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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because it requires a ton of ingredients and prep.  It requires sooooooo much more work than say Italian food.  I bet you have no problems paying $25 for a pasta dish, yet you sneer at $22 for an Indian dish that requires 2x the work.[/quote]
Are you an Indian restaurant owner LOL? Most places keep all the master mixes frozen in bulk and throw dishes together quickly. [/quote]

No, I just recognize the ethnocentric bias in cuisine costs.  People expect stuff like Indian, Thai, Chinese, etc. to be cheap and delicious while they have no problems paying 2x more for something like Italian food or French food that is half the labor and 1/4 the number of ingredients. Ha, as if Italian places don’t have premade sauces often times they simply heat up and throw in the boxed pasta they boiled.

The expectations for ethnic cuisines are twice as high compared to such mediocre Italian food, yet consumers demand cheap costs.  It’s ridiculous. [/quote]

I absolutely agree and am happy to pay more at Indian restaurants because I realize how labor intensive the food is. The irony is that my Indian in-laws are the ones complaining about the expense and that it’s not worth it to pay so much.[/quote]

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