Are Americans fond of curry?!
Answers: Every time i have been there ,I dont seem to see many Indian restaurants .
Most Americans like Indian food but they havent developed a passion for it like the British. In the US, the most educated (re Indian cuisine) non Indians are probably people who live in the Bay area (Silicon Valley), they are very familiar with Indian cuisine and also food from different areas (such as Gujarati food, chaats, Andhra food, Marathi specialities...).
There area ALOT of Indians and many big tech companies like Yahoo, Google, IBM.... have Indian food in their cafeterias.
The majority of Americans are most familiar with only Punjabi food, just recently South Indian food is becoming more popular because of health. But how many non Indians have ever eaten pesarattu, undhiyo or sabudana chi khichidi?
Obviously bigger cities will have more Indian restaurants and even different types of Indian restaurants. In regards to smaller cities & towns, many people may have never eaten Indian food but they are at least familiar with it. I grew up in the US and 15yrs ago nobody drank chai or even knew what tandoori food was. Today most people do know about samosas, lassi, pakoras, naan, biryani....Indian food isnt as exotic and strange as it once was, it is slowly becoming more mainstream.
Most curry house are in big cities. I think it has got to do with the spice, but most of my friends are into curry. Me as well. Indian restaurants are open in most major big cities where they are lotsa of Indian communities.
Depends on where you are. In the cities that are more diverse, you're obviously more likely to see it. I am VERY fond of it, but don't find it in any restaurants, so I make it myself. I can appreciate it more too if I make it. Great, now I am hungry for curry.
Asian restaurants also serve curry, and it's very good. It's not as hot as Indian curry, but it has a delicate taste.
I am not conceited to think I can answer for Americans, but I personally like Asian curry.
That depends on the American. We eat food from almost anywhere somewhere in the US. Outside of larger cities, your best bet for curry (especially if you want a hot curry) would more likely be Thai than Indian in most of the country.
RE the Naan bread. I suspect that even many Indian restaurants order their naan from some bakery somewhere as most commercial kitchens are not set up for bread baking. In the US you can buy naan in the frozen food section of many markets, even in smaller towns. Some of us who like to bake bread and like naan make our own, which is not as good as you would find in India by a long shot but much better than you can acquire commercially.
I live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, and I can drive any direction, and there's an Indian restaurant somewhere close by. However, I live in a huge metroplex with a large Indian population. I actually prefer such foods as curry, or Indian foods or anything else ethnic. Not such a fan of plain ole American no-spice foods!
All of the respondant are correct, most citys under 100,000 in the U.S and not having a decent Indian population are not likely to have a decent Indian restaurant or take away, I happen to live in Canada and we have very large Indian/Pakistani population and here it is easier to find in even the smaller area, I live in Toronto and we have just about all areas of Indian covered along with Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
I go to the buffet places, the offer the best selection and we have probably 30+ here, I even go to the al a carte places, just not a problem here.
In order to find Indian restaurants, you have to visit where the Indians live! (Just as in if you want Mexican food, come to California, Arizona, New Mexico, &c.)
Try Fremont or Hayward, Ca. Lots of Indian places!
I live in San Francisco. I prefer the Thai curry to Indian. But I love the Naan bread. I love the use of coconut milk in Thai curry.
Depends on where you're at. Bigger cities tend to have a more diverse population; which results in more curry restaurants (i.e. Indian and Thai). You won't see much of them in the suburbs though
I think its the smell
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