text: Chilli Lounge named Restaurant of the Year by customers of the Huddersfield Taste Trail - YorkshireLive
  Chilli Lounge named Restaurant of the Year by customers of the Huddersfield Taste Trail
  FOR a business which has been open just two years it's a great accolade.
  The Chilli Lounge has beaten off competition from the town's other restaurants to be named the Restaurant of the Year after taking part in the Huddersfield Taste Trail.
  For owner Ansar Ali and his team of six chefs and nine waiters it was a great achievement.
  He said: "We're absolutely thrilled. One of the reasons we're so pleased is that 90% of people who came in had never been here before.
  "We have such great support of our regulars, and now for so many people to come for the first time and say we're the best, well that's just fantastic.
  The St John William Street Indian restaurant beat Thai Sakon into second place and Nawaab into third place.
  As part of the Taste Trail they offered a chicken tikka soup for starters and a lamb curry and mixed vegetable curry for mains, along with vegetable pakoras.
  And it's been a busy two years for Ansar, his wife Nasima added two more children to their family. She's stayed at home with children Saeef, 11, Arif, eight, Neha, two and 14-month-old Atif, allowing Ansar to concentrate on the restaurant.
  However, he added: "I get home and I'm changing nappies, Nasima's very supportive.
  "Having two young children and opening a new restaurant has been a big job, but I'm so pleased our customers keep coming back and like what we're doing."
  It's the first Taste Trail held as part of the Huddersfield Food and Drink Festival.
  Town centre manager Cathy Burger said: "Trail-goers were rating on their whole experience, not just the food, so it is a real credit to Mr Ali and his staff."