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[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]
NP, but while reading this thread I was thinking about what a ripoff vegetarian pasta dishes are. The markup is insane. I can understand that Indian restaurants are spending more money on spices alone than other restaurants.[/quote]

You are forgetting about technique ,skill and quality of ingredients . Indian food works really well in take out and buffets because it can sit. Italian and French food , to be good require precise technique and timing. Because the dishes don’t have 20 ingredients slow cooked for hours, each needs to be prepared very well.  Italian and French food can be really awful if not prepared well and get ruined if not served at the right time. There are more Italian and French restaurants than Indian restaurants but far more really good Italian and French restaurants than Indian restaurants. [/quote]

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