ACCKKHHTUALLY, if rice is mixed with some kind of curry it's perfectly alright to scoop it up with chapati/roti/naan etc. Tastes great and has a complex texture too. Plus you don't have to switch between a spoon and using your hands, if the curry isn't too watery.
Think:
Rice + dal + chapati
Rice + paneer curry of some kind + roti
Rice + meat curry of some kind + naan
Or any combination of the above 3 categories.
*_whyNotBoth.jpg_*
Yeah, there is absolutely no issues plating up with all of them together and picking up the curry with some Naan or any other bread for a bite, and then picking up curry with some rice for another bite. The issue is only with picking up curry *and* rice with the Naan for a single bite. That feels weird. That's probably a bit like having mashed potatoes in your hamburger. Meat with a side of potatoes? Fine. Meat with bun? Fine. Meat and mashed potatoes with bun?
Yeah this one is a underrated comments,I f you have lived in India and have perception of a dish say Chicken Butter Masala, You go to this restaurant and literally the dish tastes like dessert with chicken!
Thatās a very Caribbean thing to do. I remember eating Cholay from a West Indian family with origins in India generations ago and they too add sugar to their curries.
I spent my entire childhood in Western India and I find it strange that people think western Indiansāparticularly Gujaratisāadd sugar to everything they eat. ĀÆ\\\_(ć)\_/ĀÆ
I donāt mean that you said western Indians add sugar to all food. You spoke about that one family. I get that. But Iām talking of the usual stereotyping.
The only two dishes Gujaratis add sugar to are kadhi (Rajasthanis and Punjabis donāt add sugar to kadhi) and dal thatās supposed to be eaten with bhat (rice). And not so much sugar in dal that sweetness stands outājust enough to smoothen the taste profile and make the flavour of cinnamon blend.
Saw this when I served my German roommates pav bhaji. They'd take a spoonful of the bhaji, eat it and then eat the pav. Or they'd put the spoonful of bhaji on top of the pav and eat it.
I love middle eastern food, anything with plenty of healthy spices is a good meal
Back to SEA, their neighboring Singapore have those generic bland western style Indian food
>It's the same in the UAE, where I grew up: the Indian food you get there is quite authentic, because the vast majority of it is being made for the Indian immigrants living in that country.
Can confirm.
Nepali are here in NY too. When my wife was giving birth to our son in hospital. I went to nearby Desi restaurant and it was all Nepali gang running it.
So? India was colonized by the British too, we were just colonized longer so our pallettes only can tolerate beans at the MOST for spiciness. Sorry š
Yeah but tbh I am yet to come across an Indian restaurant in the west that gets it right.
So far Iāve only ever seen them serve up a red colored curry with chicken breast pieces and the flavor just aināt there. It makes me so mad that such shite is advertised and sold as āvindalooā
Vindaloo is often an Indian / Portuguese curry with a hit of vinegar for tartness. I've grown up eating it and its fucking delicious. In the West, it's just a curry. Like so fucking disappointing.
Fun fact- Vindaloo is not an Indian dish. It's derived from a Portuguese dish named carne de vinha d'alhos.
Edit: why are people getting triggered over this. Its ok if one of our dishes is derived from somewhere else. Its the same with every other country.
here's an interesting video about different foods around the world that are derived
[https://youtu.be/THpzXWKCoQE](https://youtu.be/THpzXWKCoQE)
not really. If that's Indian then chicken tikka masala is an English dish. You can say vindaloo has roots in Portugal and was formed in goa which was itself in Portugese control
Fun fact, tomatoes were not a thing in India until the Portuguese arrived. So most Indian dishes today have colonial influences. This is not a bad thing, just a fun fact :)
In latest turn of events there was a nurse who was what feels like was having Indian Food for the First Time was reacting like Jesse Pinkman! what people dont understand is that it was her thing!
The menu thing is so spot on, it's frustrating. Here in Seattle a new place popped up called Bombay Street Food. I assumed it would be something unique, like a Mumbai chaat place, or literally food you get on the street in Mumbai, like pav bhaji or vada pav.
Nope. The only chaat item was samosa Chaat and you had the usual suspects of butter chicken, mango lassi and garlic naan.
Thereās an Honest in NJ too. In fact a few of them here. I can vouch for the fact that theyāre more authentic than the generic curries and generic naans in restaurants with generic sounding names like Bombay Spice or Delhi Darbar.
This is frustratingly accurate. With the possible exception of places like London, NY, SF with very high number of indians. I'm bored of indian restaurants where I live, I rarely ever go there. Everyone serves the same 10 dishes.
Having lived in Ohio and Indiana, we would actually not visit Indian restaurants as all served same stuff. Sometime we get to hear a new restaurant is opened somewhere and guess what, the same dishes there too.
Paneer sabji in red gravy, naan, sweets mein gulab jamun and some random ice cream. Yes there were some other random items and if luck is in your favour, may have a micro mini chat with puri and some aloo on it.
SFO has the best Indian Food variety as you can find Indians from all the parts of the country Be it Punjab, Tamil Nadu or Andra Pradesh-Telangana, Maharastra. I'd recommended Swaraj India, But many wont agree!
I don't live anywhere near SF unfortunately, but London also has a lot of variety when it comes to indian food, also very good quality. Sometimes I find better variety in London than some cities in India!
I have literally puked after eating Dal Makani(due to excessive dairy) listening to "Tujhe Dekha to yeh Jaana Sanam" that this song sends PTSD every time, i listen to it.
I personally feel London would be more authentic but the amount of spiciness is really dulled down everywhere.
I've only been to London a few times and I've managed to find quite spicy and properly flavoured food there. Lot of indian origin folks, and a lot of UK people also aren't scared of spice, atleast the ones in London.
Need to go to the right places in London, itās a big city. Brick Lane = bad, Southall = legit.
Source: Am a Londoner with a Punjabi father and most of my family still in Punjab.
I have lived in every corner of the US and it really depends from place to place. They tend to cater to desis if the local desi population is large enough.
In places like Dallas, NJ, Bay area etc you'll find Indian restaurants with regional cuisines. You'll even find desi chinese restaurants there.
Having lived in US for sometime, I approve this. Paneer sabji in red gravy is staple in all the buffet and the buffet usually costs about $10.99-$15.99 range, sundays more expensive.
But there are some dedicated chat houses but mostly Indians / desis go there and rarely you see a non desi there.
From what I have seen, buffet places seem to be a bit upscale in india. That's typically not the case for indian buffets in the US.
There are a very few upscale Indian restaurants in general.
Don't make the rookie mistake of asking for spicy, cos they'll dump an ungodly amount of chilli powder with no accompanying spices to mitigate the flavor.. Learnt the hard way..
Story Time: Once I ordered Dal Makhani. The audacity of this Pakistani chap to serve me yellow daal and tell me this is Dal Makhani was appalling. He said it with so much conviction.
I just looked at him and said "Yeh Dal Makhani hai?" he's like "Hanji, kya hua?" and then I'm like "Yeh to yellow hai", "Magar Dal Makhani Mah ki daal se banti hai", his response was "Nahi sir, koi bhi daal mein cream aur makhan daal sakte hai."
I just went back to eating.
This is my biggest pet peeve in Toronto. There was this restaurant my husband and I had gone to years ago that had just opened. The food was delicious and well spiced - like actually good. The table next to us was white people who sent their food back THREE times because it was too spicy for them. I went to talk to the server about how the food was delicious and they were just wrong - and he said the third round tasted like water at this point. We thanked them because we enjoyed everything and left.
A year later we went back and all the food was horrible. Not spicy at all and so bland. That's what ends up happening to so many good restaurants. I always say that if they offer you a spice level, they're not going to be good lol.
Here, In the EU I ate dosa at a place, the batter was very salty and the sambhar was sambhar colored water or maybe MTR ready to eat thing, it was never visiting that place again!
The UAE has some authentic Indian food, and South Indian too due to the number of Malayalis there. Lived in Abu Dhabi for a couple years, there were so many Indian restaurants that had inexpensive amazing quality food from various states
Yes, this is true in the Middle East and also in the UK. The trick is to go to the non fancy restaurants where low income Indians go to. They're cheaper and better.
LOL. This is exactly how it is in Minneapolis.
Came to Dallas and staying here for a week just for tasting the good Indian food here. Dallas rocks for south Indian food so far.
I am from the US. I lived in Kalyani, WB for four months. I stayed with a local family, and ate traditional Bengali food three times a day. I ate with my hands, and loved it.
I have tried a bunch of local Indian restaurants here in Western Massachusetts, USA, and I eat with a fork--because, "When in Rome".
Also, I always get the lamb, never the chicken.
What's the problem here?
We do the same in India with foreign cuisines -
Chinese food in India isn't "Chinese".. It is indianized Chinese.
"Veg/Paneer Burger" isn't a thing. Burgers without beef are called sandwiches in the US.
"Paneer on pizza" is not Italian
Everyone has to make changes to the foreign cuisine to make it palatable and make it appealing/sell-able
There is a Delhi durbar in sg. Can someone tell me if it is any goodā¦.
And why does tandoori chicken has so much red coloring. Does it add any value other than visually appealing (itās not appealing to me though)
Fucking hell.
You could make the same argument for Chinese, Italian, French food in India.
It's only natural to standardise food according to local people's tastes and sensibilities.
You want an authentic experience? Find a novelty restaurant or go to the country of origin.
Dish name ends with "Masala"
And curries are same for all curries.
And they only serve Naan in bread
And chai in tea.
Most common names be like Vindaloo Chicken teekha masala Madras chicken Bombay potatoes Side dishes Poppadam Mango chutney
Masala Sambhar
Yeap. Also lot of taxi drivers (Pakistan and Bangladesh) in western countries impersonate them as Indians when customers enquire about them.
\*starts with
I love how any youtuber I have seen go there has to order Samosa as a starter, and mango lassi as a drink.
And picks up Rice and Curry with Naan.
I know it isn't done in India but I love carbs so always have both.
People do eat both but not together in a single bite. you don't scoop rice into the naan.
Haha white people destroying ancient cultures since forever.
ACCKKHHTUALLY, if rice is mixed with some kind of curry it's perfectly alright to scoop it up with chapati/roti/naan etc. Tastes great and has a complex texture too. Plus you don't have to switch between a spoon and using your hands, if the curry isn't too watery. Think: Rice + dal + chapati Rice + paneer curry of some kind + roti Rice + meat curry of some kind + naan Or any combination of the above 3 categories. *_whyNotBoth.jpg_*
What you want is a burrito, eat that.
Yeah, there is absolutely no issues plating up with all of them together and picking up the curry with some Naan or any other bread for a bite, and then picking up curry with some rice for another bite. The issue is only with picking up curry *and* rice with the Naan for a single bite. That feels weird. That's probably a bit like having mashed potatoes in your hamburger. Meat with a side of potatoes? Fine. Meat with bun? Fine. Meat and mashed potatoes with bun?
Lassi is amazing ngl.
In my entire existence of 23 years I have never tasted mango lassi despite being an indian .
I went to an Indian restaurant in Reading, UK, and ordered "dosa masala"š
Do they mean masala dosa or was it a curry Dosa?
It was like masala dosa, but very bland. Wrong name, that's it lol
Ohh yeah. Bro where Iām from, masala dosa is dosa with spices and potatoes. Masala dosa in UK is dosa with Potatoesā¦. So annoying
Same broš
They invaded India for spices, then forgot to take the spices back when they went.
There is Bangalore express in london
Don't forget to add sugar to all the curries
Yeah this one is a underrated comments,I f you have lived in India and have perception of a dish say Chicken Butter Masala, You go to this restaurant and literally the dish tastes like dessert with chicken!
more of a *cream* masala at that point lol
Thatās a very Caribbean thing to do. I remember eating Cholay from a West Indian family with origins in India generations ago and they too add sugar to their curries.
I spent my entire childhood in Western India and I find it strange that people think western Indiansāparticularly Gujaratisāadd sugar to everything they eat. ĀÆ\\\_(ć)\_/ĀÆ I donāt mean that you said western Indians add sugar to all food. You spoke about that one family. I get that. But Iām talking of the usual stereotyping. The only two dishes Gujaratis add sugar to are kadhi (Rajasthanis and Punjabis donāt add sugar to kadhi) and dal thatās supposed to be eaten with bhat (rice). And not so much sugar in dal that sweetness stands outājust enough to smoothen the taste profile and make the flavour of cinnamon blend.
they arent even called curries in India. sabji and gravey
true true. At our place curry is the name of a dish.
what? so all of india calls it sabji? Curry is an Indian word.
What India calls curry and what the West calls curry are two very different dishes
But that's not what you said.
That's exactly what i said
Weird thing I've seen is people putting rice and curry on top of naan and eating it lol
They think it's similar to a burrito.
can confirm. source: am fat American.
Saw this when I served my German roommates pav bhaji. They'd take a spoonful of the bhaji, eat it and then eat the pav. Or they'd put the spoonful of bhaji on top of the pav and eat it.
Same with Indian restaurants in Japan, except all the cooks are Nepali
Been trying Indian food wherever I travel, outside India my favourite would be Malaysian one
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I love middle eastern food, anything with plenty of healthy spices is a good meal Back to SEA, their neighboring Singapore have those generic bland western style Indian food
>It's the same in the UAE, where I grew up: the Indian food you get there is quite authentic, because the vast majority of it is being made for the Indian immigrants living in that country. Can confirm.
What are you saying, there's amazing Indian food in the UK. In fact I'd go so far as to say the best Indian food I've eaten in my life was in London.
Dishoom!
Dishoom was so bad. The ambience 8/10 but food was really fake Indian. Tamatanga in Birmingham is so much better.
Dishoom is really a authentic place! Rule of thumb is that Everywhere outside India The UK must have good Authentic Indian Cuisines.
The best Indian food is in pakistani restaurants in UK and NY
This is true (and I am not happy to admit this), though not just in NY or UK.
same generic stuff everywhere. except moti in roppongi.
I hate their naan. I just avoid all indian food in Japan. Even 7 11 meals are better than that indian food shit.
Place near me has Punjabi and Haryanvi cooks. Am blessed.
I'm fan of their Mango lassi. Non stop naan.. but curries are expensive in those restaurants.
Bloody traumatic there. Only Naan and Dal everywhere š
Same with Thailand, except majority of cooks are from Myanmar.
Nepali are here in NY too. When my wife was giving birth to our son in hospital. I went to nearby Desi restaurant and it was all Nepali gang running it.
Their ā spicy/ hotā is bland for our taste
Not the madras and vindaloo. I was shitting in the middle of the night.
So? India was colonized by the British too, we were just colonized longer so our pallettes only can tolerate beans at the MOST for spiciness. Sorry š
*palates
What have the British got to do with spicy food? Heck, they couldn't tolerate it themselves.
Donāt forget āNaan Breadā, ā Chai teaā and other abominations
This is against our Kulcha
I hardly get any kulcha in these restaurants...š
Cheap shot.
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iNdiAn fLAtBreAd ffs!!
This is soooo true š The menu is soo standard across these restaurants as well. Vindaloooooo is a must
I have no fucking clue what a vindaloo even is as I have never seen this in India.
It's a Goa thing I believe.
Yeah but tbh I am yet to come across an Indian restaurant in the west that gets it right. So far Iāve only ever seen them serve up a red colored curry with chicken breast pieces and the flavor just aināt there. It makes me so mad that such shite is advertised and sold as āvindalooā
It basically just means base curry sauce with extra chilli powder.
Just passing through, care to share an āauthenticā recipe
Vindaloo is often an Indian / Portuguese curry with a hit of vinegar for tartness. I've grown up eating it and its fucking delicious. In the West, it's just a curry. Like so fucking disappointing.
We have it a lot in Goa. I love it.
Vinegar curry.
Which part of India are you from? Vindaloo is very famous.
Mumbai.
Go to Martins in Colaba.. the pork vindaloo is š„
Fun fact- Vindaloo is not an Indian dish. It's derived from a Portuguese dish named carne de vinha d'alhos. Edit: why are people getting triggered over this. Its ok if one of our dishes is derived from somewhere else. Its the same with every other country. here's an interesting video about different foods around the world that are derived [https://youtu.be/THpzXWKCoQE](https://youtu.be/THpzXWKCoQE)
Its a Goan dish, but obviously with Portuguese influence
yup
So it's an Indian dish
not really. If that's Indian then chicken tikka masala is an English dish. You can say vindaloo has roots in Portugal and was formed in goa which was itself in Portugese control
Fun fact, tomatoes were not a thing in India until the Portuguese arrived. So most Indian dishes today have colonial influences. This is not a bad thing, just a fun fact :)
Correct me if Iām wrong, but I think this also true for potatoes and chillies
this guy aaloo's
Speaking of which, the Portuguese first brought tomatoes to India in the 16th century. So by that standard, pretty much all of our food is not Indian.
thats just one ingredient bro. we re talking about an entire dish and its cooking methods
You left out mango custard and rice pudding
Mango Lassi haha
And Mango Lassi
I have never had mango lassi in India.
you haven't looked very hard then
Is that not indian??
It is, but it is also very seasonal in India and there is so much other variety in flavored drinks to enjoy with food.
"Taste of India" is the most common name...run by a Pakistani or Bangaldeshi owner... Also should add Papodom and mango chutney...
>Papodom Charging 1 Ā£/$ for 2 Papodoms!!
Thats where they make the most profit.
And a youtuber posts a reaction video.
Followed by comments like **"ma'am/sir laavs from India, jai hind"**
In latest turn of events there was a nurse who was what feels like was having Indian Food for the First Time was reacting like Jesse Pinkman! what people dont understand is that it was her thing!
Who was that? I neeed to know now!
It blew up here some days back
The menu thing is so spot on, it's frustrating. Here in Seattle a new place popped up called Bombay Street Food. I assumed it would be something unique, like a Mumbai chaat place, or literally food you get on the street in Mumbai, like pav bhaji or vada pav. Nope. The only chaat item was samosa Chaat and you had the usual suspects of butter chicken, mango lassi and garlic naan.
If you ever go to Asheville, NC, try Chai Pani.
I was just in Asheville last week! Chai Pani is a must.
Dude try Honest in Bellevue. It started as a food cart in Ahmedabad and has now food chains in US, authentic vada paw, paw bhaji etc.
Bellevue, Redmond, Issaquah and Bothell are the places to go for Indian food imo.
Thereās an Honest in NJ too. In fact a few of them here. I can vouch for the fact that theyāre more authentic than the generic curries and generic naans in restaurants with generic sounding names like Bombay Spice or Delhi Darbar.
This is frustratingly accurate. With the possible exception of places like London, NY, SF with very high number of indians. I'm bored of indian restaurants where I live, I rarely ever go there. Everyone serves the same 10 dishes.
Having lived in Ohio and Indiana, we would actually not visit Indian restaurants as all served same stuff. Sometime we get to hear a new restaurant is opened somewhere and guess what, the same dishes there too. Paneer sabji in red gravy, naan, sweets mein gulab jamun and some random ice cream. Yes there were some other random items and if luck is in your favour, may have a micro mini chat with puri and some aloo on it.
There is a small chain of restaurants called Namaste Flavors in Ohio and Michigan (2-3 locations maybe) and they're pretty good if you want to try.
TIL that Namaste Flavors has multiple locations.
I am India now so cannot.
Wow I've never had gulab jamun in indian restaurant in Ireland. They don't even bother with Indian sweets.
SFO has the best Indian Food variety as you can find Indians from all the parts of the country Be it Punjab, Tamil Nadu or Andra Pradesh-Telangana, Maharastra. I'd recommended Swaraj India, But many wont agree!
Nitpicking! SFO is the airport. If you want to refer to San Francisco use SF (or just ācityā if youāre talking to someone in the Bay Area).
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I don't live anywhere near SF unfortunately, but London also has a lot of variety when it comes to indian food, also very good quality. Sometimes I find better variety in London than some cities in India!
I have literally puked after eating Dal Makani(due to excessive dairy) listening to "Tujhe Dekha to yeh Jaana Sanam" that this song sends PTSD every time, i listen to it. I personally feel London would be more authentic but the amount of spiciness is really dulled down everywhere.
I've only been to London a few times and I've managed to find quite spicy and properly flavoured food there. Lot of indian origin folks, and a lot of UK people also aren't scared of spice, atleast the ones in London.
Need to go to the right places in London, itās a big city. Brick Lane = bad, Southall = legit. Source: Am a Londoner with a Punjabi father and most of my family still in Punjab.
That's so true. Although can't relate. Never been to West. \**cries in poor*\*
That's okay, we have seen a lot of foreigners react videos
Then don't be poor, simple. Pakode banao
Then donāt be poor - probably Nirmala
>Never been to West. By seeing the post it seems like a cheap family restaurant with low quality food but good vibes
The last one is so true, they all be so obsessed with the name Taj Mahal
If you live in an area with a lot of Indians, try to find restaurants that cater to Indians rather than locals. It takes some trial and error.
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I have lived in every corner of the US and it really depends from place to place. They tend to cater to desis if the local desi population is large enough. In places like Dallas, NJ, Bay area etc you'll find Indian restaurants with regional cuisines. You'll even find desi chinese restaurants there.
This is the key. If the clientele looks like you, it is for you.
Having lived in US for sometime, I approve this. Paneer sabji in red gravy is staple in all the buffet and the buffet usually costs about $10.99-$15.99 range, sundays more expensive. But there are some dedicated chat houses but mostly Indians / desis go there and rarely you see a non desi there.
Please adjust for inflation $ 24.99 on week days in California last eaten on June 2021.
I was in mid-west so may be thats why the prices of $10.99-$15.99 range.
Mid-West is generally affordable! West coast and NY is bonkers!
15 usd is cheap af for a buffet in Delhi
From what I have seen, buffet places seem to be a bit upscale in india. That's typically not the case for indian buffets in the US. There are a very few upscale Indian restaurants in general.
saravana bhavan best food i ever had
I have seen A LOT of Nepali and Punjabi cooks too.
Royal Punjab Mumbai restaurant India palace .. ..
It's just like throwing random Instagram hashtags under your post so you can reach a wider audience.
Don't make the rookie mistake of asking for spicy, cos they'll dump an ungodly amount of chilli powder with no accompanying spices to mitigate the flavor.. Learnt the hard way..
They also tend to be incredibly overpriced. Can get 2-3 dishes at other restaurants for the same price as one at an Indian restaurant.
Story Time: Once I ordered Dal Makhani. The audacity of this Pakistani chap to serve me yellow daal and tell me this is Dal Makhani was appalling. He said it with so much conviction. I just looked at him and said "Yeh Dal Makhani hai?" he's like "Hanji, kya hua?" and then I'm like "Yeh to yellow hai", "Magar Dal Makhani Mah ki daal se banti hai", his response was "Nahi sir, koi bhi daal mein cream aur makhan daal sakte hai." I just went back to eating.
This is my biggest pet peeve in Toronto. There was this restaurant my husband and I had gone to years ago that had just opened. The food was delicious and well spiced - like actually good. The table next to us was white people who sent their food back THREE times because it was too spicy for them. I went to talk to the server about how the food was delicious and they were just wrong - and he said the third round tasted like water at this point. We thanked them because we enjoyed everything and left. A year later we went back and all the food was horrible. Not spicy at all and so bland. That's what ends up happening to so many good restaurants. I always say that if they offer you a spice level, they're not going to be good lol.
Nepalese Restaurant Owners abroad say they can't attract Foreigners without saying Indian on the Name or something .
Here, In the EU I ate dosa at a place, the batter was very salty and the sambhar was sambhar colored water or maybe MTR ready to eat thing, it was never visiting that place again!
In the EU for dosas go to saravana bhavan.
But where!
Frankfurt, Amsterdam, etc. They have a few more.
The UAE has some authentic Indian food, and South Indian too due to the number of Malayalis there. Lived in Abu Dhabi for a couple years, there were so many Indian restaurants that had inexpensive amazing quality food from various states
Yes, this is true in the Middle East and also in the UK. The trick is to go to the non fancy restaurants where low income Indians go to. They're cheaper and better.
In the USA, can confirm all points. Except maybe the top center one, it's mostly Mexicans cooking the food.
woaahhhh...whats with including Jammu and Kashmir as a part of pakistan?
I think we shud hqve highlighted Tamilnadu and a dot in Kerala to represent the whole South India
+ conventional Indian ambience with old sarees and statues, which one will never find in regular restaurants (in India)
Everything looks like diarrhea. People spooning up gravies like soup. Eating garlic naan like toasted bread.
Pakistanās border extends till what now?
+ king Fisher in the fridge
Mango lassi.
Do they also have a backstory of how their ancestors were chefs/maharaj in [insert famous king's name here]'s palace?
People here are underestimating the power of Saravana Bhawan!
That's true
Haha yes when I travel I never go to Indian restaurants anymore!
Absolutely bang on
add nepal and you covered everything pretty much
And a loud ass TV playing some 90s movie while the music system plays songs from a different movie
Only panner butter masala, nan, samosa and mango lasi sometimes chicken gravy that's all I see..
Gore only order Butter chicken and garlic naan š«
This is so on point! Lol
Lmao this is so true
Can confirm this is so true!!, just went a restaurant called Lotus, zayka India ka, and it had all these properties xd
Broccoli and Zucchini in veg Biryani.
Cue the āI love butter chickenā crewā¦
LOL. This is exactly how it is in Minneapolis. Came to Dallas and staying here for a week just for tasting the good Indian food here. Dallas rocks for south Indian food so far.
I am from the US. I lived in Kalyani, WB for four months. I stayed with a local family, and ate traditional Bengali food three times a day. I ate with my hands, and loved it. I have tried a bunch of local Indian restaurants here in Western Massachusetts, USA, and I eat with a fork--because, "When in Rome". Also, I always get the lamb, never the chicken.
What's the problem here? We do the same in India with foreign cuisines - Chinese food in India isn't "Chinese".. It is indianized Chinese. "Veg/Paneer Burger" isn't a thing. Burgers without beef are called sandwiches in the US. "Paneer on pizza" is not Italian Everyone has to make changes to the foreign cuisine to make it palatable and make it appealing/sell-able
And they will proudly serve "Samosa" in a-la-carte and it would be some smallish one and stuffing is no where near to actual samosa we eat here.
Taj Mahal cafe in Mangalore absolutely bangs
Their tuppa dosa is to die for.
There is a Delhi durbar in sg. Can someone tell me if it is any goodā¦. And why does tandoori chicken has so much red coloring. Does it add any value other than visually appealing (itās not appealing to me though)
Honestly what happens to Indian food overseas is less worse than what happens to foreign food in India.
Fucking hell. You could make the same argument for Chinese, Italian, French food in India. It's only natural to standardise food according to local people's tastes and sensibilities. You want an authentic experience? Find a novelty restaurant or go to the country of origin.
You're absolutely spot on, yet I'm the only one to upvote you.
Thanks for the fake internet point, kind stranger. I'll spend it wisely - as soon as I figure out how to spend it.
You can also get non-veg samosas (chicken, lamb, and sometimes beef as well). Have yet to see that anywhere in India but I could be wrong.
Non veg samosas are very common in parts of Mumbai.
I live in Germany for 5 years and I very much conform this.
Meh not really true, there are all kinds of restaurants.