Cyrus Todiwala featured in City AM
The Big Curry Lunch: Chef Cyrus Todiwala featured in City AM.At the historic Guildhall, the 695th Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Mainelli, couldn't hide his enthusiasm for Cyrus Todiwala's masala curry sauce, celebrating it as "the best curry sauce in the world". This event was part of The Big Curry Lunch, an annual gathering designed to unite people, particularly serving and former members of the armed forces, while raising funds for various charities. Cyrus Todiwala's sauce became a focal point for discussions on food quality and charity impact, demonstrating the powerful connection between cuisine and communal support.
A night of Poetry, Spice & All Things Nice at Café Spice Namasté!
Cyrus & Pervin Todiwala have made a point of saluting the great bard Robert Burns with an annual supper at Cafe Spice Namaste matching all manner of haggis with superb whiskies on 27th January 2023. We would like to thank our friends James MacSween of world-renowned MacSween Haggis and Alan Wardrop of Glengoyne and Pipe Major of the Black Watch, Chick Mackie for their help and support to make this such a huge success. We also managed to raise a substantial amount for the charity The Soldiers Charity to help look after our brave servicemen and women. Thank you to everyone
Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala re-invent Cafe Spice Namaste´ in the Docklands, now open for business
(18th February 2022) Exactly one year ago this month, Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala began the painful process of emptying the old Victorian magistrate’s court in East London that had served as the home of Café Spice Namaste´, their acclaimed Indian restaurant, for a quarter of a century. Besides taking with them a lifetime of menus and memories – including the recipe for a dish chef-owner Cyrus created for Her Majesty The Queen – the Todiwalas were determined to save as much as they could of the restaurant’s original furnishings, earmarking these for reuse when they rebuilt the family business elsewhere. That elsewhere
Café Spice Namasté does a welcome dance for the Year of the Water Tiger!
A completely sold out Khaadraas (‘Greedy Pigs’) Supper Club celebrating Asian cuisines marked the beginning of the Lunar New Year at our new home in Royal Albert Wharf. The Year of the Water Tiger must bode well for us, given our impressive location by the Thames! Cyrus and Pervin hosted an enthusiastic room happy to tuck into a 4-course feast inspired by Hakka and Fujian cuisines. Head Chef Manpreet looked on approvingly as starters of Loon Foong Soup, Crab Foo Yong and Won Ton Strips proved a promising prelude of things to come. Cyrus was happy to explain the choice of