City restaurants and takeaways named as finalists in curry awards

Two Sunderland eateries have been listed as finalists in the prestigious English Curry Awards Curry Restaurant of the Year.

- by Neil Fatkin

Babaji and Yuvraaj Restaurant are the only two Sunderland restaurants named as finalists in this category of the 14th annual awards.

Babaji, which is located on Mary Street, is described as a restaurant which has "Indian home cooking and street food at its heart".

Yuvraaj Restaurant, which is on Douro Terrace, is described as offering traditional Indian cuisine but with "influences from Bangladesh to create a contemporary western fusion of dishes that both tantalise and excite the taste-buds as well as being pleasing to the eye".