{"id":2543,"date":"2007-05-08T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T15:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/05\/08\/birmingham-balti-a-hit-in-rough-guide\/"},"modified":"2016-01-06T16:48:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T16:48:30","slug":"birmingham-balti-a-hit-in-rough-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2007\/05\/08\/birmingham-balti-a-hit-in-rough-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Birmingham Balti\u2019 a hit in Rough Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<div><strong>HAVING a Balti in Birmingham\u2019s infamous \u2018Balti Triangle\u2019 is a must before you die, says a new travel guide.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Balti stretch in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham boasts a number of Asian restaurants which attract a number of curry-lovers across the year. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>And visiting the area is one of life\u2019s \u201cmust do\u201d experiences across Britain according to the Rough Guide who published a list of 25 experiences to celebrate its 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Visiting the Balti Triangle came in 15<sup>th<\/sup> in the list which also includes watching Premiership Champions Manchester United play at Old Trafford, visiting the Edinburgh Festival and surfing in Newquay. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The guide described the Balti Triangle as one of Birmingham\u2019s \u201cleading culinary assets\u201d, adding it served \u201cthe best, simplest, non-nonsense, and above all, the cheapest Indian food\u201d. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Mark Ellingham, series editor and founder of The Rough Guide said: \u201cWe all want to experience something real about a destination, and to seek out travel\u2019s ultimate experience.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Balti Triangle\u2019s inclusion in the list was welcomed by Birmingham\u2019s Asian Balti Restaurant Association. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Tabriz Hussain from the association said \u201cWe are really chuffed that once again Balti restaurants in Birmingham have been highlighted for their excellence\u201d.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The future of the Balti Triangle had been put in doubt after a freak tornado devastated parts of Sparkbrook in 2005. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>A number of restaurants were forced to close for a long period but support from the local community as well as the city council has restored Birmingham\u2019s curry mile back to its former glory. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAVING a Balti in Birmingham\u2019s infamous \u2018Balti Triangle\u2019 is a must before you die, says a new travel guide. &#13; The Balti stretch in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham boasts a number of Asian restaurants which attract a number of curry-lovers across the year. &#13; And visiting the area is one of life\u2019s \u201cmust do\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}