Originally Posted by Gynob001

There are thousands of curry dishes and hundreds of books on curry dishes. Yet, you go to an Indian restaurant anywhere in the Western world (or even in far east), all curries taste alike. These are my problems with Indian restaurants:
1. Paucity of names. Again and again Tajmahal, Gandhi, Woodlands, Punjab, New India, Old India, Sarava Bhavan, Shalimar, Udipi, Himalaya, Delhi, Madras (althogh no one remembers Madras anymore) etc. Some not-so main stream names creeped up but .. (Annapurna, adithi, amavasa, madurai kitchen, chettinad, tamil nad etc).
2. All curries taste alike.
3. Generic food-no specialization. You get the same regardless of where you are-alu mattar, palak paneer, alu gobi, channa masala, ...you see one menu, you have seen them all!
4. No one cleans the floor in Indian restaurants. The table scrap is swept off the table and lies on the floor. The patron's foot wear essentially removes the dirt/food from the floor.
5. Fusion restaurants charged a fortune for pathetic Indian food. Most of them had nothing to do with curry.
6. Most of them bought the premises from a previous restaurant owner and didn't spend a dime in restoration/redecoration. Major problems with Indian restaurants is the greed of the owners who never care about decor/hygine/cleanliness and authensity of preparations. They make a ton of money and then move away to a different location.