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.