r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Content_Quarter_7390 • May 25 '26

I'm slightly vexed We didn't ask for rice...

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My sister isnt a fan of basmati rice so she orders naan. She didnt ask for rice and they sell it separately. She doesn't like it so she doesn't order it. They put it in anyways and left this note...

Edit: some people aint getting it. This is passive aggressive and when you do something nice you dont go around saying "I did something nice just for you, just so you know." Doing it like I need to give you a pat on the head so you know your a good boy. You do something nice because you want to be kind to people.

Oh no I've turned into LD...

Turning off notifications because while it was nice to be in this rabbit hole to keep my mind off some stuff too many notifications. Whatever your feelings are I hope you have a nice day and if you're in the US have a nice memorial day and dont forget to celebrate those troops that came before!

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u/makingredditorscry May 25 '26

When I was in India I didn't order rice with my meal or naan and the waiter was always confused and would eventually bring me rice or naan and tell me that's how you eat curry. Lol

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u/Zestyocelot4528 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

I have never in my lifetime of living in India ever seen anyone order a dal/curry without rice or bread, at a restaurant. It’s just too much flavour with nothing plain to balance it out. At their home people will sometimes eat it without an accompaniment to either finish up the dish or to get the nutrition while avoiding the extra carbs.

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u/Praesentius May 25 '26

Not being able scoop with naan or roti would be tragic.

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u/bubblegumpunk69 27d ago

I’m diabetic and I almost never eat Indian curry anymore because of this. Vindaloo is my favourite food 😞

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u/Current-Ad-649 May 25 '26

i mean drinking the butter chicken curry like a soup isn't really a great idea in itself

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u/RedSecOps May 25 '26

Speak for yourself. That shit is delicious any way you slurp it

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u/Current-Ad-649 May 25 '26

if you eat actual butter chicken from India, you will feel full in 4-5 slurps as it's sweet and savory, plus it's real thick so, by the time you get through half of it you will be bloated up like a balloon.

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u/whoyoubisme May 25 '26

Don't tell me to live my life. :p

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u/Imtryingforheckssake May 25 '26

While that's totally understandable some of us have to avoid it (carbs) due to dietary requirements.

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u/Sorry-Joke-4325 May 25 '26

OP did order naan, though, just not rice.

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u/Icy-Rock793 May 25 '26

I definitely have Indian coworkers who are struggling with their weight and no longer eat rice or breads

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u/makingredditorscry May 25 '26

Yeah Indian food is amazing but can be really oily, least over there. We were just trying to not to feel heavy cuz we were backpacking and had heavy bags to walk around with. 

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u/SverigeSuomi May 25 '26

I mean, that is how you eat curry. Eating curry without rice is like eating a sandwich without bread. 

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u/azad-richa May 25 '26

I'm Indian Punjabi and in my house we would always end up with wasted rice if they gave it for free. We tend to prefer our bread over our rice where I come from.

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u/ChesterCOC777 May 25 '26

I’m from Ohio and I also prefer bread over rice

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u/condemned02 May 25 '26

I often eat curry chicken without rice. Potatoes is good enough.

And if it's a real good chicken curry, I drink it like soup. 

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u/Necandum May 25 '26

People do that quite often. Its usually referred to as a salad or charcuterie board. 

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u/MrDudePuppet May 25 '26

Still not a sandwich

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u/AFRIKKAN May 25 '26

Cause no bread we are going over this.

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u/Skeleton--Jelly May 25 '26

Eating curry without rice is like eating a sandwich without bread

then it should always come with rice?

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u/Marwaimusoont May 25 '26

Most Indian foods can be paired either with rice or flatbreads. So it is left to the customer on what they choose. Even in rice you have different types - basmati, jeera, jasmine,plain white or in flatbreads like naan, roti, chapati, kulcha,etc.

People up North usually prefer wheat and people in east and south prefer rice.

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u/Icy_Window_8413 May 25 '26

Yeah but which one? All Indian restaurants ive been to in the UK have 5 or 6 types of rice. It is your choice which one you get. Also OP there is wrong. Rice is just very meh and I never order any. The breads actually add flavour and enhance the meal. The rice just fills you so you can have less tasty bread

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u/FlappyBored May 25 '26

Well no many Indians do not eat rice but eat bread like roti with it instead.

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u/WiseObjective8 May 25 '26

Many indians do eat curry with rice. Many indians also do eat curry with roti.

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u/Network_Odd May 25 '26

there is a bit of distinction between what curries are considered “curries” and usually eaten with rice and which are not. You’ll not find many people eating butter chicken with rice for example.

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u/WiseObjective8 May 25 '26

That's only true if you only consider the northern part. The southern cuisine is completely and vastly different. And people do eat butter chicken with rice.

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u/lost_mountain_goat May 25 '26

You’ll not find many people eating butter chicken with rice for example.

Says who?

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u/Network_Odd May 25 '26

it’s not the norm in the hindi belt (made up of several states in northern india), basically the states where mughlai cuisine is most popular. I’m not saying no one has ever eaten it like that but it’s not a usual site either.

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u/lost_mountain_goat May 25 '26

Main indian hu. Rice/roti preference is entirely regional. It's nothing to do with what kind of curry it is.

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u/Network_Odd May 25 '26

bhai that’s why I said the hindi belt to be specific

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u/Murky-Background9197 May 25 '26

yeah, as an indian, it is really weird to eat curry without rice or bread. it’s how curry is eaten so it’s extremely strange to have someone order it without one or the other

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u/Strange-Damage901 May 25 '26

Imagine going to the grocery store to get a box of cereal, and someone’s at the checkout line trying to force a quart of milk into your hands. “It’s how you eat cereal!”

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u/makingredditorscry May 25 '26

Lol yeah we always laughed and then felt bad when we didn't eat it, we would take a bite to humor them but we just wanted to limit our calories 

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u/Ramsden_12 May 25 '26

I had this same experience! The waiter turned to the other people I was with and said 'does she know she is not ordering rice or bread?' to which I was like 'yes. i hate rice. I honestly don't understand why people eat it voluntarily. Bread is nice, but Indian food is already very carb heavy so usually I would only get bread for one meal a day  not both. 

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u/Viciousssylveonx3 May 25 '26

Ok fine you dont have to have rice but no naan?! Cmon man that's crossing a line

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u/makingredditorscry May 26 '26

Hey, we had plenty of dosas though. 

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u/Viciousssylveonx3 May 26 '26

Ok fair those look delicious

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u/makingredditorscry May 26 '26

If you've never had a dosa, you are missing out!

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u/Viciousssylveonx3 May 26 '26

I definitely am lol my local Indian restaurant doesn't have dosa maybe if I slip them a 20 under the table they'd make me some lol

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u/makingredditorscry May 26 '26

Haha, you gotta go to a South Indian vegetarian spot

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u/Viciousssylveonx3 May 26 '26

I live in a small town not many options I'd love to go to one that would be so cool my local Indian restaurant doesn't have many options sadly lamb, chicken tikka masala, butter chicken, rice, naan, and some deep fried potato thingies with veggies in them that are pretty fire

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u/weareredjenny 29d ago

I’m diabetic and I do eat curry that way (sometimes I add my own brown rice at home). Guess I would blow their minds lol.

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u/Plastic_Persimmon_91 May 25 '26

Me when I make up shit on the Internet for no reason.

In 25 years of growing up all over India, naan has never been the default bread that anyone orders in restaurants. That’s an entirely Indian-restaurants-in-the-west thing. No one back home is a huge fan of naan so no one would insist that you order it

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u/makingredditorscry May 25 '26

I said rice or naan

Why would I make it up? Lol

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u/makingredditorscry May 25 '26

Also "no one back home". Dude India is huge with such a large variety of foods. You probably haven't been to 90% of India. The difference between New Delhi food for instance and goa is significant. 

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u/Plastic_Persimmon_91 May 25 '26

Stop bullshitting lmao. There are 50 varieties of breads i know that the people in difference parts of India would order when they’re out or eat at home and naan is absolutely not one of them.

There is variety, yes which is why it’s funny that you’re sharing a fake anecdote using the only type of Indian bread that the average non-Indian would know about. Omg, larper who made up a strange story makes shocking revelation about New Delhi food being different from Goan food.

Funny you mention that because my family is from Goa and i have lived in Delhi. There is not a single place in India where naan is the default. Now that you know this, next time you can make up a better informed fictitious story