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Sree Krishna
celebrates 40th
anniversary
One of London's longstanding
Indian vegetarian restaurants, Sree
Krishna, in Tooting, celebrated its
40th anniversary to great fanfare.
With the restaurant packed to the
hilt and joined by the mayor of
Wandsworth, guests listened to
various speeches from the owner's
family and tucked into a buffet lunch
comprising of such mouthwatering
dishes as masala dosa, malai and
saffron chicken tikka, and mixed
vegetable pakoras for starters along
with mains featuring the likes of dum
ka murgh and kadahi paneer.
Launched in 1973, under a then
different owner, the restaurant has
expanded from an initial 20 seater
establishment to what is now a 100
seater place.
Its current owner-manager Pravin
Pillai, said: "I never would have
imagined that Sree Krishna would
last that long and one be celebrating
40 years of business. This is
particularly the case when you think
of the current economic crisis. It's
a testament to the loyalty of our
customers who have kept us going
so long and their generous support.
In this day and age, restaurants
come and go but we continue to be
on an upward trajectory."
Wrapchic to expand to more
commercial areas in the UK
Wrapchic Indian burrito company, the
innovative food brand that combines light
Indian curries served in the Mexican fast
food style of burritos and tacos, is seeking to expand to several hundred sites
around the UK.
Initially launching in Birmingham last
year and located between Birmingham’s
business district and the House of Fraser
building, Wrapchic's bold and bright
imagery mixed with Mexican branding,
caught the imagination of locals, not to
mention their desire to try burritos such as
mutton Hyderabadi and chicken Chettinad.
Late last year, Wrapchic expanded to three
university sites, DeMontfort in Leicester,
Coventry and Roehampton, where a
student crowd presented the company with
healthy business opportunities. Mahesh
Raikar, whose brainchild has turned out to
be a success, is now seeking to expand his
company into sites across the UK populated
with office workers, shoppers and students
with a busy lunchtime and weekend trade.
He is currently in discussions with a large
multinational for backing.
Michelin and Livebookings team up
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Michelin has announced a partnership with
online reservations company Livebookings
that will include the restaurant guide creating
a new UK website to allow diners to instantly
book tables at venues across the country.
Michelin is looking to recruit many bookable
restaurants in all key European markets.
Michelin Travel Partner chief executive Alain
Cuq said: “Livebookings’ proven, innovative
technology is ultimately placed to provide the
scale and flexibility we need to propose new
value-added services to the restaurants and
expand into new markets.”
The Michelin Restaurants UK website will
launch later this year, fully integrated with Livebookings’ reservation and booking technology.
Speaking on the investment of Michelin into
the booking company, Livebookings chief
executive Colin Tenwick said, “The investment from Michelin means that we can continue to invest and develop our platform – we
will be doubling the size of our sales force
within the next two years.”
The service provided by Livebookings not
only allows customers to book a table in
advance, but also to manage those reservations, as well as collec