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Now this is about as random as they come - and I should post it in my 'random historical photos' thread but they've taken my rights away to post photos on old threads - but it's kinda weird because I've had this photo in my collection for years (dont ask - I collect tidbits about the history of London. Sad - I know but never noticed before what kind of cuisine this restaurant was serving. 'Sikh Cuisine'. This one is from the 1960s in Brook Street in upper crust Mayfair just around the corner from the former American Embassy. Got me thinking though - with the early 1900s British studies on the Sikh Diet and the 1960s published data on how Sikh children born in the UK were the tallest and strongest of all children was the idea and concept of a 'Sikh diet' so embedded in the conscience of the British public back in the 1960s that it was common and rewarding for restaurants to advertise themselves as 'Sikh Cuisine' restaurants? Hmmm....definately a thought to ponder there.