The comments about a specific culture's food attracting primarily those from the culture was an amusing digression. At least for me, nothing could be further from the truth. Variety is what I crave.
I agree with Acira that the North Coast could use additional variety. Unfortunately getting the herbs and spices needed to make authentic Asian dishes from India (or Singapore, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, etc) make it very difficult for such a restaurant to get it right. So far when any restaurant I have eaten at has tried to prepare Asian cuisine, they have always been lacking in their approximation. Even the preparation of Italian dishes has been lacking and that does not present as many challenges to finding the proper ingredients. I do admit to being picky about these things since where I lived previously in the US the restaurants were excellent. I grew up in a family that ran a bakery. What can I say, after 10 years I still hate plantains. At least now I can try some Belgian food.
I agree with Acira that the North Coast could use additional variety. Unfortunately getting the herbs and spices needed to make authentic Asian dishes from India (or Singapore, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, etc) make it very difficult for such a restaurant to get it right. So far when any restaurant I have eaten at has tried to prepare Asian cuisine, they have always been lacking in their approximation. Even the preparation of Italian dishes has been lacking and that does not present as many challenges to finding the proper ingredients. I do admit to being picky about these things since where I lived previously in the US the restaurants were excellent. I grew up in a family that ran a bakery. What can I say, after 10 years I still hate plantains. At least now I can try some Belgian food.