Oooh, nothing like a racist comment on Indian food and Sikhs to get you blocked off my server. Anyone else?
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When I was in Portugal this summer, the husband of one of the conference organizers had moved to Portugal from Sweden many years ago. He said that in their little town when he first moved there was one Italian restaurant and it served the weirdest things like pizza topped with an undrained can of canned corn. Unsurprisingly, most people in that town said they didn't much care for Italian food. He also said it's better now.
@MCDuncanLab @cantzler @ai6yr that's so bizzare that I wonder if the owners werent space aliens trying (unsuccessfully) to fit in. "Here have some of our _totally_ _normal_ human food... Oh where did we learn to cook? *scramble* *scramble* Um, Italy, we are 'Italian' chefs, yes that is a plausible answer. (whew, they almost got us, the mission is saved)"
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There was a #NewMexican restaurant in the #Seattle area that was owned by some New Mexicans that got their recipes from their abuela. They sold it to new owners who were, iirc, from Thailand and Italy. The sale came with abuela’s recipe book. The new owners attempts at interpreting those recipes were, um, interesting to say the least. They all had the right ingredients, but…wow.
@raven667 @MCDuncanLab @cantzler My in-laws retirement place will frequently have "ethnic" food, and it is usually some kind of awful... like you'd expect in middle America before the advent of the Food Channel. "Pizza? HERE IS YOUR English Muffin with Tomato Sauce and Cheddar Cheese"
@tomjennings @cantzler When i was growing up, Utah was a serious food desert. I remember a particularly appalling Mexican/Chinese food restaurant in Moab my parents decided to try for some reason.
@ai6yr it genuinely seems strange to people say racist stuff casually these days.
@elebertus Yep, and especially here!
@ai6yr my wife and I are convinced people that don't like Indian food have simply never had good Indian food. There is plenty of variety to find a number of fantastic dishes for anyone's pallet.
Same is true for Mexican food. We learned not to order Mexican food in Hawaii.
Back on topic, I've never dared to stop at this place (3.7stars) but maybe after the article I'm slightly more tempted to give it a shot next time ... sticks out like a sore thumb just before/after the straight section of 80 through the salt flats...
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