Indian Cuisine Preference

[minionofmidas]

Opebo, it's amusing that the Thais don't like Indian food. There are a lot of similarities, at least the stuff that is popular in America. Definitely with South Indian food there are similarities with the liberal use of coconut in their food.

Coconut, rice and lots of chili. And some deep fried meatless snacks. The Thai "don't like Indian food"? Well duh, they've been raised on an exclusively South Indian diet and would like a change when they go eating out.

[minionofmidas]

Of course it's not identical. I doubt the Thais have all the ten-thousand-varieties-of-lentils stuff.

[minionofmidas]

To the very poor in the south, dinner is either food, or on a good day food with Sambar.

Food being rice. Yeah, I've heard it actually used as synonymous in English, and it's common enough in Dravidian languages apparently.

[minionofmidas]

Very northern.

[minionofmidas]

South is terrible. Everything that's good is either North or British.

Britain has good food?

Almost all food that is considered "Indian" in the UK

I actually misread that as "almost all food is considered 'Indian' in the UK."