On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 17:49:11 +0000 (UTC), "Wazza"
> wrote:

>

>I think there's more than a grain of truth in what you report, ggull.
>I've known Indian friends walk out of Indian restaurants in the past, in disgust
>at the food being served, but later generations seem to stay, suggesting second
>and third generation Indians in the UK think that restaurant food is the pukka
>thing. I'm told stories that similar food is sold in Indian restaurants in
>India, so much confusion everywhere. It doesn't help that India is so vast, but
>incredibly parochial, meaning that a dish cooked by people in one village can be
>very different from others around. Most of the dishes seem to be very ordinary,
>not the grand dishes that most 'Indian restaurants' aspire to.
>I've not found different menus in Indian restaurants in the UK, though I have a
>sneaky suspicion that some 'dishes' are reserved only for the drunks.

I don't think that they believe it is pukka, rather that it is as close
as they are going to get and the memories it evokes is better than
nothing.