Birmingham is a city renowned for its rich history, cultural diversity, and thriving culinary scene. Food and drink have always played an important role in the city. After all, this is the city that gave us Bird’s custard powder, Cadbury’s chocolate and HP Sauce. The best restaurants in Birmingham reflect this vibrancy, ......
Is Birmingham really England’s ‘second city’? For Southerners, sure, but not for us. While Mancunians fight their corner and Londoners continue to explore whether Brum was cool enough to live in, Birmingham stays in the lane it has always travelled in, adhering to the motto emblazoned on our coat of arms: Forward. Our city has always had an open-door policy and it’s one of the reasons it’s such a great place to eat. Come one, come all, bring food.
From the best coffee to a 'naughty' post-pub snack, Brad Carter of Carters of Moseley picks his favourite places to eat in Birmingham
In 2022, Birmingham was crowned Britain’s Most Exciting Food Destination by The Good Food Guide. Here, Aktar Islam - one of Britain’s top chefs and proud son of Brum - takes us on a tour of his favourite spots in the city.
Birmingham curry houses have existed since at least 1945, when Abdul Aziz, one of the first Bangladeshi immigrants to settle in the city, began serving curry and rice to policemen, lawyers, and barristers from a café on Steelhouse Lane.
