Do u know over 80 percent of the "Indian" restaurants in the U.K. serve Bangladeshi food as indian food?

I do now

No, I didn't know that, and being an admirer of Indian cuisine, I find that interesting, and I'm from the states. I've learned to inquire what region of India a particular restaurant is based in before I dine, as south Indian food tends to be quite spicy. Similarly, foods in the southern U.S. are spicier than in the north. I inquired at a Chinese restaurant last night which items were more Traditional, as a lot of the items were "standard fare" at any Chinese restaurant. They pointed to a list of Chef's specialties, which seemed unique, like a pork stew, and a shredded beef dish. They sat down for dinner after I did, and ate some woked bok choy, white rice, and sauteed clams. No fried rice, no crab rangoon, no sesame chicken, just healthy food. Rick Bayless shares his love for authentic Mexican cuisine on PBS. What he shows us is so much more vivid and exciting than typical Mexican food found in the states. Some Mexican restaurants are run by people from different parts of Central America. And many of the Greek gyro shops are owned and operated by folks from the Middle East. I find a lot of them don't use feta cheese in their gyros, and charge extra for it. So there you go.

This is the most absurd query. I was born under British Raj. After British left India was divided into three parts, East Pakistan, West Pakistan and India. Bangladesh was not born. Then, finally Bangladesh came into being. Bangladesh is rooted in India. Now, let us come to specific question of Indian Cuisine. Indian Cuisine is regional. Coastal areas eat more seafood. South eats spicy hot. North eats aromatic spicy mild foods. Even in North, the food varies from state to state. Variations exist in UP Rajasthan and Punjab...Does it all mean that India has 64 different cuisines. If you say that there are 64 different Indian Cuisines, then Bangladesh is one separate cuisine. The Bangladesh Cuisine roots back to Afghanistan. It was brought in by the Turkic and Afghan invaders who set up the Sultanate in Delhi. The Delhi Sultanate was overthrown by Babar and started the Mughal period. The Mughalai Cuisine merged with existing Sultanate Cuisine. The Mughali Cuisine became more popular in North and West India. East India was not much effected and kept the Sultanate Muslim Cuisine. So, one could wonder if there is Bangladesh Cuisine or the author is talking about the Muslim Cuisine that existed during Delhi Sultanate period. I am sure you are a very proud Bangladeshi. But please....

I know in the U.S Indian food served in the restaurants IS Indian food. How do you say Indian food and Bangladeshi food is different ? Its a lot of muslim cooking. Thats common for India too. I do hope you know your history that Bangladesh was part of India before it got divided. So obviously where it orignated from is obvious. Also Bangladeshi food has lot of fish curries , so does Indian Bengali cooking.

What r u trying to prove? There's nothing wrong with passing off bangladeshi food as indian food..It IS still indian food.. "Indian food" has so many diff varieties..first u've to divide it to north indian and south indian..then there's many diff type of each.. For the north, there's cuisines from gujerat,bangladesh and so much more i cant recall..for the south there's kerela, the tamil nadu and alot more too.. Blangladeshi food just happens to be a style of cooking in the large category of indian food.. Its just like for chinese there's actually the sichuan cuisine, guangdong and alot more too..

Before partition, when Pakistan was formed, it was all India, so Bangla Desh which was East Pakistan, is actually Indian!

I think at one time India and Bangladesh were co-joined so in many minds no distinction has yet been made, besides to most British palates a curry is a curry,it is a shame but only time and taste will tell.

India is a sub-continent and vast. Calling food 'Indian' is pretty much the same as calling food 'European.' And yes, I was aware that many 'Indian' restaurants in the UK are Bangladeshi. The chili factor has little to do with it.

Please mate don't make me fancy a curry, i like bangladeshi curry too and i did know indian restaurants serve it, what about a lamb vindaloo extra hot, gives me the wind.