If you’ve ever waited in line to order an Indian takeout, you might have wistfully wondered when the mouthwatering, spicy meal you just ordered first made its way to British soil. You’d be excused if you picked the 1960s or 1970s, when London’s Bangladeshi community first started to explode. You would have to start thinking much, much sooner. In actuality, in 1810, the first Indian restaurant with origins in London debuted! But long before that, the British have been fascinated by the mouthwatering spices from the East.