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Orlando Enrique Fiol

wrote:
>Good luck! Perhaps, if you are willing to wait a long time but I don't
>think most buffets are particularly responsive to special requests and
>I've never seen anyone making them.

I don't think you understand how flattered Indians get when you use even
two or three Hindi words, even when Hindi isn't their native language;
it shows you're truly interested and willing to try. They, in turn, will
make you fresh lime water or dry chappatis. Trust me.

> I might ask the waiter to hold the ghee in a regular Indian restaurant
>but I'm generally reluctant to use *unusual* words from languages I do
>not speak. Of course that's not the same thing as using established
>names like Tikka Masala and I do know what some component words like
>"Aloo" mean.

If you can use "tikka masala" without knowing the language, why can't
you use "fulka"? Because you don't trust the blind schmuck on usenet who
might be pulling your leg? *grin* Why would I do that to anyone?

Orlando