The Original Third Eye has some impressive pedigree
“Everywhere does a butter chicken,” says Mela - Mel - Kumar. With her husband, chef Arun Kumar, who has a magnificent moustache, they have run The Original Third Eye, one of Didsbury Village’s longest-running restaurants, for 23 years. “But here, this is the actual butter chicken,” she adds, proudly.
Sudagar was even among a team of chefs that were summoned to Moscow to cater for a summit meeting of world leaders in the early 60s. When he returned home from Russia, he immediately asked to be blessed - cleansed of sin on a holy pilgrimage. He was distressed, suffering palpitations. To cut a long story short, the butter chicken at The Original Third Eye? That’s the actual butter chicken, the one that Gandhi, Khruschev, Kennedy, Nixon and Nehru would have eaten, a recipe handed on to Arun by his father, learned only by sight and feel. It’s not written down anywhere.
He went on to establish another Manchester institution, The Great Kathmandu on Burton Road, and she grew up above it, working in the restaurant from her early teens. It’s where she met Arun, who was working for the family as a waiter. The menu is a true fusion of Indian, Nepalese and some Chinese influences too. The soothing comfort of the butter chicken is balanced by dishes like the Nepalese chicken choyela, sharp and salty, and laced with fierce bird’s eye chillies.
While the Moti Mahal had its share of dignitaries, the Third Eye hasn’t done too badly either. One night Arun returned home at three or four in the morning after a long evening with some mystery customers sent to them by the nearby Didsbury House Hotel.
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