Also...
I want to know why UK Chinese restaurants don't sell scallion pancakes, and why American ones don't have prawn crackers.
Come on Chinese people - get your fucking act together.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 13:45, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Likewise
Indian restaurants in the US make very odd dishes, to our UK tastes. I once ordered something spicy, a Jalfrezi or something, in New Jersey, and was asked whether I wanted it mild, medium or hot.

They did that with all the dishes, so I could have had an impotent Madras or a fiery Korma.

But US Mexican restaurants are better than their UK counterparts. I guess it's a function of the number of people of a particular culture who are resident in the country. Here we have a sizeable Indian population, so there are lots of good Indian restaurants, and the same is true of Mexicans in the USA.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 13:53, Reply)

The other side of the coin is that...
...'ethnic' foods are changed to suit the tastes of the locals. Most Mexicans would no sooner order food in a New York mexican food joint than an Indian would order a Tikka Masala.
Having said that I was once asked in an American Irish pub if I wanted a large pint or a small one.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 14:01, Reply)

There are some brilliant Mexican restaurants in London.
It's just that you live in the howling wastes of the frozen North.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 14:03, Reply)

Have you been to Wahaca? Love that place.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 14:05, Reply)

i do too
lovely
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 14:06, Reply)