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As we all start to awaken from our Lockdown slumbers and start to venture out into the wild and back into our favourite eateries, there’s no mistaking my social media has certainly being hijacked by people enjoying their socialising and dining experiences. Recently,...

In his book Kim, Rudyard Kipling described The Great Trunk Road, Asia’s oldest and longest road as “such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world”. These words refer to the wealth of culture and religions and indeed flavours encountered along some...

Mark Bibby Jackson returns to a familiar Indian restaurant of his youth now transformed into the swish Grand Trunk Road, to see whether it justifies the accolade of the best Indian restaurant in London. If the lockdown has taught us anything surely it is that some...

I love Indian fine dining and normally to get this I have to trudge down to central London. Until now… South Woodford has what I am calling a hidden jewel called Grand Trunk Road. Grand Trunk Road is owned by Rajesh Suri, the most incredible and charming restaurateur...

Rajesh Suri, owner of Grand Trunk Road, which re-opens for outdoor dining on April 14. - Credit: Lia Vittone The owner of an Indian fine dining restaurant in South Woodford hopes the road out of lockdown leads to their outdoor space. Grand Trunk Road is named...

Rajesh Suri, former general manager of Tamarind in Mayfair, has teamed up with its head chef Dayashankar Sharma to launch a new site. The man behind the capital’s first Michelin-starred Indian restaurant is setting up shop in an east London suburb. Rajesh Suri,...

Grand Trunk Road restaurant is Indian cuisine in South Woodford. It’s Essex, or London, depending on from which way you come. I headed out of East London to the suburb on the edge of Epping Forest, already looking forward to it being a successful meal and (finally)...

The reputation of The Grand Trunk Road goes before it.  Chef  Dayashankar Sharma was head chef at Michelin-starred Mayfair Indian restaurant Tamarind. and Kensington classic Zaika while the owner, Rajesh Suri’s restaurateur credentials hail...

This destination Indian restaurant is well worth jumping on the Central Line for Age: Just over three. Where exactly is it? About a 15-minute walk east from South Woodford tube, which is, for the oblivious, just a couple of stops from Leytonstone. On your...