A local pop-up Bengali restaurant, Brohmon, is offering a special lunch treat to the passengers of Emirates Airline’s first flight from Dubai to London Stansted Airport – scheduled for 8th June.
Passengers will be able to visit the restaurant in nearby Bishops Stortford, to sample an authentic Bengali lunch menu. At the same time, Brohmon’s owners, Karim Ullah and Sultana Parvin, hope that these airline travellers will also get to see some of the delights of Hertfordshire as a tourist destination – rather than merely as somewhere to travel through en route to, say, London or Cambridge.
Brohmon co-owner, Sultana Parvin, originally from Sylhet, Bangaldesh told Asian Voice, “We don’t know how much time people are planning to spend in Hertfordshire after they land at London Stansted, but we want to make sure they at least know a little of the many things this county has to offer.
“One of the by-products of our offer of a special, authentically Bengali, lunch will be, hopefully, to persuade people not to travel through Hertfordshire to other destinations but, rather, to enjoy some wonderful experiences in the county. It may be a relatively small county but it’s a great county to live in – and it has some incredible attractions for everyone, whether you like history, culture, music, sport, nature or architecture.”
Karim Ullah, who has his roots in Sylhet, Bangladesh, arrived in the UK when he was 6. He said, “When Emirates Airline starts services from London Stansted, I’m sure they’ll bring people from all over the world to this beautiful region. Our aim is to help these people enjoy the best of Hertfordshire – and also enjoy some authentic Indian food as well!”
Brohmon, which operates as a pop-up restaurant at various venues, like in Braughing, Hounsdon, and mainly in east Hertfordshire, specialises in authentic Bengali food. The food ranges from £14-20 and includes a main dish, a side, rice and bread, sometimes a starter too.
In making this offer to Emirates’ first passengers in to London Stansted Airport, Brohmon - which means ‘journey’ in Bengali – hopes to convince these people to experience something of Hertfordshire and take away some happy memories. Karim told the newspaper that they have approached the airlines, and they are hopeful that Emirates would also promote it as need be.
“It would be great if this influx of passengers into London Stansted – not just from Emirates but also from Primera Air, Air Corsica, Wow Air and others - can help boost visitor numbers to Hertfordshire in the coming months and provide a boost to the county’s tourism sector,” added Ullah.
