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To the previous poster, I just meant a main dish, not a side dish (which would be paired with rice or bread as a sauce), but you can have the last word if you want.
To George, I think maybe Chinese cuisine is the one that has the most dishes "created" overseas? I have a Chinese friend who tells me very few so-called "Chinese dishes" cooked overseas (in many countries) are really Chinese, most of them being "Chinese-inspired"(using ingredients/cooking methods that are somehow similar to authentic Chinese cooking)?!
Anyway, I went to an (according to my Chinese friend, I am not knowledgeable enough about Chinese cuisine) authentic Chinese restaurant and the food was fantastic!!
Crab Rangoon. Not Burmese but a tiki treat and a great way to use up wonton skins.
Corned beef and cabbage I've heard from Irish visitors isn't something commonly served, but how do you argue it's not a classic combo anyway?
Mission burritos. A long time ago I liked eating these even though they weren't the burritos I knew. I got sick of them over time. Too much crap overstuffing 'em.
There are weird and indulgent concoctions that have been developed, but I'd say in some cases American versions of foreign street foods are actually better, because of the ingredients and cooking methods. There's a lot of food that's fried to death out there in the world! We're developing a palate for decent veggies, not overcooked. Our beef is really not bad, and let's grant that it's quality controlled. When we're talking street food, lots of authentic dishes can be way saltier, more pungent or more bitter than we're used to so I think local modifications are just fine. That's natural fusion.
To the previous poster, I just meant a main dish, not a side dish (which would be paired with rice or bread as a sauce), but you can have the last word if you want.
It specified Southern India for the use of curry as a side dish, not all of India where it is indeed consider a main dish. However, pairing it with rice or bread is typical of a curry meal in England too. Most curry dishes contain chunks of chicken or other meat (or vegetables but I find this less common) in a curry sauce which is often then piled on top of rice but can also be served seperately. Whether you consider the curry or the rice a main or side dish is rather moot: it's the same food. In fact what you describe right now sounds extremely similar to what is served as curry in England. So I don't understand why you're still insisting curry is something very different in England than it is in Indian. It's not - it's extremely similar, if not the exact same.
The only English influence on curry that I've seen is the option of chips (steak fries for Americans) instead of rice but most people still opt for the traditional rice. My husband only gets chips because for medical reasons, he's not supposed to have rice.
What foods/dishes are we used to have in the US (or in any other country) that do not really exist in their "country of origin"?!
Like "curry" and "chicken tikka masala" which became popular in England as Indian food, but are not really dishes in India?!
Or peperoni, which in Italy are actually bell peppers?!
We in the US have many foods/dishes that don't exist elsewhere. The US is a melting pot of all cultures. Therefore we have a huge assortment of food choices. Some better some not quite as good as others. Depending on individual tastes and particular recipe and restaurants or eateries serving them hard to compare... Sometimes variations from "country of origin" recipes are superior to some.
Some of it is, like some of the toppings Americans have come up with and chain pizza places like Pizza Hut aren't Italian at all. But a basic thin crust cheese pizza, like the type you find at a local pizzaria is about the same as you'll find it in Italy.
The thin crust depends, but yes a basic Neopolitan or Sicilian pizza is closer to the one you find here with just cheese and tomato - if you cook it in a wood fired oven that is.
As long as it tastes good.
Aussie burgers and Aussie pizza also tends to be done differently than their home country origin as well.
I can't imagine an American loading up a "burger with the lot" with pineapple, beetroot, and fried egg along with the obligatory fried onions, lettuce & tomato slices.
Once away from their homeland, foods have a tendency to evolve until their version is more rightfully part of the cuisine of the new country.
It specified Southern India for the use of curry as a side dish, not all of India where it is indeed consider a main dish. However, pairing it with rice or bread is typical of a curry meal in England too. Most curry dishes contain chunks of chicken or other meat (or vegetables but I find this less common) in a curry sauce which is often then piled on top of rice but can also be served seperately. Whether you consider the curry or the rice a main or side dish is rather moot: it's the same food. In fact what you describe right now sounds extremely similar to what is served as curry in England. So I don't understand why you're still insisting curry is something very different in England than it is in Indian. It's not - it's extremely similar, if not the exact same.
The only English influence on curry that I've seen is the option of chips (steak fries for Americans) instead of rice but most people still opt for the traditional rice. My husband only gets chips because for medical reasons, he's not supposed to have rice.
Who would have thought the usage of the term curry would become such a "heated" part of this thread?
(sorry, couldn't resist)
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Sometimes variations from "country of origin" recipes are superior to some. 
