Zouk Manchester
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We're taking our success across Britain
A veteran Bradford restaurateur is planning to spread his wings across the Pennines with a £1m investment in a new eatery.
Peter Bashir who with sons Mudassar and Tayub runs the award winning Zouk Tea Room and Grill on Leeds Road, hopes to have the new restaurant opened by the autumn.
Peter is also considering taking a unit in the planned Broadway retail mall to offer shoppers a new eating experience.
The Manchester restaurant will open in Oxford Road, Manchester, near the BBC studios and will accommodate up to 200 diners.
The secret of Zouk's success lies in offering an innovative menu including Asian dishes along with North African, Arabian and other international cuisine plus specialist fish dishes and traditional steaks using halal meat.
Now Mr Bashir wants to spread the recipe to other parts of the country and the new Manchester restaurant could be the first of many.
Said Peter: I believe the formula we have here is a basis for success in other parts of the country. Starting with Manchester I would hope to develop a Zouk chain along the M62 corridor, taking in cities such as Liverpool and Hull. Eventually, I see no reason why we shouldn't expand across the UK, although it will be essential to maintain quality standards and our reputation for serving only freshly prepared ingredients. There is no frozen food at Zouk. I would also be interested in having a site in the new retail mall in Bradford to offer shoppers something different from the usual fast food.
For the second year running the Zouk Tea Bar and Grill has been named the best city restaurant outside Leeds in the annual Nightlife awards. Peter Bashir came to Bradford from Pakistan at the age of eight and later studied chemical engineering at Bradford University.
After graduation he worked in his father's fabric business until opening a mini market in Whetley Lane.
In 1979 he opened his first eatery the original Kebabeesh also in Whetley Lane.
In 1986 he opened the current Kebabeesh restaurant at Greengates, which he still owns.
He said Just as my father helped me to get established in business I want to do something for my sons. The result was Zouk, which is a different concept from the average Asian restaurant. When I started out Asian restaurants had a poor reputation for dirty kitchens and the type of food they cooked. I was the first Asian restaurant in Bradford to adopt open kitchens so that customers could see what was happening.
That proved successful and now we are looking to be innovative in a different way with the Zouk concept of an all day venue where people can pop in for a snack or a full meal with a drink.
Bradford aims to spice up tastes of Italy
A Fast-Growing Asian restaurant hopes to open a franchise in Milan.
Staff from Bradford-based tea bar and grill Zouk are to spend three days in the Italian city next month as they try to set up a franchise there. They will mett potential business partners when they travel as part of the International Business Network group.
It coincides with Leeds in Milan, a weeklong festival of the cities commerce and culture in Italy, organised by marketing Leeds and the city council to attract Italian investment.
Zouk will also open a branch in Manchester in November. Amjad Bashir, who runs the restaurant with his sons has plans to open a branch in the new Broadway retail mall Bradford city centre.
Mr Bashir said I believe the formula we have here is a basis for success in other parts of the country, although it will be essential to maintain quality standards and our reputation for serving only freshly prepared ingredients. There is no frozen food at Zouk.
The firm was set up in 2006 and within a year had increased the number of covers from 55 to 110.
Its further development plans include the conversion of a dilapidated building next door to expand the dining, kitchen and bar and the building of a food academy, which would train young chefs and help address the shortage of good Indian chefs in the UK.
The £1m Manchester restaurant will be 4,500 sq ft and seat up to 200 diners with mezzanine and alfresco dining.
Zouk's food is prepared in a open kitchen and the restaurant also has a French pastry chef.
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