one. You can. You are very. You are Karl…
– You are very famous. Hello you are… No, no, don’t put my face. I’m nobody. Hey, how are you doing, man?
– Good, man, good. You’ve been everywhere, init?
– Everywhere, buddy. I’m surprised to see this guy. Thank you for watching man I appreciate it. Appreciate it. You’re a good guy, you are.
– Thank you. Went to that Delhi and bought that pashmina and all that… That ******* he sold you some **** innit? He told me, Cashmere comes from a monkey. And you ****** him up? Yeah. Don’t worry guys. No, no, no. Ok, so, I gotta blur those guys. Guys telling me to go, go, go but the other guys, like, “Na, this guy’s alright.” “This guy’s alright.” I’m gonna leave them be. Oh, look, there’s a bunch of haircut places along here. I’m still going. Look at that. It’s still going. Head 2 Head. Head 2 Head. Should we go there? £5 for a haircut. I think we’ll do it. So I’m just going to get
my hair trimmed now. And you can come in for a £5 haircut or a £3 pound beard trim. So I should be looking a bit more slick afterwards. Thank you. Oh, man. Eh! Okay. The shave wasn’t like India. Oh my God, it’s horrific. They don’t, like, put any lubricant on your face or anything. The guy’s just going
at it with a buzzer. And it, like, all the hair is… All the clippings are all all over my face and all over my clothes. Ah! I guess that’s what you get for £3, eh? Horrific. Horrific. Really bad. Yeah. The barbers are not like India here. Unfortunately. Well, what was I expecting for £3 though? Oh, I’m going to have to get over that horrific shave. I mean, I’m looking cute, but I have get over that with something that looks very, very popular. The sun’s slowly, slowly sitting. This is Bright Superstore. And apparently they serve the most authentic Pani Puri and Dahi Puri. So yeah, that’s what we’re going to try now I got to get, the headdress of £3 pound as well, because it doesn’t take…
he only takes cash. So this is inside the shop. You got to order here. It’s like a, like it’s just a corner store. But outside he’s got, He’s got his wife running a Chaat (snacks) store. How cool is that, huh? And we’ve got the menu here. I think we’ll get Pani Puri and Dahi Puri because I love both. We’ll get both. What flavour? All flavours, I see. Yeah. Guava. Orange.
– Yeah. Doing all sorts of stuff here. That’s your wife, na? Boss Lady, yeah. See this. This is a crazy Ice Gola. This is the craziest.
– Yeah, it’s crazy. It’s very nice. See how long the queue is? Something good must
be happening here. So we’re going to try
Pani Puri here now. I’ve had really bad Pani Puri in Southall and really bad Pani Puri in Ealing Road. So I’m hoping Leicester is going to
come out and do good Bro, I just want, just give me 4. I can’t eat the whole lot. So let’s see what we got here. Thank you bro. So we got potato. You can do half-half. Half tamarind, sweet. And then half of spicy. More, bro. It’s good. It’s very good. Thank you. So much better than Southall. So much better than Ealing Road. And just so spicy. This guy’s doing Pani Puri the right way. Just like India. Okay, now I’ve got a plate of Dahi Puri. It’s these puri shells with yoghurt and spices and potato and chickpeas and covered in this ‘sev’, this, yellow kind of fried chip. Kind of. It’s hard to explain, but let’s see how we’re. Man, I love these. That’s my favorite chaat. Ma’am will you have one? This is crazy, man. So it’s ice. How do I get into it like that? No, that’s enough. Ice Gola. God knows what it is.
– You like it? I don’t know yet. Let’s see. He’s trying. First time. Yeah. First class, #1.
– #1! This is like a fancy Indian ice block, basically.
– Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Bright Superstore has my my thumbs up. It’s the best pani puri I found in England so far. They’re going to have to hire some more staff. I think they’ve gone viral recently and yeah, they’re under the hammer, man. The Golden Mile just keeps going that way. It just keeps going. There’s, you know, a few more hundred metres to go, but there’s not too much past this intersection here. It’s just mind blowing. And they are keeping things authentic here, which is what I love. So yeah, this is definitely been the best spot in England to find authentic Indian food. No doubt about it. The Gujarati’s there, they left Uganda, but they’re keeping it real here in Leicester. It’s awesome!