KRAW 85 points 3 years ago

Can you give an example? I know that some people have a hard time with the strong smells, but I honestly have never heard it made fun of in any demeaning way. Maybe at worst a character has a bad time on a toilet due to the Indian food being so spicy, but I can't think of how it would be made fun of. Seems well loved here in the States in my experience.

path: 0 5880373, hotness: undefined, score: 85, children: 29

givesomefucks -47 points 3 years ago

Can you give an example?

I thought you meant for Indian food being praised worldwide at first...

Most people I know that enjoy Indian food switched to Thai prerty quickly. They might still get Indian occasionally, but Thai food does everything better.

Most Indian dishes that are popular in other countries, aren't even Indian. At most they were invented in other countries and portrayed as authentic. So I'm not even sure that counts.

Kind of like how General Tsao's chicken is an American dish

save

path: 0 5880373 5880720, hotness: undefined, score: -47, children: 28

Deceptichum 65 points 3 years ago

Such an odd way to hear people talk about food.

I’d never consider food to be “switchable”, let alone think another culture does it “better”. Like there’s so much diversity between Indian/Thai, on a dish by dish basis no country is better.

save

path: 0 5880373 5880720 5882229, hotness: undefined, score: 65, children: 13

CanadaPlus 18 points 3 years ago

Butter chicken was invented for the British (in India), but naan bread and the various dal dishes are authentic, and those are the first things I think of. Thai food is good too, but it's different.

save

path: 0 5880373 5880720 5881966, hotness: undefined, score: 18, children: 11

lagomorphlecture 3 points 3 years ago

That's always how ethnic food works though. It always starts with the original base food then gets modified by the local culture to fit their tastes and available ingredients. Chinese is the same. American Chinese food isn't the same as Indian Chinese food which isn't the same as French Chinese food. American Thai food isn't 100% authentic either, it's just different than Indian food because it's not based on Indian food.

save

path: 0 5880373 5880720 5917108, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1