India, May 2 -- What are the two most popular foreign cuisines in India? Easy. Chinese and Italian.

So, given that Indians are travelling abroad so much (we spent nearly 19 billion dollars on our foreign holidays last year) surely, it is China and Italy we are heading for?

Well, not quite. China is hard to get to, (they are finally talking about resuming direct flights between the two countries) and in any case, when Indian tourists arrive in China and look for such popular delicacies as Lung Fung Soup, Chicken Lollipop and Chicken Manchurian, they are likely to be disappointed.

Italy, on the other hand, will serve Indians the pastas we love (many of them "pure veg") and most of the pizzas sold in northern Italy are almost as bad as th...