"Suswadu" is a Bengali word — it means something close to "delicious," but with a warmth to it that the English word does not quite carry. When your grandmother puts a plate in front of you and you take that first mouthful, what you say is "Suswadu." It is appreciation and comfort rolled into one.
That is the feeling we want you to leave with.
We came to Appleby because it felt right. A small market town in the Eden Valley, surrounded by the Pennines, the kind of place where people still know each other by name. We wanted to be part of that — to add something to Bridge Street rather than just open another restaurant.
Appleby gave us a community. We wanted to give back the food we grew up with: bold, layered, full of character. Not the watered-down version. The real thing.
Everything is made from scratch. Spices are ground fresh. Sauces are not batch-cooked and reheated — each order is prepared individually, which takes a few minutes longer but makes an enormous difference to what ends up on your plate.
We source locally where it makes sense (lamb, vegetables, dairy) and import what we need from specialist suppliers for the authentic Bangladeshi ingredients: mustard oil, dried fish, specific chilli varieties, whole spice mixes that you will not find at the supermarket.
The tiger and chillies in our logo are not just decoration. The Royal Bengal Tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh, and the chillies represent what sits at the centre of everything we cook. That is who we are.
9 Bridge Street
Appleby-in-Westmorland
CA16 6QH
Monday – Sunday
5:30 pm – 10:30 pm