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[–] 64 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

The real thing the US fast food market is missing is Indian food and it could be a serious game changer in terms of providing healthier / vegetarian options.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    healthier

    Fast food and mall food court Indian restaurants are common in Berlin, and I wouldn't call any of them healthy. Every single one leans heavily on deep-fried everything, covered in flavoured oil disguised as a sauce.

    The "fast" in fast food often works against the carefully prepared, fresh ingredients required for a truly healthy and tasty meal.

    In lots of ways, it's the same dichotomy as Italian cuisine, where you can get amazing Mediterranean food at a sit-down restaurant, but the fast food variety is usually just greasy pizza or oil with a side of pasta.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    We have three Indian restaurants in the neighbourhood - tiny provincial town in Markgräflerland - and they're surprisingly good. But I did notice when I lived in Brandenburg that they have the Scottish attitude towards food. Deep fry everything. Including sushi.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 weeks ago

    Upvoted, but I only partly agree. The way things are now you can order takeout from local small businesses, and there won't be consistent quality or speed or prices, but they're not a huge corporate machine. (At least at the endpoints). A big conglomerate moving into the space may put most of the local ones under.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    There's an indian place by my work that has a tikka masala wrap, thought it was genius as a takeaway item. Super delicious, but an extreme mess... the idea that it would be portable was a big miss.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago*

    My area has a really high Indian population, which means our local restaurants have a lot of Indian fusion. There is a sports bar near me that sells a chicken tikka masala thin-crust pizza that is amazing. It’s basically like eating crispy naan with chicken and tikka masala drizzled over the top. I wouldn’t have thought of combining the two, but it works so well.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    I generally agree, especially if you could get like naan burritos. Something quick and easy to make

    Similarly in ohio and a few other places there's a place called piada which basically is Chipotle but Italian food and I miss it so much. It's such good fast casual

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