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Chinese takeaway - why extra for rice but not noodles?
Chow Mein dishes - noodles, meat and veg, full meal for £4.00 to £4.50.
But if you want rice dish it's around £4.00 to £4.50 for meat, vegetables and sauce and the rice starts at £1.30. Why the extra? Rice is not more expensive than noodles at the supermarket so why at the takeaway. Never worked this one out. |
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It gets on my nerves a bit. I'm not a huge fan of rice but if I want noodles I have to pay £3 for a plain chow mein rather than £1.40 for rice.
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Depends on the takeaway. I was looking at one just last night and the deal was £4-£4.50 for the mains with boiled rice or chips free. Fried rice was an extra 30p and noodles and extra 60p.
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Chow mein would be the equivalent of pork or chicken fried rice not a main plus the rice as a side?
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I've never used a Chinese takeaway that includes rice or noodles with any dish except those set menus.
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Around here chow mein comes with noodles (shredded chicken, onion, beansprouts, noodles, sauce/gravy), so asking for extra with it would be pretty pointless unless you really like noodles
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all ours you get boiled rice included and 30-50p if you want fried, never seen a place that charges you for rice no matter what kind, thats weird.
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Chow Mein always comes with noodles but it's the same price as the other dishes that are just meat/veg/sauce and nothing else.
Of course you can order special fried rice or prawn fried rice to get a rice dish at the same price as the Chow Mein dishes but there's no sauce and it is a bit dry. |
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Of course you can order special fried rice or prawn fried rice to get a rice dish at the same price as the Chow Mein dishes but there's no sauce and it is a bit dry.
I should admit I always but at least one main which has a sauce component for the same reason though!
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Depends on the takeaway. I was looking at one just last night and the deal was £4-£4.50 for the mains with boiled rice or chips free. Fried rice was an extra 30p and noodles and extra 60p.
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I should admit I always but at least one main which has a sauce component for the same reason though!