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Old 06-08-2011, 17:22
doom&gloom
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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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Old 06-08-2011, 17:37
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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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Old 06-08-2011, 17:42
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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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Old 06-08-2011, 21:31
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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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Old 06-08-2011, 21:33
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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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Old 06-08-2011, 21:35
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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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Old 06-08-2011, 21:36
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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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Old 06-08-2011, 21:48
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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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Old 08-08-2011, 13:10
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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.
That's just you preffering one type of dish over another then not it costing more I should admit I always but at least one main which has a sauce component for the same reason though!
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Old 10-08-2011, 00:18
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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.
That is so cheap!
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