Yes restaurants. They are termed Indian but in reality they are Bangladeshi owned and run.There is one in every village in the UK and curry has overtaken fish and chips as the national dish.Do you have Curry Houses in the states ?
What are Curry Houses?
If it has anything to do with Indian food then probably the answer is no as Indian food is not very popular in the US. US has large Middle Eastern (Jewish, Muslim, Coptic Christians and Orthodox Christians) population. So Middle Eastern food tends to be quite popular in the big cities here.
Its well nigh impossible to replicate the curry house flavour at home. I travel to Birmingham on a regular basis and shop at Paks Supermarkets. They sell everything you need to make a perfect curry but I still cant crack it.
Trying to imagine the UK without Curry is not possible.
I am glad to hear about the popularity of curry in UK. At least, I will have some good food to eat when I am in the UK. Here in the good old USA, you will find Indian restaurants in cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, etc. I used to not distinguish between Indian and Pakistani restaurants when I was new in the US but then quickly I realized that there was a big difference between the two as far as tastes go. I prefer authentic Indian restaurants owned by Indians. Also, some of these so called Indians restaurants that are not owned by Indians have given bad reputation to Indian food here in the US.