I'm British and I tried an Indian takeaway in America - but the bizarre ordering process took me by surprise

A British man visiting the US has revealed the surprising taste differences between a typical British-Indian takeaway compared to its American variety.

James Edwards, 22, from the UK, took to TikTok to share the results of a taste test of an Indian takeaway from a restaurant in America, as compared to in the UK.

James - a YouTuber and biomedical student at Imperial College London - sampled two curries, naan bread and rice at an Indian restaurant on the East Coast of America.

'So apparently Indian in America is different so today we're going to try it and find out if it actually is,' he noted at the beginning of the clip.

'If Americans have actually butchered my favourite cuisine, I might cry.'

Having made his order online, James set off to collect his dinner, which turned out to come from a venue right next door to a Subway shop.

Skipping the sandwich shop, James swiped his order and began sampling. The first variance he noted was the price point.

'Well something I can say straight off the bat. Indian in America is far more expensive,' he said, adding that he had paid a whopping $64 for the few items he had ordered.

'A really random difference in America is that they bake their poppadoms, but this restaurant doesn't have any for some reason, which is really irritating,' he also noted.

James showed two naans to the camera, one of which was filled with cheese.

Much to his disappointment, he also discovered that US curry houses don't usually sell peshwari naan, the sweet Indian bread stuffed with raisins, coconut and sugar adored by Brits.

The TikToker also realised there was an the option to choose each the spice level in each dish.

'In America, you can actually choose your spiciness, it's kid of like Nando's,' he observed.

After sampling a bite of butter paneer carry, James said the dish was 'really quite good'.

He described the buttery flavoured curry as 'really quite fiery'. He said: 'Good for a curry but it definitely is spicier than you get in the UK.'

The Brit awarded the dish a complimentary eight and a half out of 10.

Next up was a US-style version of a butter tikka masala, a dish believed to have been invented in the UK by Indian chefs who were trying to adapt their recipes to Western tastes.

'Next up, we've got the paneer tikka masala and this is basically the English national dish so if they mess this up, I'm going to be fuming,' he announced.

He first realised that that colour of the dish was different, noting a greyer colour that what you might find in the UK.

Tasting the dish, James deduced it was 'definitely spicier' than what is typically offered in the UK, and 'not as tomatoey or sweet'.

Despite failing to come up on tops on the tomato front, James said the curry was 'still good', giving it another eight and a half out of 10.

Surprisingly, James' overall view didn't favour the British version.

'Perhaps the US is better but that might be a bit controversial,' he confessed.

However, not everyone in the comments was in agreement with James' findings.

'An interesting thing about paneer tikka masala is its not supposed to taste like tomato that's more of a UK thing, actual paneer tikka masala isn't made with tomato typically'

A second wrote: 'I've had both. American Indian food is sub standard compared to ours in England.'

A third agreed that Indian food love by Brits is subpar, writing 'Indian food in the UK is too sweet.'

Another said: 'Maybe you find it spicier here because in the UK they had to alter their flavouring to the white palate.'