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The Indian restaurant itself was seen and represented as a
monolithic entity. All restaurants serving food from the vast
continent of India were "Indian restaurants". But "eating Indian"
incorporates eating a diverse variety of distinctively different foods
from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; Punjabi, Mughal
and South Indian dishes; "veg or non-veg". But to the British,
everything was "curry". Until the 1970s, "going for a curry" had a
special meaning. It was what the lads did when the pubs closed
and they were looking for somewhere to vomit their intoxication.
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