Showing posts with label Paris "India Town". Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris "India Town". Show all posts

November 05, 2007

"India Town"

We have at least two “China Towns” in Paris and some 400 Chinese restaurants (+ Vietnamese, etc…). There are fewer restaurants serving Indian or Pakistanis food, but anyhow some 150-200 – suburbs excluded. It should of course be taken into consideration that the Indian population in France is far less important than e.g. in UK.

I was not aware of this, but the other day I discovered what you may call an “India Town” in the 10th arrondissement (see map). Here you can find a great concentration of Indian and Pakistanis restaurants, but also of bars, food shops, barber shops, CD/DVD (“Bollywood”) shops, call centres…

You may be surprised by the comparatively low prices, not only for eating, but a haircut would e.g. cost you five times less here than in a “normal” salon. I will certainly go back for eating – hoping that some bloggers will recommend what would be the best dishes to order. I’m not sure about the haircut; I’m so faithful to my present hairdresser.