[ndsipa_pomu]

I'd say that the step-ladder of spiced Indian dishes are more associated with takeaways and cheaper restaurants. High quality Indian restaurants in the UK will tend to feature a specific region and only have a handful of dishes.

[kurthr]

Same with higher end restaurants in the US for Chinese and Indian food. Depending on where you are the cheaper restaurants in immigrant communities will be similar.

You get the regional food the chef's mother made. Occasionally, there are local substitutions (different mangos, peppers, meat cuts).

[scheme271]

Higher end chinese or indian restaurants are pretty rare in the US. Both cuisines have been relegated to the fast, cheap delivery/takeout space and places doing higher-end (and higher priced) dishes find it difficult to get customers.

[tspann]

not in New Jersey and New York City. There are many high end variante of both