£10,000 for transatlantic fish curry

An American music mogul is believed to have ordered the world's most expensive curry by paying £10,000 for a transatlantic Indian take-away.

Steve Francis, a member of the 1980s dance act Soul II Soul, was so impressed by the dishes prepared by the Indie Spice restaurant in Belfast that he arranged for a fish bhuna and side dishes to be delivered to New York.

Francis, now a music promoter, is paying for the curry plus two chefs to be flown first-class across the Atlantic. A chartered flight has already travelled from London to Dublin to pick up the 6ft tigerfish, imported from Bangladesh.