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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s the same as the Indian food you get in most restaurants in the US: nothing close to authentic.[/quote]
Indian-American, and I disagree. There are many Indian restaurants that serve relatively authentic food. Just greasier and less variety in the masala. That being said, there isn't much of India's regional variety represented in American Indian restaurants. It's primarily what would be called "Mughali" food in India. Northern Indian food heavily influenced by the Mughal empire. One thing you also don't get as much in American Indian restaurants is "dry" subzis. Restaurants put a heavy cream sauce in everything, it seems.

From what I gather from eating at Chinese-American friends' houses and going to restaurants with them, there is a much bigger difference between Chinese restaurants and what non-Chinese-Americans eat. A big difference I notice is that my Chinese-American friends use fewer sauces. They also eat things like chicken feet that most non-Chinese-Americans wouldn't eat.[/quote]

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