This is the same for every country you go to study in now.
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Somewhere in that thread a person in Germany is arguing that Indian food in Germany is better than in the U.S. and I am struggling to not laugh and fall off my seat
Düsseldorf has great Chinese food tho. Tho not even remotely close to one block of say, Flushing
How China’s hottest social media app turned Düsseldorf into a foodie destination
Düsseldorf restaurants have seen a surge in Chinese tourists after “weekend trip to Düsseldorf” became a noticeable trend.
Rest of World (restofworld.org)
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Düsseldorf has great Chinese food tho. Tho not even remotely close to one block of say, Flushing
How China’s hottest social media app turned Düsseldorf into a foodie destination
Düsseldorf restaurants have seen a surge in Chinese tourists after “weekend trip to Düsseldorf” became a noticeable trend.
Rest of World (restofworld.org)
wrote last edited by [email protected]I think the only country in Europe that has good Indian food is the UK, for obvious reasons. But they are also not in Europe anymore ahahaha
Even then
People who are like ‘Indian food is better in the UK’ are mostly really saying ‘British Indian Restaurant food (totally its own thing) is my favorite Indian cuisine’, and that’s ok, but the regional southern Indian foods of the Bay Area and Gujarati foods of NJ are also right there
I don’t think you can say you have good Indian or Chinese food in any major city until you have good regional options hehe
I can get a clone of my favorite Bangalore dosa in not one, but two places near me: Surya Darshini in Milpitas and Bengaluru Thindi in San Jose!
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I think the only country in Europe that has good Indian food is the UK, for obvious reasons. But they are also not in Europe anymore ahahaha
Even then
People who are like ‘Indian food is better in the UK’ are mostly really saying ‘British Indian Restaurant food (totally its own thing) is my favorite Indian cuisine’, and that’s ok, but the regional southern Indian foods of the Bay Area and Gujarati foods of NJ are also right there
I don’t think you can say you have good Indian or Chinese food in any major city until you have good regional options hehe
I can get a clone of my favorite Bangalore dosa in not one, but two places near me: Surya Darshini in Milpitas and Bengaluru Thindi in San Jose!
wrote last edited by [email protected]I don’t go to Saravana Bhavan in any city because they are horrible (they keep passports of workers, and the owner also.. once sent a hitman after an employee’s husband) I also don’t love their food
That’s the pinnacle of dosa in most European cities. There’s nothing better than it.
Paris has some decent Sri Lankan Tamil spots I guess.
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I don’t go to Saravana Bhavan in any city because they are horrible (they keep passports of workers, and the owner also.. once sent a hitman after an employee’s husband) I also don’t love their food
That’s the pinnacle of dosa in most European cities. There’s nothing better than it.
Paris has some decent Sri Lankan Tamil spots I guess.
I know this is a convo about immigration but food and immigration are intimately entwined for me. I can’t live somewhere where I don’t love the food
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I think the only country in Europe that has good Indian food is the UK, for obvious reasons. But they are also not in Europe anymore ahahaha
Even then
People who are like ‘Indian food is better in the UK’ are mostly really saying ‘British Indian Restaurant food (totally its own thing) is my favorite Indian cuisine’, and that’s ok, but the regional southern Indian foods of the Bay Area and Gujarati foods of NJ are also right there
I don’t think you can say you have good Indian or Chinese food in any major city until you have good regional options hehe
I can get a clone of my favorite Bangalore dosa in not one, but two places near me: Surya Darshini in Milpitas and Bengaluru Thindi in San Jose!
@skinnylatte You can absolutely get proper Punjabi food in the UK (or Tamil, or Bengali, or Gujarati, or…), and there are many, many options in London and other big cities. (I miss it so much.)
I used to go to Pakistani places, mostly, because it’s the closest to what I grew up eating. I took some German friends once. That was fun.
But: do not ask a white person. They will direct you to the nearest “curry house”, a.k.a. approximate Bengali or Bangladeshi food with fries and beer.
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@skinnylatte You can absolutely get proper Punjabi food in the UK (or Tamil, or Bengali, or Gujarati, or…), and there are many, many options in London and other big cities. (I miss it so much.)
I used to go to Pakistani places, mostly, because it’s the closest to what I grew up eating. I took some German friends once. That was fun.
But: do not ask a white person. They will direct you to the nearest “curry house”, a.k.a. approximate Bengali or Bangladeshi food with fries and beer.
@samir yeah, although most Indians are not the ones sayings ‘there is no good Indian food in the US’. They mostly see and know there are regional variations in all the places that different people have gone no matter which side of the Atlantic it is
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@samir yeah, although most Indians are not the ones sayings ‘there is no good Indian food in the US’. They mostly see and know there are regional variations in all the places that different people have gone no matter which side of the Atlantic it is
@skinnylatte Totally. Wouldn’t listen to anyone else’s opinion.
The one universal truth about Indians is that we are everywhere, and we need our food. You can find a dhaba anywhere.
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I think the only country in Europe that has good Indian food is the UK, for obvious reasons. But they are also not in Europe anymore ahahaha
Even then
People who are like ‘Indian food is better in the UK’ are mostly really saying ‘British Indian Restaurant food (totally its own thing) is my favorite Indian cuisine’, and that’s ok, but the regional southern Indian foods of the Bay Area and Gujarati foods of NJ are also right there
I don’t think you can say you have good Indian or Chinese food in any major city until you have good regional options hehe
I can get a clone of my favorite Bangalore dosa in not one, but two places near me: Surya Darshini in Milpitas and Bengaluru Thindi in San Jose!
@skinnylatte
In UK it varies regionally too. Bradford is better than most cities for Punjabi and Kashmiri cuisine. -
@skinnylatte Totally. Wouldn’t listen to anyone else’s opinion.
The one universal truth about Indians is that we are everywhere, and we need our food. You can find a dhaba anywhere.
@samir where I am most days now in central California, it feels like rural Punjab. So many Punjabi families, and their food is of course great. Actual dhabas for Punjabi truck drivers too
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@skinnylatte
In UK it varies regionally too. Bradford is better than most cities for Punjabi and Kashmiri cuisine.@Andii my toot wasn’t clear, it was more that Germany does not have regional Indian food; uk does. Including British Indian restaurant food, and the other regional cuisines. But also that British people who claim other countries don’t have good Indian food (I’ve met British people who honestly believe Indian food is better there than in.. India) are strange
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@Andii my toot wasn’t clear, it was more that Germany does not have regional Indian food; uk does. Including British Indian restaurant food, and the other regional cuisines. But also that British people who claim other countries don’t have good Indian food (I’ve met British people who honestly believe Indian food is better there than in.. India) are strange
@skinnylatte
Thanks for clarifying.
I thought emphasising * restaurant food is important too. When neighbours share their food, it isn't always that similar to the stuff on sale. Of course. -
I think the only country in Europe that has good Indian food is the UK, for obvious reasons. But they are also not in Europe anymore ahahaha
Even then
People who are like ‘Indian food is better in the UK’ are mostly really saying ‘British Indian Restaurant food (totally its own thing) is my favorite Indian cuisine’, and that’s ok, but the regional southern Indian foods of the Bay Area and Gujarati foods of NJ are also right there
I don’t think you can say you have good Indian or Chinese food in any major city until you have good regional options hehe
I can get a clone of my favorite Bangalore dosa in not one, but two places near me: Surya Darshini in Milpitas and Bengaluru Thindi in San Jose!
@skinnylatte you do get good regional Indian food in the UK, at least in #Leicester. Again, that's my experience in the UK and I don't think I've ever tried it in the US.
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@skinnylatte
Thanks for clarifying.
I thought emphasising * restaurant food is important too. When neighbours share their food, it isn't always that similar to the stuff on sale. Of course.@Andii agreed. But also having a thriving ‘ethnic’ restaurant scene that mostly caters to that immigrant community is a sign of a healthy and thriving immigrant community.
For example there are many cuisines in San Francisco that are a certain way, that I would vastly prefer across the bridge in Oakland. Although that’s more like, ‘ethnic food’ in zone 1 London vs outside in specific neighborhoods, in terms of who are the main people going to those restaurants.
I love a good community restaurant
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@skinnylatte you do get good regional Indian food in the UK, at least in #Leicester. Again, that's my experience in the UK and I don't think I've ever tried it in the US.
@keyboardpipette clarifying here
Adrianna Tan (@[email protected])
@[email protected] my toot wasn’t clear, it was more that Germany does not have regional Indian food; uk does. Including British Indian restaurant food, and the other regional cuisines. But also that British people who claim other countries don’t have good Indian food (I’ve met British people who honestly believe Indian food is better there than in.. India) are strange
Hachyderm.io (hachyderm.io)
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Somewhere in that thread a person in Germany is arguing that Indian food in Germany is better than in the U.S. and I am struggling to not laugh and fall off my seat
@skinnylatte when I lived in Denmark someone posted in a local internationals Facebook page asking where to take visiting Australians for a nice dinner. So many recommendations for various Asian restaurants before the antipodeans & asians leaped on the thread to say Noooooo lol
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@skinnylatte when I lived in Denmark someone posted in a local internationals Facebook page asking where to take visiting Australians for a nice dinner. So many recommendations for various Asian restaurants before the antipodeans & asians leaped on the thread to say Noooooo lol
@FrancescaJ once, in Copenhagen while I was standing in line for a hot dog a nice Danish old lady poked me with an umbrella to tell me ‘chow chow box Chinese food is that way’
