I took an English friend from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) days, Simon, to the Indian YMCA canteen for lunch one year.
Simon had travelled around India for a while after he graduated from SOAS in 1980.
The moment he walked in, he sniffed the air, and said, "OH! This smells just like India!"
Then, when he started to tuck into his chicken curry dish, he said, "No, it's not authentic enough — there's too much meat on the chicken…!"
(London, 1982? / 1983?)
