I-iconic India Club kumgangatho wokuqala weHotele Strand Continental. Sisakhiwo esindilisekileyo kwaye kulula ukusiphosa kunye nophawu oluncinane ngaphandle. Omnye ungena ngomnyango onyuka izinyuko eziya kwibhari ekumgangatho wokuqala kunye nevenkile yokutyela kowesibini enamagumbi okuhlanganisana namagumbi okulala aliqela.
IKlabhu yaseIndiya izithintele iinzame zangaphambili zokuyivala ukuze yenze indlela yophuhliso olutsha olumenyezelayo. Idabi ngoku lilahlekile kwaye uninzi lwabaxhasi balo abathembekileyo batshatyalalisiwe.
Ngo-2017, apho bekukho iphulo lokusindisa le ndawo, umnini weKlabhu yaseIndiya uYadgar Marker uxelele uCurry Life: “Ibingahoywanga kakhulu xa sasibandakanyeka kodwa ndaziva ndinomdla wokuyigcinela izizukulwana ezizayo. Wathatha isikhundla sokuphatha ngo-1997.
Iimbeko kunye nezililo ziye zangena zivela e-UK nakwamanye amazwe kulandela isiqinisekiso sokuba indawo yokutyela ethandwa kakhulu yaseIndiya kunye nehotele kumbindi weLondon iza kuvala.
Abantu bayakulangazelela ukutya kwindawo yokutyela ngaphambi kokuba indawo ethandekayo yelifa laseLondon inyamalale.
Yasekwa ngo-1951 eStrand, iKlabhu yaseIndiya yathathwa ngamaIndiya amaninzi ahlala e-UK “njengekhaya elikude nekhaya.” Yayiyindawo edumileyo yokuhlanganisana yababhali abaphambili, iinkcuba-buchopho, nabezopolitiko abanxulumene nokuzimela geqe kweIndiya. Ibalulekile ngokwembali kuzo zombini i-Indiya kunye ne-UK, emva kokusekwa ngu-Krishna Menon, uMkomishinala oPhakamileyo wokuqala wase-Indiya e-UK kunye no-Lady Mountbatten kunye neNkulumbuso uJawaharlal Nehru njengamalungu asungulayo. Babeza kudibana phantsi kweefestile zeglasi enemibala yebar ye-art-deco ukuze baxoxe ngezicwangciso zabo zekamva laseIndiya. Iifoto zabo zisahombisa iindonga zevenkile yokutyela, ibha kunye namagumbi okuhlangana.
Abanye abantu abaqhelekileyo abaqhelekileyo babandakanya usopolitiki wezaBasebenzi uMichael Foot, kunye nomzobi uMF Husain abangasekhoyo ukuba bakhalele ukuvalwa kwendawo yabo yokutya. Abantu abadumileyo ekucingelwa ukuba baye batya apho kule minyaka idlulileyo baquka uDadabhai Naoroji, iPalamente yaseBritani yokuqala yaseIndiya, kunye nesithandi sobulumko uBertrand Russell.
Inkokeli yezobupolitika yaseBritani neIndiya nosomashishini, uLord Karan Bilimoria, wathi: “Ndanceda ukuyisindisa kwiminyaka emi-6 eyadlulayo ndaza ndalwa nzima kakhulu, nangona kunjalo ngoku abanini-mhlaba ekugqibeleni bayifumene indlela yabo. Ndandidla ngokuya kuyo ndiseyinkwenkwe notata wam kwiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo xa wathunyelwa e-UK. njengeKoloneli! Kubuhlungu kakhulu ukubona iziko lembali livaliwe. Yenye yeendawo zokutyela zokuqala endizithengisele iCobra Beer kunye nomthengi othembekileyo phantse isinye kwisithathu senkulungwane!”
Ilungu leCongress uShashi Tharoor, naye, uvakalise usizi ngokuvalwa koku i-iconic eatery. Kwiposi esuk’ entliziyweni ku-X (eyayifudula ikwi-Twitter) uTharoor ubhale wathi, “Njengonyana womnye wabaseki bayo, ndililela ukusweleka kweziko elikhonze amaIndiya amaninzi (kwaye ingengawo amaIndiya kuphela) phantse ikota yesithathu yenkulungwane. Kubafundi abaninzi, iintatheli kunye nabahambi, yayilikhaya elikude nekhaya, elibonelela ngokutya okulula nokulungileyo kwaseIndiya ngamaxabiso afikelelekayo kunye nomoya ovumayo wokudibana nokugcina ubuhlobo. ”
Ubuye wabelana ngemifanekiso emibini kunye nesithuba songeza, "Njengoko umfanekiso ubonisa, bendilapho ngeli hlobo kunye nodadewethu (simi phambi kweefoto zikatata esiya kwimicimbi yeklabhu ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1950) kwaye ndibuhlungu ukubona ukuba. yayilutyelelo lwam lokugqibela olo, kuba ndingasayi kubuyela eLondon kulo nyaka. Om Shanti!"
Ukusukela oko iklabhu yomfanekiso ikwindawo ejongene neBush House ebisebenza njengekomkhulu leBBC World Service iminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe, ibiyinto eqhelekileyo kwiintatheli ezinjengam ebezisebenza apho.
URuth Hogarth, owayesakuba ngugxa wakhe kwiBush House, ukhumbula oku: “Ebudeni beminyaka engama-20 ndikwiBush House, ngaphesheya kwendlela esuka kwiKlabhu yaseIndiya, ndandilundwendwe oluthe rhoqo kunye nabalingane abaninzi beNkonzo Yehlabathi. Ndandiyithanda kakhulu i-dosas kwindawo yokutyela engathobekiyo kumgangatho wesibini, ihluthwe ngexesha lekhefu kubusuku obude. Emva kwexesha, xa ndandisebenzela iKing's College yaseLondon kwikhampasi yaseStrand, indawo entle yomgangatho wokuqala ibha yayiyindawo yethu yokuya kwi-cocktails ukubhiyozela iminyhadala ekhethekileyo.
Omnye umcholacholi weendaba weBBC, uMike Jervis, uthi: “Ukunyuka izinyuko ukuya kwiKlabhu yaseIndiya kwakufana nokungena kwihlabathi elahlukileyo lakudala. Umoya ozolileyo kunye nokutya kwemveli okungathotywanga kwanika ikhefu elamkelekileyo lesidlo sangokuhlwa kuxinzelelo lwegumbi leendaba. Kodwa bekukho nezinye izinto eziphazamisayo njengokuzimasa ukwaziswa kweencwadi ngoogxa bangaphambili. ”
Kunzima ukucacisa umtsalane wesiseko esinamandla esenza iinzame ezincinci zokutshintsha kunye namaxesha. Ukutyelelwa kwesidlo esiqhelekileyo, babesazi kakuhle ukuba yintoni na ekwimenyu, indlela elula yokuthenga yaseIndiya yaseMzantsi: iipopadoms zihanjiswa nge-coconut salsa kunye ne-lime pickle, i-samosas, i-assortment ye-bhajis, i-chickpeas ekhrim, ibhuna yegusha ethambileyo, inkukhu yebhotolo, ipaneer kunye nesipinatshi esinqunqiweyo. kunye nokukhethwa kweeparatha kunye nezinye izonka. Amaxabiso athozamile, ushiya uzive ugcwele ngaphandle kokwenzakalisa isipaji sakho xa uthelekisa neendawo zokutyela zaseIndiya ezintsha nezinefashoni eneendleko zokunkcenkceshela amehlo.
Usapho lwaMakisha beluqhuba iKlabhu yaseIndiya ukusukela oko yayihlangula kwindawo ephantse yachitheka kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo. Banebhongo ngokubambelela kwiingcambu zabo kwaye bangavumi ukoyikiswa ziivenkile zokutyela ezihamba phambili ezikhula ngakubo. Bazibophelele ekulondolozeni ubunyani bayo kwaye oku kwabetha ngokucacileyo kubathengi bayo.
Okubuhlungu kukuba, ekugqibeleni baye banyanzeleka ukuba banikezele kumandla kunye nempembelelo yabaphuhlisi abakhulu abaxabisa inzuzo ngaphezu kwembali, inkcubeko kunye nesithethe. Ngokutshabalala kweKlabhu ye-India exabisekileyo iyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yelifa elidibeneyo lase-UK kunye neIndiya liya kulahleka ngonaphakade.
