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Why are Indian takeaway food so expensive in Ireland?

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  • 20-01-2015 12:02am
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    tecknika
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    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.


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


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    My name is URL
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    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.


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    tecknika
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭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


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


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


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    tecknika
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭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 ****...


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


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    Sheep Lover
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    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


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    Links234
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    because most often, we dont have Indian takeaways, we have Indian restaurants that offer takeaway


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    How Soon Is Now
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    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.


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    dpofloinn
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    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


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    tecknika
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭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.


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    weisses
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    It's a long drive from India


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    eviltwin
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    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:


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    tecknika
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭tecknika


    dpofloinn wrote: »
    apples and oranges or in this scenario cats and lamb

    stay classy chief


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    Realt Dearg Sec
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    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.


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    RobYourBuilder
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    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


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    flanzer
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    Jaysus, I'd love a Korma right now


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    How Soon Is Now
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    eviltwin wrote: »
    God forbid someone wants to eat a non meat dish :rolleyes:

    Meat is murder!!

















    Tasty delicious murder!


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    Sheep Lover
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    eviltwin wrote: »
    God forbid someone wants to eat a non meat dish :rolleyes:

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


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    Señor Fancy Pants
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    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!


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    dpofloinn
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    tecknika wrote: »
    stay classy chief

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


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    wretcheddomain
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    tecknika wrote: »
    I love the stuff, everything I have tried in an Indian restaurant I have loved.

    What's your BMI? :pac:


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    The_Valeyard
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    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.


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    Shemale
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    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:


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


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    AboutaWeekAgo
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    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.


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    How Soon Is Now
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    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.


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    eviltwin
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    Sheep Lover wrote: »
    Can they not just pick the lumps of beef out then?

    No they probably wouldn't want to do that.


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    anncoates
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    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.


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