25 minutes ago, JayClay said:

Indians are never going to become "popular" here because the vast majority of Thais don't like Indian food, or are too prejudice to even try it.

 

Also I guess some of the ingredients need to be imported which will naturally increase the prices.

 

Don't get me wrong, I love Indian food. It would be nice if the prices went down. They don't "need" to, though.

Patak's Indian cook in sauces available on Lazada for 110bht/jar.

Stir fry 800gm of whatever meat, add sauce and simmer for 15 mins.

5 portions/meals for 40-50bht a go ......... not expensive.

30 minutes ago, JayClay said:

Indians are never going to become "popular" here because the vast majority of Thais don't like Indian food, or are too prejudice to even try it.

 

Also I guess some of the ingredients need to be imported which will naturally increase the prices.

 

Don't get me wrong, I love Indian food. It would be nice if the prices went down. They don't "need" to, though.

ok then they will stay mostly empty

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Patak's Indian cook in sauces available on Lazada for 110bht/jar.

Stir fry 800gm of whatever meat, add sauce and simmer for 15 mins.

5 portions/meals for 40-50bht a go ......... not expensive.

You forgot to include business overheads and profit, so you're looking at 80-100bt realistically even for a small operation.

 

I'm sure if there was a market for sub-par Indian food made from a jar at those prices, there would already be 100s of such vendors.

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Patak's Indian cook in sauces available on Lazada for 110bht/jar.

Stir fry 800gm of whatever meat, add sauce and simmer for 15 mins.

5 portions/meals for 40-50bht a go ......... not expensive.

Yes and can make it much healthier than Indian restaurant food

Just now, JayClay said:

You forgot to include business overheads and profit, so you're looking at 80-100bt realistically even for a small operation.

 

I'm sure if there was a market for sub-par Indian food made from a jar at those prices, there would already be 100s of such vendors.

It's a gap in the market, Thais don't like filling gaps, prefer to copy

2 minutes ago, JayClay said:

You forgot to include business overheads and profit, so you're looking at 80-100bt realistically even for a small operation.

 

I'm sure if there was a market for sub-par Indian food made from a jar at those prices, there would already be 100s of such vendors.

Your wife charges you for her cooking?

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

It's a gap in the market, Thais don't like filling gaps, prefer to copy

So start your own business and go take advantage of said gap.

Just now, JayClay said:

So start your own business and go take advantage of said gap.

I'm not interested, I'll leave it for you

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Your wife charges you for her cooking?

I don't have a wife

I don't know if @scubascuba3 has one or not, but when he said that prices "need" to come down, I assumed he was talking about restaurant prices.

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

It's a gap in the market, Thais don't like filling gaps, prefer to copy

Don't think Thais will eat Indian food.

At my local Indian (RajDarBar, Loi Krow) I only see foreigners eating the food.

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

I'm not interested, I'll leave it for you

I don't believe the gap exists, so I certainly won't be going for it.

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Don't think Thais will eat Indian food.

At my local Indian (RajDarBar, Loi Krow) I only see foreigners eating the food.

That might be a price thing

12 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

That might be a price thing

Nah, my woman worships an Indian god (Kali as an incarnation of Buddha), dresses in a sari, has the red dot on her forehead and absolutely refuses to even taste any Indian food because Indians are 'dirty'.

You gotta laugh, ain't ya!

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

That might be a price thing

Go and find 300 random Thais on the street and offer them an Indian curry for 80bt. I doubt you'll get a single taker.

 

I doubt you'd even be able to give them an Indian curry for frew. Indain food is not popular here for a variety of reasons.