No love at the Indian Pakistani restaurants
In the last few weeks that I have been here in Copenhagen, I have eaten at several places, including some Indian/Pakistani restaurants. In all, I have been to 3 Pakistani and 1 Indian.
This post is not about the food at these Indian/Pakistani places, which was generally very good. Instead, I am seething with anger at the general disdain with which I am received at these restaurants. It’s not a welcome, it’s not a greeting. I immediately get the feeling that I am not welcome in those restaurants. They look at me suspiciously and with a question in their eyes. Why?
Don’t these Indian and Pakistani restaurants cater to Indians and Pakistanis? Do they live in a class society where they don’t welcome Indians and Pakistanis? I just don’t understand it.
Perhaps they are not used to Indian and Pakistanis coming to their restaurants. Perhaps they only want to cater to Danish people and want to keep it that way.
The biggest culprits were Shezan and Indus in Vesterbrogadde. In Indian Monsoon, the waiter was Indian Uni student who was friendly, but the owner was a sulk.
The only time any of them flash a smile is when I take out my American Express Gold card to make the payment. Money talks. Even over class and racial prejudices. So not fair.