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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There used to be cheap French and Italian restaurants around - like Italian Market in Philly and French bistro places. Certainly there are expensive Asian restaurants. I think the more interesting question is why in a standard restaurant there will be a default Italian-American pasta dish, but not say a default Asian noodle dish like Pad Thai? [/quote]
Time, exposure and numbers. Something like 300,000 Thai people have immigrated here vs 5.5 million Italian immigrants, and Thai people, along with most Asian people, weren’t allowed to immigrate here. Therefore Thai food hasn’t had the same period of time to assimilate into “common” food (and will likely do so in a different way given that Italian food really made it big here outside the east coast after WWII). [/quote]

yes- I grew up asian in MOCO and I clearly remember when the "International aisle" at Giant had italian seasonings and italian food stocked there in the mid-80s. You couldn't buy fresh ginger or garlic either, the garlic came pre-minced and the ginger was powder! We had to go to Maxim's in SS to buy pretty much everything.  I remember when American s discovered 'cilantro' and jalapeños, it was game changing to be able to run out and grab those instead of trecking to rockville pike.[/quote]

Interestingly I read that lunch buffets (like Indian Buffets) are a way to introduce people in an area to a new cuisine because they can taste a bunch of items from a cuisine that is new to them without having to spend a lot to try the new items. [/quote]

Indian buffets are a more affordable way to get an actual Indian meal, as compared to ordering a main dish, a couple sides, rice, yogurt, sweet, etc., a la carte. [/quote]

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