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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 6642471" data-attributes="member: 5868">Yeah, when I lived in New Jersey the best Italian restaurant near me was run by Ukrainians.Honestly, though, I think calling most Chinese, Mexican, Italian, or (name your origin) restaurants by those names in the US is disingenuous.&nbsp; If you called them Chinese-American, Tex-Mex, Italian-American, etc you'd be much more on target -- many of those cuisines have evolved into uniquely American varieties that aren't recognized in their reputed countries of origin.I'm interested in what you'd find in an &quot;English&quot; restaurant in the US. &quot;Authentic&quot; as in &quot;serves horribly bland food with awful service&quot;? No offense to my British friends here, but Indian restaurants and one family-run place on Salisbury Plain aside, that describes my experiences with English restaurants in my few visits to the UK -- y'all really need tipping to improve the quality of product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 6642471, member: 5868"] Yeah, when I lived in New Jersey the best Italian restaurant near me was run by Ukrainians. Honestly, though, I think calling most Chinese, Mexican, Italian, or (name your origin) restaurants by those names in the US is disingenuous. If you called them Chinese-American, Tex-Mex, Italian-American, etc you'd be much more on target -- many of those cuisines have evolved into uniquely American varieties that aren't recognized in their reputed countries of origin. I'm interested in what you'd find in an "English" restaurant in the US. "Authentic" as in "serves horribly bland food with awful service"? No offense to my British friends here, but Indian restaurants and one family-run place on Salisbury Plain aside, that describes my experiences with English restaurants in my few visits to the UK -- y'all really need tipping to improve the quality of product. [/QUOTE]

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