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Chef Mohammad Anam Hussain with a freshly made meal at the Shaad restaurant on London's Brick Lane

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Spices in the kitchen of Bengal Cuisine on Brick Lane, famous for its curry houses

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Head chef of the Shaad restaurant Mohammad Anam Hussain cooks a chick pea curry.

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Competition between curry houses on Brick Lane is fierce.

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Coriander, chillies and onion -- some of the essential ingredients to a good curry at the Shaad restaurant

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Dates and other sweet dried fruits on display in a Brick Lane shop

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Indian hero Mahatma Gandhi is painted on the wall of a restaurant on Brick Lane.

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A batch of rice ahead of the dinner rush at the Shaad restaurant

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A Bangladeshi man welcomes customers to his curry restaurant on Brick Lane.

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Brick Lane is popular with sweet-toothed Britons, with stacks and rows of desserts to pick from.

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Meals are prepared ahead of the dinner rush at the Shaad restaurant.

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