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Top Table: Oudh 1722

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After the success of Opheem in Birmingham - the city's first two Michelin-starred restaurant - chef Aktar Islam has opened his debut London restaurant in Borough. Yvette Legge swings by Oudh 1722 and discovers one particularly memorable dish that she's still talking about to this day.

I like a restaurant with a backstory. Ideally, someone else has done the reading and I’m holding a margarita. At Oudh 1722, Aktar Islam’s first London restaurant, this arrangement worked very well.

The story begins in Awadh, a region of northern India also known as Oudh. Its nawabs, the aristocratic rulers whose dynasty began in 1722, presided over a culture of lavish hospitality. Lucknow, their...

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