at 'world's biggest curry restaurant'

NOT being much of a spice merchant is perhaps not the best starting point to appreciate what has been dubbed the “world’s biggest curry restaurant”.

- By Chris Riches

But the venue seized its chance to tickle my tastebuds.

It’s not in India or Pakistan but in a giant 120ft-high glass pyramid in Stockport.

And the Royal Nawaab Pyramid’s sizzling new buffet-style feast has taken the UK by storm in just weeks.

Once the former headquarters of the Co-operative Banking Group, built in 1992, the iconic ziggurat-shaped building has been a fixture of the Greater Manchester skyline for decades, overlooking the busy M60.

Two years ago Pakistan-born businessman Mahboob Hussain, 70, took on the disused glass monolith and transformed it into a gleaming cathedral of curry.

The demand for tables is so great that you may need to book weeks in advance.

On arrival you're firstly greeted by the enormous car park — well used — as the Royal Nawaab does not serve alcohol. So all can drive along and purely focus on the food.