It just amazes me that there are still people, who can walk into a restaurant and presume they can actually order whatever they like .... just because the place is billed as a 'restaurant'!
Had a date , and took her to an Italian restaurant ... she looks for 'fish n chips'... Same date went for a Greek restaurant and was looking for "steak and kidney pie !!!...
O/T saffron rice with 'kofta' curry.... yum yummy... at the local Indian restaurant....called Bombay Palace!!
Seems you are replying indirectly to my post.
Maybe read properly: I went to dinner with a group and they chose to eat curry as that is the default in the UK. I cannot stomach curry so I didn't want to go there, but it was what everyone wanted so I had no choice.
Not like I go to a curry place and want to eat Greek.
As I said, over here it's normal that restaurants of specific cultural styles also have a more common dish for people who don't want to eat that Greek/Indian/Chinese/ etc. Typically that's fries with mayo and snacks that we Dutchies eat with fries like frikandel or kroket.
It would amaze me if you wanted to go out with spouse & kids to eat Indian and there was nothing to eat for the kids.
What would happen is the entire family leaving to eat elsewhere that does cater for all. And not just kids, also adults that don't like that style food.
Over here it'd be pretty absurd to not have fries & snacks next to the main style of food served.
You cannot assume that when you get groups in to dine that each person is going to like the cultural food. Not smart business, and to be honest quite rude.