I agree with you. I have been wondering about similar issues for a while. A lot of so called Nepali restaurants that I have been to feel the need to include some sort of connection to India.While it might be a positive move from the business point of view, it also speaks volumes of the owners/investors' lack of confidence in a venture that fully represents Nepal. I read NO DIGNITY and SELF RESPECT in such instances.

Americans know their food and they hugely rely on word of mouth culture to choose between places to eat. If you believe in your venture and have something authentic and delicious to offer, people will storm into your restaurant. Cafe Momo is one of those success stories. It is often voted as the best restaurant in the town and rightly so speaking from personal experience. They didn't have to find a shelter under India's name to put forward some of the most amazing and unique cuisines of Nepal that we all love and grew up eating!

Long story short, Nepalese restaurant owners need to grow some balls and feel proud of presenting Nepali food without doubting its potentials. In my book, a well made Nepali food >>>>> any other food in the world!