pineappleshnapps t1_j8bpxfs wrote on February 13, 2023 at 3:05 AM

Reply to comment by 777IRON in TIL Eating every course seperately is Service à la russe. Before this meals were service à la française where all courses were served at once. Ambassador Alexander Kurakin introduced Service à la russe to France in 1810 and it became the norm by the 1880s. by jamescookenotthatone

That’s awesome. They’ve adopted something so thoroughly that it’s become their national dish.

psymunn t1_j8c70te wrote on February 13, 2023 at 5:27 AM

Also many of the curries they eat were indeed invented in Britain (by Indian migrants). Butter chicken is British in the same way orange chicken is form California not China