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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's funny, because I just went to Thailand and visited the Museum of Siam in Bangkok. They had a room on Thai cuisine with a figure on the wall describing how to make massaman curry:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/Llpfpa3.jpeg[/img]

It's crazy how many ingredients and prep go into a 'simple' dish like massaman curry, yet go to any Thai restaurant and most are selling it below $18.  Meanwhile, go to an Italian place and they're trying to sell you cacio e pepe for $20+, which is just pasta, pepper, butter, and some cheese. [/quote]

I’ll let you in on a secret - the cheap Thai place is buying jarred curry. [/quote]

And that still takes more prep than cacio e pepe, lol.  I just looked up an Italian restaurant in the area for fun....$17 for linguini with olive oil and nothing else. It's a ridiculously stupid premium just 
because it is Italian food. [/quote]

$17 is about what I’d expect to pay for pad thai. Really not sure what your point is except that you prefer thai over italian?[/quote]

Exactly, you cap pad Thai at $17.  Have you ever seen how many ingredients go into it?  You also need mastery of work skills.

Meanwhile linguini with olive oil is just taking boxed pasta and boiling it, then adding garlic and olive oil. Lol. Not even remotely comparable in complexity. [/quote]

I don’t know where you go out, but I’ve never seen “linguine with olive oil” on a menu. Generally I don’t order pasta out unless it’s a really nice Italian restaurant because I make good pasta at home. So yes, if I am ordering fresh pasta with say a short rib ragu sauce, I’d expect it to be more than $17. If I go to a fancy Thai place I would expect my meal to cost about the same. If I go to a cheap Thai place I expect it to be cheap. Your real question seems to be if I would go to a cheap Italian place and expect spend $17 for an entree? Sure. But as has been explained to you, cheap Italian isn’t really a thing in most places because they are not the current operators of affordable restaurants. [/quote]

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