Minh Tran
Minh Tran simmered broth through night shifts in other people’s kitchens. The Hackney counter that followed is small, serious, and open late.
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Ananya RaoMandala Kitchen
A Moseley café cooking the lunches Ananya grew up with.
Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8JG · Food & Drink
Priya ShahSilk & Loom
Contemporary tailoring cut from South Asian cloth.
Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B1 1NF · Fashion
Minh TranNightingale Pho
A Hackney counter for broth, herbs and late bowls.
Hackney, London, E9 6ND · Food & Drink
Rani KapoorAtelier Rani
Brick Lane womenswear cut for British weather and Indian ceremony.
Brick Lane, London, E1 6RL · Fashion
Founders: Meet the people behind the rooms
All storiesAnanya Rao
Ananya Rao left a hospital rota to cook the lunches she grew up with — and built a Moseley café that now has a queue before the sambar is ready.
Rani Kapoor
Rani Kapoor designs coats that work in British rain and Punjabi ceremony — from a Brick Lane studio that still shares a kettle with the fabric shop downstairs.
Guides: Curated lists from the editorial desk
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- 7 Asian-owned businesses in Birmingham you need to knowA neighbourhood café, a bridal house, a Jewellery Quarter studio and the Digbeth coffee bar that iced the city.
- Asian businesses in LeicesterBelgrave Road, still the point: a bakery at dawn and a wellness room that does not translate itself twice.
- Asian-owned and Asian-inspired beauty businesses worth knowingTurmeric done properly, Korean skincare without the lecture, and a Leicester room for breath and oil.
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