It’s kind of interesting how some food can be more expensive than others just because of the kind of ethnic flavor it is.

For example: Chinese food is normally really cheap; Thai, Italian and Japanese is a little more expensive, and French cuisine is typically priced high.

I can understand the prices being higher if the ingredients used in the dish were actually expensive, hard to gather, and time consuming to prepare/cook, but my girl and I go to a lot of different types of cultural restaurants and I always see expensive meals on the menu that I could easily make for a quarter or half the price. I guess that’s just the amateur chef in me thinking since I love to cook so much.

You add the word “French” to something, and people will be willing to pay more for it. Not a complaint, though, because I do love eating out all the time. I just thought it was intriguing how something so easy to make can be sold for so much.

6 notes ∞ November 4th, 2011 at 11:43 am