splodgeyAl Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 It's weird, you don't get boots in Boots. You don't get ice in Iceland. But every time you go into Dixons... Shockingly, this isn't the Wicker Herbalist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catzeyesF Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 why are they called "indian" restaurants when theyre almost all owned by pakistani's? isnt their something in the trading standards that makes this illegal? So if I wanted to open up an Italien restaurant (I am not Italien) I am conning people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo n Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 just go to iceland, 30 bob,cant fault it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots on Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Shops sell Mars bars dont they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead4 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I have many friends in the Pakistani community who work in these places and even they call them "indian" restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuressenceUK Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 So if I wanted to open up an Italien restaurant (I am not Italien) I am conning people? How are you conning anyone as long as the food is authentic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catzeyesF Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 How are you conning anyone as long as the food is authentic? Question with a question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Do Kentucky Fried Chicken shops sell chicken from Kentucky? KFC Corporation (KFC), founded and also known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC Does Iceland sell food from Iceland? Iceland is a brand in the same vein as poundland or land of carpets. Ice being because they sell frozen foods and freezers. However, the OP has already been shown that the idea of Indian food is due to the Indian subcontinent not the country. In fact India is not a country, the real name is [the] Republic of India and we don't call the restaurants Republic of India restaurants or Republic of India food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 You could argue that Pakistanis are really Indians in thrall to Arab cultural colonialism........ You could also argue...why break something that doesn't need fixing. 'Indian' is almost a corporate identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodgeyAl Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 How are you conning anyone as long as the food is authentic?In exactly the same way that Pakistanis running Indian restaurants are not. I imagine that was catzeyesF's point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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