shiok serves thai and malay food but i would hardly describe madman as a malay

the adjective european, thai etc apply to the joint itself rather than the 
mudaliar or menon who founded it.

--srs (iPad)

On 01-Sep-2012, at 12:27, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 01-Sep-12 10:41 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>> shiok served authentic south east asian food
>> mcrennett serves nothing you cant get from an iyengar bakery
>> usual saccharine tasting garishly colored cakes etc
> 
> Yes, but I do hope you noticed that the goalposts have now shifted from
> what the origin of McRennett's founder is, to what he *does*.
> 
> Rest of post left unsnipped below for context.
> 
> Udhay
> 
>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> eh. founded by a guy called mudaliar, with a faux-scottish name to show 
>>>> that it was one of the better class of establishments in the city, that 
>>>> would supply anglo indians, brits, visiting royalty etc
>>>> 
>>>> no more english than that old favorite of sabha canteen connoiseurs, 
>>>> mountbatten mani is (got himself that name after he once made idli vada or 
>>>> whatever for lord mountbattens breakfast)
>>> 
>>> Yes, but by that logic, a place called "Shiok" run by a Malyali from
>>> Delhi wouldn't be Thai, would it? Serious question.
> 
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