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London Celebrates 195 Years of Curry

LONDON - He was a shampooer for King George IV and a soldier with the East India Company's army, but it was his curry that brought Indian-born Sake Dean Mahomed fame and ignited Britain's love for the dish — now as popular as fish and chips.

London officials honored Mahomed on Thursday for his culinary contribution by placing a plaque at the Portman Square office building that once housed the Hindoostane Coffee House, the city's first known curry establishment.

"Indian food has become very much a part of the English way of life," said Tim Joiner, lord mayor of Westminster, who unveiled the plaque