asian restaurant
A table-service restaurant specializing in cuisines of central, southern, or eastern Asia and nearby parts of Oceania.
An Asian restaurant is an eatery with table service which specializes in foods cooked in the culinary styles of any region in central, southern, or eastern Asia including nearby parts of Oceania.
The region includes nearby parts of Oceania as well as the stated parts of Asia. It does not expand here to every cuisine geographically associated with Asia.
Middle Eastern restaurants retain the separate western-Asian and northern-African scope described there. The cooking specialization identifies the relevant regional entry.
