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Coming from small-town Missouri and having traveled very little even within the US, I had literally never heard of any specific Indian dish (authentic or not) u
by baddox 8y ago
Coming from small-town Missouri and having traveled very little even within the US, I had literally never heard of any specific Indian dish (authentic or not) until I moved to San Francisco. I had no idea what naan or chicken tikka masala were until my company in SF ordered some.
- moate 8y agoSo before you moved to SF, you never ate any of these products. Most people don't start eating new cuisines from a product like this, they start at restaurants (under the assumption that these cooks have experience cooking the food and will likely make a good product) or after having a meal prepared for them by another person. That's not to say you wouldn't see this product at a store and go "oh, I've heard of Indian food and always been interested!" but that's not the common buyer behavior. People tend to pick convenience foods based on established food preferences/familiarizes.
- astura 8y agoYou should probably know that chicken tikka masala is British, not Indian then. :)
- baddox 8y agoYes, I did learn that. I threw in “authentic or not” to avoid attempting to define what is “actually” Indian food.
- sumedh 8y ago> You should probably know that chicken tikka masala is British, not Indian then. You have to be careful posting such comments, you might start a war :)
- enno_au 8y agoSure... and Vindaloo is derived from a Portugeuse dish. Which is not to say they aren't associated with India today.
- astura 8y agoThe difference being the government minister Robin Cook to claimed that chicken tikka masala was "a true British national dish."