For whatever reason, in the U.S. at least, "Asian" means "East Asian" (or for older folks, "Oriental Asia") and there's various other terms for different parts

For whatever reason, in the U.S. at least, "Asian" means "East Asian" (or for older folks, "Oriental Asia") and there's various other terms for different parts of Asia that don't fall under that umbrella. India is usually considered its own thing, all the "-stans" get grouped under "Central Asia" and the rest is either "Middle Eastern" or "Russian". I don't know of any Central Asian restaurants, but there's tons of Kabob places. Asia is a big place.