Tasty dishes at SriPraPhai in Williston Park include the crispy...

Tasty dishes at SriPraPhai in Williston Park include the crispy watercress salad with shrimp, chicken and squid, shown here. (Nov. 14, 2009) Credit: Kirsten Luce

Finding an ethnic restaurant that doesn't "dumb down" its cooking to what's perceived as American taste can be a challenge.

Here are three restaurants where you stand a better- than-average chance of eating as though you were born to the cuisine:

 
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