What's in a name
This is something that is really hard to miss - names of Indian restaurants over here in the US. They follow this unwritten rule of using a very limited set of words. That has simply amazed me, since wherever I have been, the names of our Indian restaurants have been very strikingly similar. This is what they basically do - pick one or 2 words from this list below and then throw in a preposition (like of, in, etc) and bingo, you get a name for your restaurant.
Namasthe
Palace
India
Jewel
Local city name
Udupi
Mayuri
Taj
Cuisine
Kabab
Spice
Taste
Amber
Tandoor/ Tandoori
Kitchen
Hut
Priya (somehow if it is a South Indian restaurant, the name invariably ends up being Priya)
For example, I have seen Indian restaurants with the name Taj palace or Cuisine of India in more than 1 city. Thus going by the logic above, we can derive some very common & familiar Indian restaurant names like
Cuisine of India
India Palace
Udupi Palace
Jewel of India
Spice Kitchen
Taste of India
Is there any other commonplace Indian restaurant name that I am missing out?
Namasthe
Palace
India
Jewel
Local city name
Udupi
Mayuri
Taj
Cuisine
Kabab
Spice
Taste
Amber
Tandoor/ Tandoori
Kitchen
Hut
Priya (somehow if it is a South Indian restaurant, the name invariably ends up being Priya)
For example, I have seen Indian restaurants with the name Taj palace or Cuisine of India in more than 1 city. Thus going by the logic above, we can derive some very common & familiar Indian restaurant names like
Cuisine of India
India Palace
Udupi Palace
Jewel of India
Spice Kitchen
Taste of India
Is there any other commonplace Indian restaurant name that I am missing out?
posted by Filbert at 10:42 AM
2 Comments:
that was hilarious... and very true. i think u can also add 'cafe' to the list of words.
i don't think i've ever seen an indian restaurant named 'priya' though.
Cafe is definitely a word that I too have seen in more than a handful of Indian restaurant names, Balaji.
I added Priya to that list, after I saw an Indian restaurant by the same name in a 3rd different city this past weekend.
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