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~ Friday, April 01, 2005
TABLE FOR TWO Common names for Indian restaurants: 1 Monsoon 2 A Taste of the Raj 3 Star of India 4 Spice of Life 5 Tandoori Nights 6 Shalimar 7 The Bungalow 8 The Passage to India 9 Maharaja 10 The Ganges 11 The Bengal Lancer 12 Himalaya 13 Empress of India 14 Bombay Spice 15 Malabar 16 Balti House 17 Moghul 18 Khan's 19 The Red Fort 20 Taj Mahal 21 Nice'n'Spicy 22 Shish Mahal 23 India Gate 24 Koh-i-noor 25 The Jewel in the Crown And Chinese: 1 Mandarin 2 The Great Wall 3 Royal China 4 Lotus 5 Kowloon 6 Loon Fung 7 Chan's 8 Jade Palace 9 Hong Kong Garden 10 Mr Chow 11 Yellow River 12 Chopsticks 13 Canton 14 Dim Sum 15 Shanghai 16 Lucky Inn 17 Forbidden City 18 Golden Dragon 19 Dynasty 20 Imperial Garden 21 Phoenix 22 Hong Kong 23 Four Seasons 24 China Palace 25 Fortune Cookie Certain words and place names regularly crop up in many Chinese restaurant names eg ocean, bowl, emperor, wok, moon, noodle and many of the elements above. You can make up your own if you are bored: Golden Ocean, Emperor's Bowl, Jade Dragon, Peking Wok. |