My only problem with Indian food. Whenever I try a restaurants it's shit. But when my coworkers would bring in a feast on Diwali, it was my favorite time of year.

I can't find any restaurants that taste even similar to their home cooked meals.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best indian food I've ever had from a restaurant was from a truck stop in the middle of nowhere off I-80 in Nebraska.

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds about right honestly It's a shame the best food comes from the most random and niche places

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

That's because you can't beat home cooked meals.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the same goes for Korean food. I think a lot of it has to do with the quality of produce. In the west produce is often picked before it's ripe because we have to ship it hundreds of miles. They also tend to change the spices and sweetness to accommodate western pallets.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

That's my experience as well. The food my Pakistani friend cooks is amazing but when I order the same thing at a restaurant it looks delicious but it tastes like poking your tongue out the window. I guess restaurants has to cater to western palates to make money and many westoids have very low spice tolerance.

[–] greatwithtoast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That may be more of a problem with the restaurants where you live. I live in San Antonio and we have dozens and dozens of exceptional Indian restaurants where everything feels like it's a home cooked meal. I definitely miss Diwali before the pandemic though. My old company had a lot of Indian workers and the spread of food they would bring in was always incredible.