Princess Kate Takes Home Indian Sweets For Children At Leicester Cafe

The Princess of Wales visited an Indian restaurant during her visit to Leicester. She visited Bobby's, a restaurant run by married couple Dharmesh and Enna Lakhani. Bobby's has been on the Golden Mile for 50 years. The Golden Mile in Leicester is an infamous road, known for having some of the highest concentrations of Indian jewellery and South Asian wear. Princess Catherine had tea with the couple. They told her about the history of the restaurant and their family, and she mentioned her love of spice. Watch more of Kate's cafe visit now. It's so lovely to have a family of sisters in Leicester today. I think that's really important as the heart of everything, when they get into relationships with your customers. Indian street food is very popular. And then you do take away some food from time to time. We do, we're hoping to. I'm here, I'm here. Where's my mum? Yes, we've kept a few out. Because we've been here for so long, you know, I'm there. Is that you? Yes, that's me. How old were you? I was seven. And do you remember it? Well, I didn't know them all. I didn't know who all the people were. So that was in 1976. My mum and my dad. It was the first Indian vegetarian restaurant in Leicester, possibly in the country. So my father ran the business and when it became unfortunate, he decided to open a restaurant. And he said to my mum, you're going to cook. And she said, okay. Yeah. So yeah, I've just got a few little ones here. I've got my father, my brother, myself there. That was at our 40th anniversary, 10 years ago. We recently, I'm sure you recognise Rick. Rick was here a couple of years ago. It just melts in your mouth. It was lovely to have you. I love the tea. Do you want some tea? Yes. Cinnamon, cardamom, and then, yeah, things like that. But we do have a tray here if you fancy anything. We can just go through some. If you like the look of something, this is the one he knew all about. It's really magical. My sister-in-laws were here as well. They cook absolutely amazing. You know, even my sons. The one cooks and the next person cooks. When will we make it when she arrives? Yes, exactly. I'll just get a simple message to take it off. And on social media. There was a time when I was doing social media and not even a hello, how are you, mum, take it off. And I know exactly what they mean. It's made with chickpea flour and sweet one. You like it spicy. It's an honour. This is street food in Bombay and around England. So it's puffed rice, basil, chickpea flour, potatoes, a bit of Bombay mix, we throw in a bit of fresh onions. This is another sauce. That's the one you like. The yoghurt has, I'll tell you exactly what it has, salt, cumin powder, a bit of black pepper powder, and you can put a little bit of garlic, if you like it spicy, or ground chilli. That goes beautifully with it. And then we season it with different things. So obviously, again, a bit of chilli powder. And then customers, when they come, can they choose? It's very customised. We obviously do certain recipes, but if they say I want this, I want this. In England, we treat people with genes and they don't need that. So we're happy to, and we are so fortunate that we are customer bases throughout our community. And I think that's shown in Leicester Cross as well because it's diverse. And that was so, so proud of us. But you have to take some sweets for the children, please. Basically, they are little crackers. But boys, come on, let's get some quickly. Dina, you now have the quesos and the mochis. Do you have any preferred flavours? I definitely would say coconut. I think my children would love that. And what's this one here? It's made with figs. That looks delicious, doesn't it? No, no, they're not. Almond, pistachio, and then we've got some chocolate. Cashew nuts, then we have savouries, and we have all of that. Obviously our own versions of it. We used to have them smoked. So basically, when I was young, the restaurant was very small. It was similar to actually how it is now. Thank you. Thank you very much. What's your favourite? You know, I like my apricot sweet too. And big one, apple crumble. That's been an absolute honour. no, no, definitely. Boys, Boys, quick here.