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Sometimes I see ‘ethnic restaurants’ in San Francisco super tone down and white wash their food for a hypothetical median person here. They always feel they have to.
There was this Nepali restaurant which finally closed down that was always trying to do like ‘tandoori salmon’ or super generic momo, and it probably just made me never want to go there, ever. It’s not that the food doesn’t feel ‘real’ or ‘authentic’ it is just unsure who they are doing this for.
Makes me sad, so much wasted potential. That’s also why I tend to go to East and South Bay for food coz it’s clear they’re making immigrant food for immigrants, and you can taste the difference. It’s night and day.
@skinnylatte I feel like Toronto kinda stands out among the big cities in North America in this context. At least the South Asian food (that's what I can speak for) is almost consistently and unapologetically spicy and flavourful. There seems to be a lot more acceptance of varied flavours among people here than even back home in India.
@siddhesh_p on yeah, Toronto and LA and New York feel very familiar to me in that regard