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Last night the familia du vampire went to a Thai restaurant nearby for which the Admiral and Lady Requiem gave us vouchers. 

I don't understand why Thai is so much more expensive than Vietnamese, Indian and Chinese in this city. We spent $78 without buying a single drink - and half of us are under the age of 7! Here's what we ordered: 

2 serves of spring rolls with sweet chilli dipping sauce

Chargrilled squid

Green curry (chicken)

Pad Thai noodles

Steamed rice

Roti bread

 = $78. 

The chef came out and waxed lyrical with us for a while. Chef John. He offered to sign my daughter's cast but she wasn't having any of it. He remembers when my dad bought the voucher many months ago over the phone because he bought a $125 voucher which is probably the most expensive and unusually priced damn voucher that place has ever had the pleasure of running through their machine. $125 dinner voucher. For Thai....

It was delicious, but I could have bought about 7 Whitesnake CDs on ebay for the $78 we spent. 

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Last night the familia du vampire went to a Thai restaurant nearby for which the Admiral and Lady Requiem gave us vouchers. 
I don't understand why Thai is so much more expensive than Vietnamese, Indian and Chinese in this city. We spent $78 without buying a single drink - and half of us are under the age of 7! Here's what we ordered: 
2 serves of spring rolls with sweet chilli dipping sauce
Chargrilled squid
Green curry (chicken)
Pad Thai noodles
Steamed rice
Roti bread
 = $78. 
The chef came out and waxed lyrical with us for a while. Chef John. He offered to sign my daughter's cast but she wasn't having any of it. He remembers when my dad bought the voucher many months ago over the phone because he bought a $125 voucher which is probably the most expensive and unusually priced damn voucher that place has ever had the pleasure of running through their machine. $125 dinner voucher. For Thai....
It was delicious, but I could have bought about 7 Whitesnake CDs on ebay for the $78 we spent. 
Thai is usually inexpensive here, typically $10-12 per plate. That does seem excessive for what you ordered, so I hope it was good at least.

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That meal would be about $50 at the place I like around here. 
Just had some pizza and salad on our way out the door, and it's not sitting right. I can't wait to get to the hotel and settle things down with a beer.
Pizza usually does that to me, so I don't eat it much anymore. Not sure if it's the grease, the dough, or what, but it almost always makes me sick to my stomach unless I do thin crust with a lot of toppings. Even then though, it still gets me sometimes.

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3 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

Pizza usually does that to me, so I don't eat it much anymore. Not sure if it's the grease, the dough, or what, but it almost always makes me sick to my stomach unless I do thin crust with a lot of toppings. Even then though, it still gets me sometimes.

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That's a bummer. I love pizza, but I'm beginning to think I need to steer clear as well. It's just tricky because that's by far the most affordable delivery option we have, and we don't always have the time and energy to cook.

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Caught up with a friend for dinner tonight. We went to this nice little Indian place by the beach. Dinner was $64 and for that we got two serves of naan bread, our mains, two serves of rice, and drinks (beers for me, wines for her). The food was excellent, the service not so much.

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20 hours ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

5 items for $78? I don't understand this. Melbourne prices I guess. There's a fantastic Thai place up the road where that amount of money would be enough for two days worth of meals.

They have pretensions of being gormet but they’re not really up to it. There are cheaper Thai places nearby. 

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