Cheap Eats?

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Your prices ate around 50-100% more approx. Some of that is hard to find here. I haven't seen that fried cauliflower for a while.

Depends on the dish and location. Nachos are usually cheap. Can be as low as $10-$13 nzd restaurant often sub 20.

Nachos for $10-13???!!!??? In Ottawa prices, they are generally high teens to low 20s... and multiply that by 1.25 for you lot. Why buy groceries when you can just survive at the pub? Wowza....

 

[Morrus]

Your fish and chip shop portions are huge.

Depends where you go. Every shop is different.

They're priced at restaurant prices though.

No, the restaurants cost way more.

I dont get mushy peas though.

Never had them. That's a Northern thing.

 

[Zardnaar]

That's interesting. Coffee price seems closer than food's.

A subsidized sandwich + cookie is €3.30 (=6.70 NZD) at the student's cafeteria. That's probably the cheapest meal available.

I checked the unsubsidized price would be 11,16 NZD.

Coffee you'te paying international prices for the beans.

 

[Zardnaar]

Depends where you go. Every shop is different.

No, the restaurants cost way more.

Never had them. That's a Northern thing.

Clarification your fish and chip shop prices are our restaurant prices. You're getting cod here its blue cod in a restaurant.

Fish and chip shops use fish. Could be anything. That place uses hoki its decent for the price.

British guy last year liked our blue cod but despised most fish and chip shops. Youre getting two pieces and chips for about 5 or 6 quid at a cheap place.


6:16 mark is a typical blue cod meals. Price I would expect to pay 13- 18 quid for that plate depending where you go.

A fish and chip shop is drastically cheaper. Doubles as a basic Chinese place generally a triples it as a burger joint. Typical shops about food court quality though.

Goid Chinese find a good fish and chio shop or dedicated Chinese place.

Vinegar is rare but not unheard of. That cafe offers it.

Some of those UK food trucks and beer are cheaper than here.

Burger and chips is a better gamble. Average burger is still usually ok. Cheap nasty fish can be awful

 

[Mad_Jack]

It's a bit ironic living on the coast in New England, but cheap fish isn't really something you find much around here...

 

[jian]

Nachos for $10-13???!!!??? In Ottawa prices, they are generally high teens to low 20s... and multiply that by 1.25 for you lot. Why buy groceries when you can just survive at the pub? Wowza....

Depends on how big the portions are and so on though, doesn’t it? Pub or Mexican nachos here in Metro Vancouver are likely to be about $13-5 and are enough for one person or two as a side, but they’re probably $7-10 at Happy Hour. But many places will do smaller portions at Happy Hour.

(For those who don’t know - a lot of restaurants in Canada, especially patio pubs, will do lower prices on some food and drinks around 3-5pm and after 9pm. This is called Happy Hour for some reason.)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

When I was in college, Tex-Mex places served one of the cheapest snack meals available.

You get your free chips & salsa plus ice water to drink. Order some tortillas & butter. You’re out a few bucks, max. At some fast food places like Taco Cabana, 3 tortillas & butter would set you back 40¢.

(Personally, I only did that once- at Taco Cabana- as part of payback to a friend. Long story short.)

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Depends on how big the portions are and so on though, doesn’t it?

I suppose. I'm just talking about your standard platter of nachos you find in Ottawa. Restaurants around here generally just have the one size... sometimes I see a half-order on a menu.

Quick google results for some run of the mill pubs in the area... the prices are higher than I thought! I might not have ordered nachos for a while...

• Our Menu — Clocktower Brew Pub
• Fleena's Cantina | Ottawa Authentic Mexican Restaurant
• Home | Churchills Ottawa
• Dining Menu | Barley Mow Pubs Ottawa/Brockville/Kanata/Stittsville/Orleans/Almonte/Barrhaven/Westboro/Merivale
• Ottawa Dinner Menu - Mexicali Rosa’s

Pub or Mexican nachos here in Metro Vancouver are likely to be about $13-5 and are enough for one person or two as a side, but they’re probably $7-10 at Happy Hour.

Hmm... maybe they're a different type of serving in Vancouver then. A plate of nachos here would be a full meal for three (or two if you're REALLY hungry). You wouldn't order them as a side to an entree for sure. Here, you typically buy a platter of nachos in a pub and share with a bunch of people and there's generally drinks involved. They'd only be a side to a basket of chicken wings and mozzarella sticks for you and your four buddies

But many places will do smaller portions at Happy Hour.

(For those who don’t know - a lot of restaurants in Canada, especially patio pubs, will do lower prices on some food and drinks around 3-4pm and after 9pm. This is called Happy Hour for some reason.)

Happy hour is something that originates in the US, but yup, some bars and restaurants have adopted it here too. It's common in Ottawa, but I wouldn't say universal.

 

[jian]

Hmm... maybe they're a different type of serving in Vancouver then. A plate of nachos here would be a full meal for three (or two if you're REALLY hungry). You wouldn't order them as a side to an entree for sure. Here, you typically buy a platter of nachos in a pub and share with a bunch of people and there's generally drinks involved. They'd only be a side to a basket of chicken wings and mozzarella sticks for you and your four buddies

Happy hour is something that originates in the US, but yup, some bars and restaurants have adopted it here too. It's common in Ottawa, but I wouldn't say universal.

Wow, then maybe 20 bucks is worth it.

Happy Hour was a thing in the U.K. in pubs and wine bars 20 years ago but I hadn’t seen one for years, so they were a surprise in Canada. A lot of places here do it (and almost as many do brunch).

 

[Zardnaar]

Wow, then maybe 20 bucks is worth it.

Happy Hour was a thing in the U.K. in pubs and wine bars 20 years ago but I hadn’t seen one for years, so they were a surprise in Canada. A lot of places here do it (and almost as many do brunch).

Rare few places do it here or did. On place had small craft beers for $5 5pm to 7pm. Then $6 haven't been for a while though.