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[QU!K]

I understand "WHY" things are overpriced here but that doesn't erase the fact that things ARE overpriced HERE.

It’s not overpriced then, it’s appropriately priced given the factors

 

[ahat]

Overpriced. The price of patties has been slowly creeping up over the past decade.

But everything is expensive these days.

Im gonna tell my grandkids when i was your age i used to get a patty and a coco bread for 1.35 and i walked uphill both ways to get it

 

[QU!K]

The true disconnect with ramen is that Americans equate ramen to INSTANT ramen

They think the thing poor college students eating 50 cent packs of is the same thing people eat in the restaurant

but that’s like equating so lobster or truffle mac and cheese to kd

 

[QU!K]

Im gonna tell my grandkids when i was your age i used to get a patty and a coco bread for 1.35 and i walked uphill both ways to get it

$2 with a pop

 

[ahat]

$2 with a pop

IGA had the no name brands for 30cents

 

[DCAllAfrican]

It’s not overpriced then, it’s appropriately priced given the factors

overpriced
/ōvərˈprīst/
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adjective
too expensive; costing more than it is worth.


The customer determines the worth.

 

[danger style]

Michelin star ramen in Japan is $10-15

Most good ramen is absolutely not overpriced

Prices for my spot out here in the city and another one in LA. I would love some $10-15 ramen

 

[Mark Antony]

Some of the add-on prices stupid too. Stopped paying to add pepper/corn/garlic when I do takeout and just add my own.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Some of the add-on prices stupid too. Stopped paying to add pepper/corn/garlic when I do takeout and just add my own.

Or you COULD pull a Kwame Brown.

Brown is sitting in Clyde's restaurant in Chevy Chase, regarding with suspicion a chicken sandwich, which has been served to him on unfamiliar bread. Among the many revelations of his profoundly dislocating and confusing rookie season with the Wizards are the things that some people will eat.

On a road trip to Boston, the Wizards took him to an elegant French restaurant. Brown was not just shocked, but outraged, to discover that the restaurant did not serve French dressing. "Can you believe that?" he says. "No French dressing. In a French restaurant."

Then there was the matter of the salad itself. "It was tree roots," he says disgustedly. "Leaves. And branches."

For weeks afterward, Brown took a bottle of store-bought French dressing with him whenever he went out to dinner.

Growing Pains - The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2002/04/21/growing-pains/3d34a346-5abb-40a1-a298-01a805746caf/

 

[kingkoopa]

The price of patties has been slowly creeping up over the past decade.

Monica!?!?

EVERYTHING done went up in price since 2011.

It ain't just da beef pattie.

 

[ahat]

Karaage is overpriced at most spots

 

[Mark Antony]

Karaage is overpriced at most spots

For sure, it's like 1 thigh cut up and they're like "8 bucks my g".

 

[niceshoes247]

I’ve seen ice cream cones for $9

 

[Mark Antony]

A lot of things increased during that pandemic rush too on the low and never went back even though the resources replenished. Buying a pack of paper towels from Amazon for 24 bucks and checked my order history on it, it was 12 pre-pandemic.

 

[ahat]

I remember the good old days, 2 for $5 shawarmas, and not these tiny shawarmas either

 

[Mark Antony]

Ahh man I miss NYC fried half chicken, pork fried rice and a tea for like 4 bucks.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

6 Wings + Fries or Fried Rice = $4.25

This was in 97-98 though.

 

[QU!K]

Doc about the top ramen shops in Japan
Trailer and whole doc





The obsession with food in Japan is #different

This is instagram dedicated to the thousands of shops in japan

Abram Plaut (@ramen_beast) • Instagram photos and videos

37K Followers, 1,121 Following, 3,415 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Abram Plaut (@ramen_beast)

instagram.com

 

[Hunnynutcheerios]

Greek yogurt, berries and some vanilla granola

 

[niceshoes247]

 

[niceshoes247]

 

[pums]

It’s only over priced if no one is willing to pay for it.

 

[heelsandeers]

4 pc fried superiors (w/ gochujang)
gua bao
spicy superior sandwich

 

[niceshoes247]

Where

 

[s0lefunk]

Doc about the top ramen shops in Japan
Trailer and whole doc


The obsession with food in Japan is #different

This is instagram dedicated to the thousands of shops in japan

Abram Plaut (@ramen_beast) • Instagram photos and videos

37K Followers, 1,121 Following, 3,415 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Abram Plaut (@ramen_beast)

instagram.com

The ramen I’ve had stateside doesn’t come close to what I’ve had in Japan. That isn’t to say there isn’t good ramen to be had but you gotta find it.