I like Maroli.
I echo that sentiment people see a non-white restaurant and think magically they can make food that feeds you for same as what it would cost you at home. It smacks of the R word.
Being a child of immigrants myself, I totally know that it keeps people down in a way that is not acceptable in our enlightened age.
People eat way too much it seems,given the mass obesity and morbid obesity, it stuns me still the focus on stuffing onself silly.
I am trying to teach my kids to appreciate the cuisine, and resto workers (of family run restaurants especially).
Eating out isn't a right, but people these days sure freak out like it is. I don't take for granted the food someone else laboured to put in front of me. I am grateful for the hand that feeds me.
I never looked at a bowl of rice the same after reading Malcolm Gladwell's telling of how hard it is to plant and harvest. My nonna worked in Italian rice paddies. I had no idea what it was like aside from the fact it ruined bits of her body due to constant water exposure.
I now cherish a bottle of rice in my kitchen and it's "the story" people get for being sassy or flippant about food.
While some restaurants certainly overcharge, we have to remember that a restaurant is a business, with operating costs. If they are pricey, don't take it so damn personally. They are not out to sucker you in particular.
Good food takes time, good ingredients, and some soul.
I don't buy that it's too expensive and a burden on families. I grew up with a stay at home mom raising 4 kids and one salary from dad. We ate out on birthdays, mother's day, and the other odd celebrations and when we had visitors It was tough but my parents saved up for it and we sure as hell were grateful for it.
People need a reality check because food isn't getting cheaper because Ontario is allowing the destruction of farmland people refusing to buy local is causing family farms to finally close.
If you "need" cheap volume, then a there's bag of chips and a plate of hotdogs on white buns. That'll runs under 5 bucks and 5 minutes if you don't have a microwave.
People who want to be fairly paid for what they do should remember that that sentiment should not be exclusive to people in the "business" world.
And for the record, my dad was a machinist so I am not ranting because we struggled to run a pizza shop.
*gets off soap box*
Sorry for preaching, it isn't even Sunday and I'm late to this post but given my kitchenless state, I am truly grateful for the folks who feed us regularly because you can only eat so many peanut butter sandwiches.
Sincerly,
a rice fan,
Idas
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