Blanket client Chef Anand George, founder of the multi-award-winning Mint & Mustard Indian restaurant in Cardiff, is to go back to his roots and pay a personal tribute to the home-cooking that inspired his rise to culinary fame in Britain.

The winner of the Best Restaurant title in the South Wales Echo Food Awards, The South Asian Chef of the Year as well as the Tiffin Cup, awarded by the House of Commons for the best curry house in the UK - Mint & Mustard is to stage the first ev er Kerala Cardiff Food Festival.

Running for a month from July 23rd, Kerala Cardiff will celebrate cuisine unique to the region, renowned for its seafood specialities and dishes featuring coconut, plantains and spices.

To celebrate his homeland, Chef George has created an entirely new menu and has said: “We have been overwhelmed by the reaction from Welsh people since choosing Cardiff to be the birthplace of our restaurant and our aim of re-defining Indian cuisine. 

I believe people will be intrigued to learn more about the traditional home-style and street snack cooking of my home region and we will put on a real show by introducing dishes that have never been experienced in Wales before.”

The Festival runs 23rd July – 23rd August 09
Mint & Mustard can be found at 134 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff CF143LZ
Advance bookings strongly recommended -  Tel: 029 20 620 333