masterchief_mirza
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The sad truth is that Pakistanis can't really point fingers here at anyone. In early diaspora restaurant businesses, curries and Pakistani cuisine in general (together with Bengali cuisine admittedly) have always been marketed as "Indian" because of the self-loathing phenomenon that older generations of diaspora Pakistanis (and Bangladeshis) suffered from.
It's changed now in the UK with pakistani eateries identifying with Pakistan much more confidently but the damage is already done.
The cuisine brought here by Pakistani and Bangladeshi entrepreneurs will always be viewed as "Indian".
The market is also different now in UK with as many genuine Indian eateries around as the non-Indian purveyors of "indian" food. The new wave of true Indian eateries (mainly dhosa houses and those God awful "street food" hipster yuppie joints) have benefited from the generation of free marketing provided to them by Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.
It's changed now in the UK with pakistani eateries identifying with Pakistan much more confidently but the damage is already done.
The cuisine brought here by Pakistani and Bangladeshi entrepreneurs will always be viewed as "Indian".
The market is also different now in UK with as many genuine Indian eateries around as the non-Indian purveyors of "indian" food. The new wave of true Indian eateries (mainly dhosa houses and those God awful "street food" hipster yuppie joints) have benefited from the generation of free marketing provided to them by Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.