Express & Star reporter James Vukmirovic chats to the people of Dudley about their curry preferences as we approach National Curry Week.

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00:00Hello, I'm James McMirovich and we are here in Dudley. We're speaking to people about

00:04National Curry Week which runs all next week and is all about what people love most. It

00:08could be a Saturday night, it could be a Friday, it could be whatever time you want to have

00:12a curry. So let's go and see what people think. My personal favourite is a Chicken Naga with

00:17Pillar Rice and a Tandoori Roastie. Let's go and see what other people like as well.

00:21So obviously next week is National Curry Week but you're not a fan of curry are you? No,

00:27I'm not. What is it? Have you sort of tried it in the past? Yeah, but it's not very good

00:32on my stomach. I'll go to the toilet the next day really bad but I don't like spicy food.

00:41I've never been told I don't like any kind of food that tastes good. So what's the sort

00:48of thing you would normally eat in that case if you're not going to eat a curry? Proper

00:51home cooked stews, proper roast beef dinner. Can you understand why there is that celebration

00:57of curry though? Because there's a lot of people out there who do love it, particularly

00:59in this area as well. Yes, but it's not something I can't really say because it doesn't taste

01:05what I like. We have masala. Very much a traditional British taste then? Yes. What's the sort of

01:13reason behind that? Is it just the sort of taste you prefer? You're not fond of spicy

01:16stuff? It is the kind of taste we like, yeah. He likes it hotter than I do. Oh, are you

01:23the sort of person who adds a bit of pickle to it or something like that? I do like it,

01:27yeah. Hotter than what I like. And with Curry Week coming up, it's a celebration of everything

01:33to do with Indian restaurants. What is it about this area that makes it such a hotbed

01:37for Indian restaurants? I don't know. You don't believe in that? No, who knows? It's

01:42quite a few. We do like to go to Indian restaurants. What's your favourite restaurant? Well, we

01:47go to the one down Cradley Heath. And the one in Blackheath in Arby Road. It's absolutely

01:53fantastic. That's the Do Shed. Ah, OK. And what is it to you about curry as an Indian

01:59food that makes it such a popular thing? I don't know, I don't have to taste it. I really

02:04do like the taste. It is taste really for a change. It's a range of flavours, isn't it?

02:10Yeah, you do know. Yeah. And plus the fact that you can have the various things. What

02:14do you like with your curries? Do you like pillar rice, a bit of aloo gobi, that sort

02:17of stuff? Pillar rice, nambri. Are you a chilli namban or a bit lighter? You don't leave that

02:25to me. Do you love anything? I am in. What's your opinion on curries? When do you find

02:30you particular to have one? After a few points. What is it that sort of makes you want to

02:34do that? Is it just the suddenly thinking, I fancy something a bit spicy or a bit hot?

02:38Yeah, it does the taste down after a few points, I suppose. And what's the curry of

02:43choice? Madras. You like something a bit spicy? Yeah, yeah. Is that sort of general taste

02:50for yourself? You have something a bit spicier? Yeah, yeah. And obviously you'll go for a

02:56few pints and then have a curry after that. What's your curry houses of choice? Usually

03:01a takeaway type. We usually eat at home, to be honest. What is it about Indian food, particularly

03:07within this region, that makes it so popular to you? Yeah, yeah, I don't know really. It's

03:12always been available, hasn't it? When you come out the pubs years ago, it's the only

03:16places that were open, wasn't it? I suppose. It's been a nice constant all the way through,

03:20particularly after the night out. Yeah, yeah. And with National Curry Week coming up, how

03:27are you going to be celebrating it? I guess I'll have one or two in that week. Two possibly.

03:32Chicken Madras, maybe some pillar rice? Yeah, yeah. Or chips. Chips is better with it really.