Don't think there's going to be many going down this rabbit hole. It's a clickbait article about a clickbait source. If it's a curry call it a curry. If it's something different call it that. If you don't know the difference and are expecting a curry caveat emptor. Much ado about absolutely nothing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39633603 "87 years ago, on 18 April 1930, the BBC's news announcer had nothing to communicate. "There is no news," was the script of the 20:45 news bulletin, before piano music was played for the rest of the 15-minute segment." Now that's the definition of a different time. Globalisation and the World Wide Web have a huge number of positives but deliberately controversial and divisive news going viral is definitely not one. If you Google this subject you see news outlets from both sides of the divide preaching to their base. What we need to do is stop listening to the s**t stirrers on both sides.
Most interesting... from a Californian food blogger. I'm sure there may be some partial truths in some quarters to some of what they are saying, but there will be plenty of people very aware of the rich and diverse food from "south east asia". Seems a very big catch all to lump such diverse countries, regions and provinces. They'd do extremely well to find anyone with the slightest experience of say Vietnam or Laos, probably Cambodia and Malaysia too that would refer to any of their cuisine as "curry". You'd think such a vocal food blogger may be aware of that.
So I've just taken a look at 3 menus I have in the house. All authentic Indian takeaways 2 of which are restaurants. And all 3 mention on the menu the word Curry more than once. And all 3 refer to this as one of the main traditional dishes with one even referencing a staff curry. So.....
Remembering as well that Indian food in general has struggled to take off the further West you go, nevermind in California itself. They just haven't taken to it so her interactions, despite listing all the different friends she has, will be people with limited knowledge of that particular cuisine because they just don't eat it.
My favourite dish from the local down the road is called out as a 'Bangladeshi classic' or 'favourite'. Never order anything else.
If you're eating curry and call it curry then that's fine, obviously, but if you're eating something that's not curry but still call it curry, even when the menu or waiter tells you it's not curry, then that ignorant. Don't really get why that's a controversial statement. Feel free to educate me as to where I went wrong with it
This is true. As it was the Bangladesh community who decided to begin opening restaurants. Most other areas of India didn't want to go abroad and cook (if my memory serves me right)
Never said you used the work thick. I said your post was essentially calling people thick. Felt very much like you were leering down from your pedestal at the minions below who are too ignorant to have interacted or sought out the different cuisines and cultures that you have. Might not have been your intention, but that's how I read it, which is why it felt right to stick up for those 'ignorant' people a little bit.
Most of the takeaways and restaurants round here are pretty bog standard Bangladeshi in style. Down the years we've tried numerous and they are all pretty much of a muchness. A couple have "specials", the best one seems to have changed hands sadly and went down hill at a speed of knots. We have got pretty good at cooking various asian dishes. My favourite bar none is Nyonya, an old style cuisine thats sadly quite rare and dieing out in Malaysia. Had it in Kuala Lumpur. Fiery and aromatic but bursting with flavour.
When I went to India for the cricket tour about six years ago it kind of ruined the bog standard restaurants and showed them up for what they were, but this one near me in Knottingley is more than half decent. Thinking back to where I used to buy from and what I thought was good is pretty shocking. I know you're not able to venture out in to the likes of Covent Garden at the moment, but when things change and you can you should see what you think to Darjeeling Express. I'm desperate to go now it's open. Also keen to try Gunpowder in Shoreditch for a more modern take when there's a special occasion.
It was my intention to call people ignorant. Because that's what it is. Too many people make excuses for others lack of care, it really should stop. I'm not on a pedestal and if I am, it's definitely way lower than yours.
It’s not ‘news’ it’s the ‘attention economy.’ Social media is an endless stream of distractions intended to keep you hooked because behind every distraction is someone trying to make money from your attention. The more extreme the distraction the better and polarising opinions is great because it draws in more attention. In short human beings, staring at a piece of glass, being battery farmed for profit.
Think you have misintepreted what he said. Didn't come across that way at all. Came across to me that there's a small minority of folk that refer to all Asian food as curry... a bit like the woman Matt Lucas pretends to be when he's doing the fat fighters sketch in Little Britain... not criticising the masses for not being foodies as you appear to have interpreted it
Red Hot topic is this , think I will keep my opinion of a decent Ruby to myself , its called damage limitation !!!