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McNinja_MD t1_ja9h2s7 wrote

Reply to comment by alittlemouth in Mawn, a BYOB Cambodian noodle house, to open next month in South Philadelphia by ColdJay64

Gotta love how we take every piece of "cheap" cuisine, then make it popular and charge an arm and a leg for it.

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fkdkshufidsgdsk t1_ja9m1b3 wrote

Gotta love how people think “ethnic” food should be cheap when the work that takes to make it well is as much or more than any western cuisine. Also the economy affects everyone, prices are higher everywhere and when you use high quality ingredients that means more cost

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Daddie76 t1_ja9rg90 wrote

I’m from China but if a place starts charging me $18 a bowl for hand drawn noodles, they can fuck right off

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GeekyMoore t1_jaam6ra wrote

What are you even talking about? The ingredients for Pho are cheap af & you can buy in bulk at stores in Chinatown and on Washington ave. Hell, the recipe is easy too and they usually have non Asian immigrants in the back cooking. 18$ is crazy talk. 9$ is the average in Chinatown.

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seeyouinhelenkellers t1_jaarmqj wrote

Just checked the menus for three places in Chinatown and it was $12-15. Pretty much the same in South Philly pho spots.

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tossup17 t1_jacnjsw wrote

How do you know it's cheap ? You have no idea what quality of ingredients they are using for these dishes, or how much prep and time it's taking. People don't act like Irwin's is taking a "cheap" cuisine like pasta with sauce and charging 23 a plate for it is extortion. Asian food can cost money too, if you want cheap pho, pho 75 will always be there. This place is trying to do a higher end version obviously.

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