Why are Indian takeaway food so expensive in Ireland?

tecknika

Is there a reason why Indian food in Ireland so expensive here. I have made many trips to Manchester and Liverpool many times and always enjoy going for Indian food, its good value and the prices on an average Restaurant/Take Away are around 1/3 of that of an average suburban Restaurant/take away in Ireland. Is this due to having a small Indian population compared to the UK because the population here has increased a fair bit as has the number of Indian places yet the prices are still really high.

dpofloinn

100's of reasons like tax , rates, wages, insurance ,blah blah. That is why things are expensive

My name is URL

Well most of the better of them tend to have far bigger menus than Chinese or traditional takeaways and need to pay for all the stuff the you might order.

tecknika

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

Y'know that cheap Indian restaurant you ate in over in Liverpool? Well that wasn't chicken in the tikka masala.

Nice though

Insect Overlord

India was never a colony of the Republic of Ireland...

eviltwin

Why is it impossible to get a vegetarian Korma here too. Very annoying.:mad:

tecknika

dpofloinn wrote: »

100's of reasons like tax , rates, wages, insurance ,blah blah. That is why things are expensive

Does not wash as Chinese and other places seem on a par with the UK. It is just Indians that are taking the ****...

wretcheddomain

Who eats Indian food? Not even the Indians do that.

Sheep Lover

eviltwin wrote: »

Why is it impossible to get a vegetarian Korma here too. Very annoying.:mad:

Because that's just wrong on every level?, go graze the front lawn if you're lacking veggie options

Links234

because most often, we dont have Indian takeaways, we have Indian restaurants that offer takeaway

How Soon Is Now

I'd rather pay the extra euro or two least know foods on a different level to most of the muck the average chinnese takeaway serves.

dpofloinn

tecknika wrote: »

Does not wash as Chinese and other places seem on a par with the UK. It is just Indians that are taking the ****...

apples and oranges or in this scenario cats and lamb

tecknika

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Who eats Indian food? Not even the Indians do that.

I love the stuff, everything I have tried in an Indian restaurant I have loved.

weisses

It's a long drive from India

eviltwin

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Because that's just wrong on every level?, go graze the front lawn if you're lacking veggie options

God forbid someone wants to eat a non meat dish :rolleyes:

tecknika

dpofloinn wrote: »

apples and oranges or in this scenario cats and lamb

stay classy chief

Realt Dearg Sec

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

I'd rather pay the extra euro or two least know foods on a different level to most of the muck the average chinnese takeaway serves.

Paying more doesn't let you know anything of the sort.

RobYourBuilder

You could try and learn how to cook some of your favourite dishes yourself? Much cheaper. The takeaways use a lot of oil, so probably healthier too.

Check out this thread to start you off: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056521427

flanzer

Jaysus, I'd love a Korma right now

How Soon Is Now

eviltwin wrote: »

God forbid someone wants to eat a non meat dish :rolleyes:

Meat is murder!!

















Tasty delicious murder!

Sheep Lover

eviltwin wrote: »

God forbid someone wants to eat a non meat dish :rolleyes:

Can they not just pick the lumps of beef out then?

Señor Fancy Pants

Why are there no Irish take aways?! Huh, huh?!

There's nothing I'd like more at 3am, locked, than a nice corned beef sandwich! Better still, a big bowl of coddle with slices of white buttered bread. Or, or, or a bacon, cabbage and mashed spuds wrap with brown sauce!

dpofloinn

tecknika wrote: »

stay classy chief

Hey if you don't want to hear the answer then don't ask the question

wretcheddomain

tecknika wrote: »

I love the stuff, everything I have tried in an Indian restaurant I have loved.

What's your BMI? :pac:

The_Valeyard

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Who eats Indian food? Not even the Indians do that.

To be fair it's the most tasty laxative I've ever had.

Shemale

eviltwin wrote: »

God forbid someone wants to eat a non meat dish :rolleyes:

God forbid you cooked dinner and someone wanted to eat meat :rolleyes:

Desolation Of Smug

Apache Pizza are fairly reasonable. Lets not tar all Indians with the same brush.

AboutaWeekAgo

eviltwin wrote: »

God forbid someone wants to eat a non meat dish :rolleyes:

G'way over to London or somewhere fancy like that if you want to be at that craic.

How Soon Is Now

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Paying more doesn't let you know anything of the sort.

Ive found your average Indian takeaway is nearly always better quality then average Chinese.

eviltwin

Sheep Lover wrote: »

Can they not just pick the lumps of beef out then?

No they probably wouldn't want to do that.

anncoates

There's a snobbish perception here about how much higher quality a fast food like Indian takeaway is compared to a fast food like Chinese takeaway so the former costs a lot more.

Gbear

tecknika wrote: »

Does not wash as Chinese and other places seem on a par with the UK. It is just Indians that are taking the ****...

Except the quality of Chinese food in Ireland is absolute dog****.

Think of the worst chipper in your town. That's the standard of most Chinese places in Ireland.

The bar is set far higher for Indians.

BlaasForRafa

The MSG doesn't come for free ya know!

Sheep Lover

eviltwin wrote: »

No they probably wouldn't want to do that.

Well yano, that's there problem then isn't it? I pick out any veg I don't like in a dish

AboutaWeekAgo

Gbear wrote: »

Except the quality of Chinese food in Ireland is absolute dog****.

Think of the worst chipper in your town. That's the standard of most Chinese places in Ireland.

The bar is set far higher for Indians.

That's because the Chinese are so short is it?

Sheep Lover

AboutaWeekAgo wrote: »

That's because the Chinese are so short is it?

Nee Hi, most of them

wretcheddomain

Gbear wrote: »

Think of the worst chipper in your town. That's the standard of most Chinese places in Ireland.

The bar is set far higher for Indians.

I guess that's because most of them don't drink.

Smidge

I think my dislike for Indian food is down to the fact that it looks almost exactly the same coming out as it went in.

How Soon Is Now

anncoates wrote: »

There's a snobbish perception here about how much higher quality a fast food like Indian takeaway is compared to a fast food like Chinese takeaway so the former costs a lot more.

Ah I wouldn't say it's snobbery most Chinese takeaways are just greasy crap. It's literally add whatever sauce you picked to meat and cheap veg and your done.

Lot more effort goes into Indian food.

If either are done right they can be amazing but from what I've eaten over the years the Indian food tends to be better quality.

WellThen?

Chinese fast food here is muck.
You would have to go to a nice Chinese restaurant like China Sichaun for a decent dish! Thai food (which is a more recent thing) and Indian are on a much higher quality level overall. Don't get me wrong, there are a few dodgy Indians (Tandoori Bite Portobello open all night!) that are a bit of a gut buster but I would pay that extra 2euro anyday for Indian over Chinese.

tecknika

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Ah I wouldn't say it's snobbery most Chinese takeaways are just greasy crap. It's literally add whatever sauce you picked to meat and cheap veg and your done.

Lot more effort goes into Indian food.

If either are done right they can be amazing but from what I've eaten over the years the Indian food tends to be better quality.

Does less effort go into it in the UK as its cheaper than Chinese food

anncoates

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Ah I wouldn't say it's snobbery most Chinese takeaways are just greasy crap. It's literally add whatever sauce you picked to meat and cheap veg and your done.

Lot more effort goes into Indian food.

If either are done right they can be amazing but from what I've eaten over the years the Indian food tends to be better quality.

These assertions are usually the same and not really qualified much beyond Chinese takeaway is greasy crap but Indian takes more effort etc.

Maybe people are comparing full Indian meals with 3 in 1s or something.

I eat both. My local places are decent enough. Indian is generally better and more varied but not so much as to justify (in my area ) what is generally about a 40% price difference between different fast foods.

tecknika

Chicken Korma seeing how it is so popular here is £3.50 in some random city centre in the UK and €14.95 in some random place in Clonsilla in Dublin.

tecknika

Chicken Korma seeing how it is so popular here is £3.50 in some random city centre in the UK and €14.95 in some random place in Clonsilla in Dublin. Neither come with Rice etc..all is extra

AlanS181824

This thread has made me hungry....

wretcheddomain

Smidge wrote: »

I think my dislike for Indian food is down to the fact that it looks almost exactly the same coming out as it went in.

That's how they make the dishes - they've a team of professional cooks out back vomiting and defecating into a plastic container. The rice is mass purchased from Aldi.

Tag on a price of €12.90 and there you have it.

Some people are suckers for that type of thing.

Shemale

As for the chinese takeaways trying to pass of tofu (or some other god awful slimy white thing that doesn't look nor taste like chicken) as chicken is unreal. How are they never shut down.

John_Rambo

An File wrote: »

India was never a colony of the Republic of Ireland...

Just going to quote this for those that didn't read it and those that have no notion of world history.

Oh.. For the same bunch, India was a colony of our neighbours, the English.

Wang King

Chances are if you're ordering an Indian, it's actually Bangladeshi or Pakistani chefs, very few true Indian restaurants around in the sticks,

Egginacup

tecknika wrote: »

Is there a reason why Indian food in Ireland so expensive here. I have made many trips to Manchester and Liverpool many times and always enjoy going for Indian food, its good value and the prices on an average Restaurant/Take Away are around 1/3 of that of an average suburban Restaurant/take away in Ireland. Is this due to having a small Indian population compared to the UK because the population here has increased a fair bit as has the number of Indian places yet the prices are still really high.

Because Irish people think that some excrement like Chicken Tikka Massala is actually Indian food. Put a cloth down in front of Andrew and Therese and sling some chutney in front of them, coupled with some poppadom, a few bowls of turmeric-laced gristle, and a platter of basmati served by a lad with a purple turban and they'll think it's a feast that would make the Taj Mahal look like Ballymun.

You could get this gear for free in many of the hand-out kitchens for peasants in Mumbai.

tecknika

Shemale wrote: »

As for the chinese takeaways trying to pass of tofu (or some other god awful slimy white thing that doesn't look nor taste like chicken) as chicken is unreal. How are they never shut down.

Anyone who has eaten Tofu and chicken knows well that they don't and also Chicken is as cheap as Tofu if not cheaper. Say argument for the Cats and Dogs racists...they don't do it. If any went to the effort to kill a local dog which I find hard to believe then the likely reason would be for a delicacy for themselves and give the dumb public the cheap auld chicken.