Street Food - Bagels and curryhouses: London's Brick Lane
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2016
- Visitors to London could be forgiven for thinking that they are seeing a quintessentially English city.
In fact, behind the picture postcard facade of some of its most recognisable monuments, the English capital is one of the most multicultural places in the world.
More than a third of Londoners belong to an ethnic minority group, making the city of more than eight million people one of the world's most linguistically diverse. According to 2011 census data, almost every borough is home to at least 100 different languages.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the city's East End, an area that has experienced centuries of migration as the traditional first port of call for migrants. In fact, in the 19th century, London became the biggest city in the world thanks to immigration.
Food has played a crucial role in integrating these communities into British society: Migrants may lose their language, their customs, and even their religion, but rarely will they lose their food. One street in the East End - Brick Lane - above all tells this story.
With curry now ranking as one of England's national dishes and Brick Lane the unofficial curry capital, we look beyond the curryhouses to explore a lesser-known food history - that of the Jewish community that primarily arrived in the 1880s fleeing persecution in Russia. We also explore the roots of today's Bangladeshi community, the challenges they are facing, and how their food has become synonymous with Brick Lane.
Editor's note: This film was first broadcast on Al Jazeera English in 2008.
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Those delicious foods are BANGLADESHI foods, NOT Indian foods. BANGLADESHI FOODS are far more TASTY than Indian foods. MOVE Forward, Bangladeshi community !
Bangladeshi food is only lungi and sutki fish .
I love curry is an under statement, thank god for the Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi communities. I have a curry of differing sorts 3 times a week.
I love the jazz music playing in the background. It's very smooth and fits very well with urban imagery in the video.
Yeah.😎
I've been working in Bricklane,now am in France ..i miss London
No offense to the British, but when I was stationed there all I remembered how bland the food was. UNTIL I went to an Indian restaurant. I think that was my first introduction to Indian food and I loved it just for the fact of all the flavor. Plus the Kabobs. I'm just saying if it wasn't for the immigrants, the food would have just sucked.
You don't have to be immigrant to add spices to your food. Everyone can make curry, or kebab, if you follow the recipe, so your left liberal multicultural agenda falls flat.
Where do you think spices came from genius. *Hint* not from England and obviously not from their culture in terms of food.
International Immigration is not much different than domestic migration. In terms that it fuels the economy. It's known as "Immigration surplus" that in turn rise the GPD. Also they increase the labor market where bottleneck or shortages might otherwise dampen growth. Not to mention a lot of high skilled immigrants are linked to innovation (crude example: like spices). There are also tons of positive influence in society as a whole thanks to immigration. I'm not going to say its all perfect, because nothing is. However, the benefits outweigh the problems. The problem lies in corruption of government and any other form of power. Also, the lack of education from the general public. You're fighting the wrong battle. I understand the fear in people when something happens, but you have to use common sense. Would you export all men in England if there was a huge rape problem? Of coarse not. Anyway, I can't change your mind unless you want it. So good luck :)
Japan is doing good economically without immigration since their economy is automated and highly productive and they don't need cheap labor that immigration in theory delivers. Immigration as an answer to aging population and boost for economy is a leftist myth. Look at the Germany - immigration puts an enormous burden to their social system and there is hardly any benefits in terms of economics since the absolute majority of those million refugees (mostly young, poorly educated men) that arrived in last few years lack any professional skills, they just make the crime statistics worse and people are getting more and more aware that leftist ideals of multiculturalism does not work in practice. And then people like you are wondering why people vote for right wingers - it's simply a self defense reaction against the leftist narrative.
Never had a decent curry in Brick Lane.
Why do I love this anchor so much.... God bless
Because she is not loud
Brick lane is near where I grew up. It's a vibrant place with amazing food at every turn
The world is beautiful and so are most people ...
I love seeing and kinda addicted to the food documentaries.
Brick lane is now turning into coffee shops full of hipsters
Tell me about it lol. I grew up in the east end and left the UK 4 years ago for work. I come back most holidays and I always find time to visit brick lane since I grew up 5 min away from it. Everytime I go back, there seem to be more and more hipsters
Whoa, never knew London had much diversity
I thought that was mostly america, or canada
but it seems they got more of it
+John Square London is a city not a country like America or Canada. There are a few cities or states with America and Canada which are equally as diverse. But yes London is one of the most diverse places on the planet, this documentary is only focused on Brick Lane which is less than a mile stretch so it doesn't give you a scale of multi culturalism located in other areas. London has high concentration of Black Caribbean, Africans, Pakistanis, Indians and Polish. And a smaller but still high concentration of everything else.
England had a worldwide colonial empire upon which "the sun never sets." As a result, it's capital becomes a metropole that acts as a magnet for all the former colonies. Some xenophobic Brits hate that--and they decry the presence of "foreigners"--but it is the history of colonialism that now makes possible the presence of a multitude of multi-hued British subjects drawn from across the continents in London.
I lived both in the US and UK. UK is far more diverse and allows people to preserve their home cultures better. London is particularly a very exciting city, you can find authentic and high quality food from everywhere in the world.
Bruh do you get out much at all? Or read about anywhere but your own country?
@@southlondon86 The focus was mostly in Asia and bits of NA. Japan too.
Its less that and more I don't have as much time or resources so I can only focus on so much. My earlier comment was just something I had assumed London was and pleasantly surprised.
That's about it
The bagelles look lovely... light... fluffy ... need LOX 4 sure
Very clever Aljazeera ... very clever ... quite correct anyhow.
Love British food would love to have an east end pie and mash
I'm a UK/US dual national who used to live near Brick Lane in the early 2000,s. Tubby Isaac's has been out of business for years. Don't bother looking for it. Brick Lane has become an insipid, yuppie tourist trap very similar to Camden Town. I find American bagels to be much superior to the bagels sold on Brick Lane.Even chains like Bruegger's Bagels produce a better product that can be had on Brick Lane. Finally, if you're vegetarian like me and want a curry, skip Brick Lane and visit Drummond Street near Euston Station. Drummond Street is populated with many Indian vegetarian restaurants. The luncheon buffets are especially worth sampling.
I was there last year...I was very disappointed from this market...I loved Notting Hill market best
What are you trying to show ? Politic or street food?
I'd have vegetables curries like banana flower curry and cashew curry. my Daddy makes it best!
Love form Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩❤️❤️❤️💪💪
London has these cuisine because of spice trade and their conglomerates of businesses that have traded worldwide.
this host is charming
Amazing how Street Food documentary turns out to be click bait for political discussion. Al Jazeera English keep up this trick and see your viewer numbers increase.
I am a foodie now. Yum.
cold eel flavoured jelly? ew
Yeah I’ll pass
the nation of thinkers and philosophers are afraid to cross the bridge.
That's something to ponder upon!
Yeng Sabio pond
In general, thinkers aren't that fierce of a person. At least, I haven't seen any.
l love curry ....brick Lane as well.😗
Hottest reporter i've seen.
I Love Bangladesh food
I hope Bangladeshi do better... move forward...
Ad too long. Next video.
more of you need to be Lakshmi Mittal and do FX currency trades not always restaurant.
its not bcost integration they gone bcost they move to israel so unclearly
that reporter woman is beautiful js
And a charmer and seductress
“With rice you need curry to wash it down” lol man needs
to work on his English if not that he doesn’t know what his chatting about
Curry is much better up north
Who’s here for geography gcse??
THE FITTEST WILL SURVIVE
I feel it somewhat distasteful to have a reporter whom dresses like she is at a nightclub!
Saleha Considine I don’t know what nightclubs you’ve frequented, but this beautiful reporter is dressed for a regular day’s work, night any nightclub I’ve seen.
@@pinkmonkeybird2644 Her cleavage is completely showing and her pants go right up the middle of her so you can see the entire body, very innapropriate!!
Saleha Considine I guess everyone’s definition of “appropriate” is different. I don’t see anything wrong with her attire, and she’s definitely more clothed than a lot of female reporters I’ve seen on various channels. But I’m from the US, where women freely wear skimpy clothing in public all the time and it is accepted. Everyone has a right to their opinion, though, and yours is as valid as mine. No offense was meant.
East London like second bangladesh waw
Assuming first Bangladesh is swamped in hipster hippies University know it alls.
Eels ....fishy yuch.....
11.20 them long nails n serving food 👀 definitely not kosher 😂
LONDONISTAN
she looks hot
English is one of the worst in europe in terms of food with the dutch not far apart.
England has lots of good foods. One has to remember that for many spices masked the tastes of spoiled foods.
@@pmccoy5511 that's a funny argument that you got. Of course you know yourself that it's not true. Germany, a country near England, has food that is a billion times better than England's depressing diet.
When are you going to learn?its a breeding ground....
interesting; but at 15:00, it really starts to sugarcoat the bangladeshis. lost my appetite.
Go VEGAN
Just in case you didn't know England this is called "pay back" for your
Great British Empire. How's that working out for you 😂 !!!!
All Indian and Bangladesh food is for me rubbish the spices are stale loose their flavour and ENGLAND beef is totally bad unlike ZAMBIA AND BOTSWANA I did my graduation and the only thing I really enjoyed is the FISH AND CHIPS TROUTFISH unfortunately no more All what you are watching is rubbish they use a very old spices and fool the people TAKE CARE
Interestingly you have an Indian name
@@pinkyfinger9851
...so it makes him a troll
My Dear Watson🧐
I hope Bangladeshi do better... move forward...