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Yea, Singapore noodles are from Hong Kong and Tikka Masala is from the UK of all places.
My favourite weird food thing is that Japanese curry is a reinterpretation of UK curry which is in turn a reinterpretation of Indian curries.
I love the circuitous route it took to hop north east a ways, and how distinct it is due to this.
It's also the absolute fucking best
I don't like to get entangled with some food debate but I thought the common knowledge was that tikka masala is from Punjab. The restaurant owner who claimed to have 'invented' tikka masala using canned soup confessed they had spun up a story to entertain journalists.
Could entirely be. I just remember seeing the UK as a country of origin when looking for a slow cooking Tikka masala recipe and being disgusted with myself for enjoying English cuisine. Like there was no warning, no beans involved or anything.
It's a great example of the English appropriating another cultures cuisine because theirs is, well, a bit shit.