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@Dishoom

4 years

Dear good people of Twitter, I guess some cheeky so-and-so has pinched our Dishoom cookery book and is sending it in illegal pdfs to everyone and their nice auntie over WhatsApp, Twitter and the like.

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Dearest friends, it may not have escaped some people’s notice that a rather famous retailer has, in the past days, been peddling the recipe for a dish that is especially close to our hearts.

M&S (@marksandspencer) • Instagram photos and videos

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You see, @marksandspencer , this isn’t just a bacon naan roll, this is the Dishoom Bacon Naan Roll, and it means a great deal more to us than you know.

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3 years

Accidentally trolled @QualityStreetUK a few weeks ago, and here they are being far too nice about it!

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2 years

@_MissieBee @RituGangulyKha1 Hi Sophie, I’m glad to hear our Manchester team was able to help. We will be having an option of a calorie free menu, if requested, very soon in all our cafés.

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3 years

Absolutely knocked for six to hear that we’ve just been named the 4th best place to work in the UK! After the toughest year imaginable, this good news couldn’t be more welcome. To our team: this a testament to your sheer, absolute awesomeness.

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4 years

In support of the Chancellor’s generosity, we are going beyond the £10 cap, and will be honouring a 50% discount on all food and soft drinks enjoyed on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in all Dishooms throughout August. Same enjoyment, half the price. Limitless joy.

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@demarionunn Hey Jonathan - that’s deeply weird. We don’t have queues on a Monday morning, so I presume it was last week? Would you drop me a line? Delighted they wanted to help you, but no-one should have been doing what you describe…! (/Shamil)

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3 years

In fairness to @marksandspencer , they did, after much prompting from our kind patrons (for which we’re truly grateful) credit Dishoom as their inspiration. We were happy to have a little fun in response (and we got to eat a fair few Percy Pigs in the process).

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4 years

A most exciting announcement... With outrageous joy, today we finally confirm that DISHOOM BIRMINGHAM will open its doors in Spring 2020!

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@Dishoom

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Alternatively, don’t buy a copy, but do donate what you can to @HospAction , a charity that is working tirelessly to support our industry, and those who are most affected by the difficult circumstances in which we find ourselves. .

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Restaurants, eh? I once I thought this was a plausible way of making a living.

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4 years

Buy a copy of the real thing. Call me old fashioned, but there’s nothing quite like settling into an arm chair, weighty tome in one hand (might I suggest an East India Gimlet in the other) and truly taking time over the stories contained within its pages.

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4 years

Finally, whatever you do, perhaps we might ask you to send a link to this thread back up the chain on WhatsApp or wherever you received it? That would be much appreciated!

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@Dishoom

3 years

This is the newest addition to our team, and he’s currently nameless. What should we call him? (Current frontrunner: Keema Pug)

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@Dishoom

4 years

We’re simply thrilled to share the (extra-special, not-even-in the-book) recipe for Chef Naved's Chilli Chicken, inspired by an Indo-Chinese favourite of Bombay’s Leopold Cafe.

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@Dishoom

6 years

Since 2015, every time you’ve enjoyed a meal at Dishoom, we’ve donated a meal to a child who would otherwise go hungry. We’re overjoyed to announce we’ve now donated over 5 MILLION MEALS (and counting!). Sincerely — thank you.

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@Dishoom

3 years

Since 2015, for every Dishoom meal you’ve enjoyed (whether in the cafés, via delivery, or as a meal kit), we've donated a meal to a child. We’ve now reached the massive milestone of donating over 10 million meals to children in the UK and India who might otherwise go hungry.

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@Dishoom

4 years

I also miss Dishoom breakfast. A lot.

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@Dishoom

6 years

Hello there, Dishoom Manchester!

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@Dishoom

4 years

It is so good to be back here. I honestly almost choked up when I saw actual guests being served by actual servers, food being cooked by actual chefs. I was taken aback by my own reaction, by how much it means to me.

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3 years

If that isn’t quite your style, might we suggest you donate a small percentage of your advertising budget to our good friends @magic_breakfast who provide nutritious free meals to school children across the UK.

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@Dishoom

4 years

This is The Dhoble – a staple of our Permit Room – named after the most virtuous former Assistant Commissioner of Bombay Police, Vasant Dhoble...

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@Dishoom

4 years

Those so inclined can purchase a copy here:

Dishoom

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@Dishoom

4 years

After endless wanderings in Bombay, delving down market gullies and meeting colourful Bombay characters full of stories to tell, I am most delighted to now share that Dishoom Birmingham will officially open its doors on Wednesday, 1st April!

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@Dishoom

3 years

I miss people, I miss eating with people in restaurants. I miss family and I miss friends. Zoom just doesn’t cut it. Right now, I can think of almost nothing better than a delicious meal with old friends. It almost makes me tearful to think of this fantasy... 2/3

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@Dishoom

4 years

I don’t like this expression ‘social distancing’. It surely makes no sense. It’s physical distancing, is it not? We should be socially closer (while still being physically distanced) and that’s surely what all these virtual tools enable. Above my pay grade, maybe!

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@Dishoom

3 years

For each and every breakfast we serve, whether in the cafés, or as a meal kit, we donate a meal via Magic Breakfast, perhaps you’ll consider doing the same:

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@Dishoom

3 years

After a year in which our cafés have been mostly closed, a year when we’ve spent many months (and countless sleepless nights) perfecting our first-ever meal kit to be able to bring this much-loved dish to the doors of patrons nationwide, it hurts all the more.

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@Dishoom

4 years

With greatest excitement, we are delighted to soon raise the curtain on the totally re-imagined, newly-made-over, most fine and dreamy Dishoom Covent Garden!

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@Dishoom

3 years

Sending you warmest Diwali greetings, best wishes for the New Year, and much love, from our Dishoom family to yours. We hope the day is filled with joy, gratitude and all that is good in the world.⁣ Diwali Mubarak!

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@Dishoom

4 years

Introducing our first-ever 'at-home' cookery kit, replete with the ingredients to create two first-rate Bacon Naan Rolls in the comfort of your own kitchen (with Masala Chai). Launching at 3pm tomorrow.

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@Dishoom

3 years

So, @marksandspencer , as your fans and (hopefully!) friends, we politely invite you to make amends. It seems only right for you to give credit where it is due…

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@Dishoom

4 years

One year ago, we nervously but excitedly released our cookery book and highly subjective guide to Bombay into the world. Our humble and heartfelt gratitude to you, for every bookshelf that it has found its way onto.

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@Dishoom

4 years

After a long wait, we are thrilled to announce the official opening date for our brand-new home at One Chamberlain Square. Dishoom Birmingham will officially open its doors on Thursday 6th August!

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@Dishoom

4 years

If times are tough for you too, then do neither of the above and just enjoy the book. We’ll take some pleasure in your enjoyment and the knowledge that it is bringing comfort in difficult times.

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@Dishoom

3 years

It has since become clear that this recipe is now being used, without any credit, across numerous paid advertising platforms – and for all our flippancy, in honesty, it hurts.

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@Dishoom

4 years

After a week of much busy-ness behind-the-scenes, we’re delighted to announce that our newly-invented cook-at-home Bacon Naan Roll Kits (with chai) can now be ordered for nationwide delivery.

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@Dishoom

4 years

After a strange and uncertain few months, we’re extremely happy to be firing up the stoves, brewing large pots of chai and warming up our welcomes so we can open our doors to you all!

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@Dishoom

7 years

Gentle wisdom from Paddington Bear, a refugee. 'In London, everyone is different and that means that anyone can fit in.'

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@Dishoom

6 years

We’re beyond happy - today India has FINALLY decriminalised homosexuality. Come celebrate with us - we’ll start your party off with some Far Far and a Salty Kiss (a fabulously fruity Gose by Magic Rock) on us. Just say the magic words ‘Love is love’. 🌈

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@Dishoom

4 years

For each and every meal you eat at Dishoom, we donate a meal to a child. Friends, there is no better way to begin 2020 than to announce that, to date, we have donated 8 MILLION MEALS to children in the UK and India, leaving them undistracted by hunger and eager to learn.

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@Dishoom

6 years

After months – actually, years – of research, writing, re-writing, recipe-testing, recipe-eating, belt-notch-loosening, late-night-reading and poking about in the dustiest of archives, we’re very happy to say that we’ve finally written the Dishoom cookery book. (1/4)

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@Dishoom

5 years

To the kindly guest who came for breakfast and produced this – you’re a talent and a treasure. Reveal yourself, you warrant another breakfast.

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@Dishoom

4 years

Day one, order one on Deliveroo (more info to follow…): to the hero(es?) who ordered two Wrestlers’ Naan Rolls at 8am, we salute you. 💪🏽💪🏽

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@Dishoom

4 years

Some days, I think, "Oh what a lovely sunny day. We’ll be open again soon. Let’s start firing things up to get ready.” Other days, I think, “It’s the end of the world! Armageddon! No-one will ever go to a restaurant again. I’ll never eat another bacon naan roll.”

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@Dishoom

5 years

Delighted to see and hold our first (strictly unofficial) copy of Dishoom: From Bombay with Love, our cookery book and (highly subjective) guide to Bombay. It’s published on 5th September 2019, and available to pre-order now on .

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@Dishoom

3 years

Please do feel free to share a link to our kit on your platforms, so that your patrons might avail themselves of this Dishoom favourite at home:

Welcome To The Dishoom Store | Dishoom Meal Kits, Gifts & More

An eclectic mix of favourites from Dishoom. Discover our delicious meal kits, tipples, gifts and other treats. Order online today.

store.dishoom.com

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3 years

Earlier this year we reached a monumental milestone of donating 10 million meals to children who might otherwise go hungry. We are delighted to have now donated 11 million meals (and counting)!

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@Dishoom

3 years

There are many ways to entice people to visit a store. To attempt to profit off a dish that has become synonymous with a restaurant (which, like so many others, is doing everything in its power to stay afloat, to rebuild, and to protect over 950 jobs), seems to me pretty cheeky.

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3 years

I’m having a stiff drink.

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3 years

It’s hard to know where to start. Words don’t really express how I feel about what’s happening in India right now. Like many of us, I count family, friends and team members among the millions of people caught up in this situation. (1/5)

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@Dishoom

4 years

Little did we know that word of our cocktail had travelled all the way to Mr Dhoble's ears. And lo and behold, today, the legend visited us in Dishoom Kensington! Here he is - hockey stick in hand!

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@Dishoom

6 years

Oh Manchester, I find you very attractive.

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@Dishoom

5 years

Shit. This is it. It’s here... The (freshly printed) cookbook. Such a joy to hold it - to smell it! @bloomsburycooks

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@Dishoom

5 years

So utterly thrilled, overjoyed and delighted to have placed 19th in this year’s Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to work for. I’m misty-eyed and brimming with pride. There is truly and sincerely no other team anywhere that I’d rather work amongst.

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2 years

After much daydreaming, rule-writing, and researching of the 1970s Bombay financial scene and its (clean and shady) characters, at long last we have the keys to our brand-new home in Canary Wharf.

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For each and every meal you eat at Dishoom, we donate a meal to a child. A meal for a meal. We started this back in 2015 and we’ve now reached the massive milestone of donating over 15 million meals to school children who might otherwise go hungry, here in the UK and in India.

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@Dishoom

3 years

Of course, budding chefs out there might want to try their hand at making it all from scratch. The official recipe, including instructions on making first-rate Naans and our signature Tomato-Chilli Jam, can be found in the Dishoom cookery book:

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@Dishoom

5 years

Tomorrow, this will be published. It’s all a touch nervous-making. Right now I’m going to sit in the Permit Room with a strong drink in hand.

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@Dishoom

4 years

It’s sort of what you might call an act of piracy. I guess this piracy feels a touch harder during these tricky times when restaurants have no people in them.

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@Dishoom

3 years

Dear weather, Please stay like this for the next 3 months. Warmest, Everyone

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@Dishoom

4 years

How it started How it’s going

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@Dishoom

2 years

Found out late last night that two lovely fellows from Leicester, Pratik (owner of @wigstondeli ) and Kash (founder of @AuthenticBioti1 ) had cooked up a barmy plan to visit (and eat in, obvs) all eight Dishooms IN ONE DAY.

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4 years

A massively exciting night for us, as Dishoom was named the 20th best company to work to for in the UK – what a thrill. It's our third year of being named in the top 100; a testament to each and every big-hearted and first-class Dishoom-walla I have the privilege of working with.

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@Dishoom

6 years

A polite reminder that we’ll be closed this morning because we’re filling all our cafes with 500 Magic Breakfast school kids! We’ll be back open at 12 - apologies for any inconvenience.

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3 years

Introducing the Dishoom Home Feast - an all-new meal kit containing the ingredients and know-how to perfect a plentiful spread of best-loved Dishoom dishes at home.

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@Dishoom

3 years

Good news. We’re almost halfway through the final week of the longest January of our lives.

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@Dishoom

4 years

Tom, do we need to get you on a plane to London? (The meal will be on me – the plane ticket might be a stretch.)

Tom Nichols

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4 years

Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn’t.

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7 years

We are ecstatic to share that since Ramadan last year we have donated OVER 1.5 MILLION MEALS to children who need them in England and India.

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@Dishoom

4 years

This is an EXCELLENT day for chai.

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@Dishoom

3 years

Or, indeed, invite them to book a table for breakfast – our talented chef-wallas will be most delighted to take care of the hard work (and we'll even do the washing up afterwards):

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5 years

Never in my wildest of dreams could I have imagined this. Our little book sitting anywhere near the extraordinarily talented Margaret Atwood, Greta Thunberg and more. Humbled doesn't even come close...

Waterstones

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5 years

We are very proud to share the shortlist for Waterstones #BookOfTheYear 2019. Eleven books championed by our booksellers and loved by readers of all ages. Which is your favourite? Discover them all here:

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3 years

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and we were, of course, a little taken aback to have inspired such an esteemed establishment.

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@Dishoom

2 years

Since 2015, for every meal you’ve enjoyed (whether in cafés, via delivery or as a meal kit) we’ve donated a meal to a child who would otherwise go hungry. A meal for a meal.

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@Dishoom

3 years

Always be sure to hold bottom properly….

Simon Mayo 🇺🇦

@simonmayo

3 years

A still life showing last night’s take away bag and this morning’s paper. ⁦ @Dishoom ⁩ ⁦ @thetimes ⁩

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4 years

My midnight snack game is strong tonight.

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@Dishoom

4 years

From Dishoom Kensington to @ImperialNHS with love! Last week our big-hearted (and safely socially-distanced) team of Dishoom-wallas donated almost 2,000 meals to St Mary’s Hospital.

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3 years

It almost makes me tearful to think of this fantasy. I hope this year, Dishoom can at the very least, facilitate people coming together and renewing their relationships. It will be here soon, I know. 3/3

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6 years

We may politely request that you leave your shoes at the door of Dishoom Manchester.

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5 years

Paddington bear is a wise bear. I remember him saying “In London everyone is different, and that means anyone can fit in.” Exactly.

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5 years

Just read a draft of the Dishoom cookbook from cover to cover. I’m now really, really hungry. And I miss Bombay.

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4 years

I'm sitting inside Dishoom Birmingham. Dozens of people are here, busily unpacking, stocking shelves, shifting tidbits from Bombay here and there. I'm having a moment. I think this is my favourite one yet.

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4 years

@FarzanaBaduel We don’t have an agency, Farzana - and twitter is always all us!

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4 years

A new arrival from Bombay – the clock that will hang proudly in Dishoom Birmingham.

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4 years

' @MetroUK described our Bacon Naan Roll as a ‘hangover sponge’ and now I’m seriously considering changing the menu description.

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4 years

For every breakfast at Dishoom, we donate a meal to a child who would otherwise go hungry, through our friends @magic_breakfast , because a full belly leads to an eager mind. Their work is so crucial in these times, so even when not dining with us, please support them if you can.

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Our aim is to end hunger as a barrier to education. We provide healthy breakfasts to children at risk of hunger across the UK. Please support us if you can. #NoChildTooHungryToLearn #EndChildFoodPoverty @MarcusRashford

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We're delighted to announce that our oldest and dearest café is set to reopen as "New" Dishoom Covent Garden on Friday 4th December. Before then, we'd love you all to help us prepare for opening by attending the soft launch, with 50% OFF FOOD at breakfast, lunch and dinner!

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3 years

What a beautiful morning!

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4 years

Suggestions for Katherine please...!

Katherine Stonehouse

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4 years

Up at 7.30 reading the @dishoom menu because I‘ve got lunch booked at 2 and after 6 months of waiting to actually go, these things can’t be rushed.

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3 years

I feel this.

عابد

@NasheedWallace

3 years

my mom: we’re just gonna have a few people over, I’ll make something simple also my mom:

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10pm. Edinburgh. They’ve probably never been more full or more tired, but THEY MADE IT! 500+ mile round trip completed. 8 restaurants, 8 meals. Pratik & Kash, we salute you.

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@Dishoom

3 years

Our hats are firmly off to all those running the London Marathon tomorrow! Once breaths have been caught, and muscles stretched, do come in, show off your medal and we'll happily treat you to the small plate and drink of your fancy to celebrate this incredible achievement.

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3 years

Lots of people asking for Vindaloo today - what's weirder is that they're singing it! Most strange.

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@Dishoom

4 years

I’m guessing some of you good people out there may have received it. You likely even thought, innocently, that we had decided to give it away. You may well be Dishoom fans (for that we thank you sincerely) and you may even be enjoying reading it and cooking from it! Fair enough.

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8 years

We’re delighted to announce that we will open Dishoom Edinburgh this winter in the beautiful St Andrew Square.

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6 years

Aaaaand we’re off! The doors are open. Dishoom Kensington soft launch starts today - 50% off food. Just how many £2.75 Bacon Naans can you eat?! 😃

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@Dishoom

3 years

Our hearts are full. What a beautiful welcome from @BWC_NHS today - it's been our sincere pleasure to support these incredible teams through this most challenging time.

Joanne Osmond

@Joanneosmond

3 years

A huge thank you to @Dishoom for all the wonderful curries they’ve gifted to #nhs workers @BWC_NHS over many months. #ClapToSayThanks @butNHS

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Ok, I win. We’re doing this! Free Breakfast Naan Rolls for everyone. One a day, if you like. You must must book a table for breakfast, Monday to Friday next week. This is so we can manage capacity and ensure distancing.

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@Dishoom

4 years

I thought it’d be fun to give away free Bacon Naan Rolls all week, but the rest of the team are all looking at me like I’m drunk. (I’m not drunk.)

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