A Cheshire curry house has been branded as having the best Indian food in Europe by Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds. The star, who is also the owner of Wrexham FC took to Instagram over the weekend to post a picture of a flier from the Light of India Balti House in Ellesmere Port.
Situated on Whitby Road in the Westminster area of Ellesmere Port, the restaurant was established back in 1980. The actor, who many know as the lead in the film Deadpool, was visiting with fellow actor Robert McElhenney, of Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame, ahead of the release of a documentary about the football club they own, called Welcome to Wrexham.
Posting on his Instagram stories, Reynolds shared a picture of the restaurant’s flier with text above reading: “Best Indian food in Europe.” The family behind the curry house have been left “gobsmacked” by the star-studded review.
While the couple who run the restaurant are not as familiar with Reynolds, their son Shaa Rahaman told Cheshire Live that it wasn’t until he was checking Instagram the next day that he realised the star had visited. Shaa, his sister Rushmeem and his parents Rahaman Baten and Rajia Rahaman are now trying to work out when he visited and what he might have ordered.
Shaa told Cheshire Live: "It's quite overwhelming. Me and my sister were gobsmacked by it. Ryan Reynolds posted it and we didn't even know. If he posted this then he must have thought highly of our food.
"I said 'did he come in or take a meal away' but no one had realised and they wouldn't have recognised him anyway. I personally think he may have had a takeaway and someone else could have picked it up or ordered it for him. He could have had it on the way to the airport or he could even have sat in. We don't know.
"I even asked my parents if anyone had walked in wearing a Wrexham cap. Everything went crazy after Ryan Reynolds shared that post. The phone hasn't stopped ringing and our restaurant has been packed. It's absolutely incredible."
It’s thought Reynolds may have ordered a takeaway or arranged for a delivery on Saturday, potentially for post-match celebrations after Wrexham beat Maidstone United 5-0. Now, Shaa is just hoping the star enjoyed the food so much that he’ll pay them a visit when he next comes to watch his club play.
He added: "What I want to do is, I want to reach out to Ryan Reynolds and tell him to please come back the next time he comes to the UK and he is very welcome to sit down and enjoy a meal with us. We could even dedicate a new dish to him."
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