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Ian Mole remembers Sunderland's lost restaurants and takeaways - including the challenge of his first vindaloo, Eartha Kitt's hankering for some fish and chips, and an unusual post-pub biryani.
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Transcript
00:00 Today I want to talk about a subject close to our hearts, or should I say close to our stomachs.
00:04 So in the Deli Durbar 1978 is where I had my very first vindaloo.
00:08 I started eating it after I went the second mouthful. I thought my god,
00:11 for these days I can handle vindaloo no trouble at all.
00:14 To prove you were a gang member you had to nick a coffee spoon from Nottingham.
00:18 Who should she have perched on the end of her desk but Eartha Kitt.
00:21 Eartha Kitt said Audrey we're going to get some really nice fish and chips.
00:24 And who should walk in with the Beatles.
00:25 And John Lennon said what are you doing eating fish and chips in a Chinese restaurant.

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