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Old 09-02-2024, 11:01 PM   #22601
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Who here has tried the T&T $12 whole fried chicken? And can u offer review? Curious as to what's the rage ?
Good value, good size, and if you get it fresh it's tasty af
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Good value, good size, and if you get it fresh it's tasty af
Agreed with this. Good value, the chicken is nicely seasoned and garlicky, but it is very very greasy. When it's hot and fresh you can't tell but when you eat it as leftovers or reheat you can tell.

Maybe that's how they get it to stay crunchy even as leftovers.

Still worth having once in awhile though.
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Stupid take. You feel like going through supplier pricing and P+L sheets?
I'm not accusing you (or all restaurants of doing this) but for sure some businesses out there have been doing exactly as I've described. Tipping culture is also at ridiculous new heights. All of this combined is more than enough reason for people on tight budgets to completely skip going out for meals or perhaps limiting that to 1-2 times per month at most.

I've been a loyal customer of many restaurants in the Richmond area and have literally seen them only increase their prices by $1-$2 over the course of a year or so. It makes it harder to understand when you see $5-$15 increases over the same period of time for others. My last meal at Fat Burger was nearly $30 for just a burger, fries and a fountain drink for example.
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tipflation is definitely something that bothers me. getting prompted to tip 18% when i had to walk up to the window and order for myself is just silly. i even got prompted to tip 15% when i bought $60 worth of hot sauces at lucifers. i understand you can just tip 0% in these situations but it's crazy that you even have to do that.
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I've always felt that tipping on to-go orders was ridiculous. Takeya in Richmond has converted to being ENTIRELY take out food and they STILL prompt you to tip them. I no longer carry any shame about giving 0% in those types of situations. The guilt trip went stale long time ago.
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I used to tip on take out during covid because that was the server's livelihood during a time when no one is eating in. It's all back to normal now so no tipping.
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T&T Fried chicken ... yah, hard to get a whole chicken for less than $12.00 and for them to cook it, ready to eat. On paper right there, great value. Not Costco value but for Fried Chicken ... now I gotta try.

Tipflation, yah, I've resorted to no tipping when I go to coffee shop and all I get is a coffee or a muffin. If there is actual 'service' at sit down places, then yes ... and don't be fooled by the 15% or 18% number, that is on the total including the 5% tax. WTH has to tip 15% on the tax portion going to the government.
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I too am a cheap Chinaman and usually don't tip on takeout orders but if it's a place we go to regularly I will add in an extra $1-2 on occasion depending on order size
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I've always felt that tipping on to-go orders was ridiculous.
Tipping in general is ridiculous. Especially at a chain.
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If you are ordering standing up, no tip. In america where serving wages is less than minimum wage I tip accordingly but Canada it’s min wage + tips so no need to tip 18%+ unless exceptional service. That hipster barista can shake his head in disgust at my zero tip all he wants!
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wasn't chestnut banned from competitions, or was that just 1 world championships?
He's sponsored by some fake meat company so he wanted to eat the fake meat hot dogs at the July 4th contest which is run by Nathan's which said no to that. Or something like that - basically a sponsorship dispute of some kind.
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i was in chicago airport buying a hotdog, and this lady turned the credit card machine around and told me to press one of the buttons. All of them had 15%, 20% 25% tip options and OTHER. I selected other and pressed 0.

She gave me this funny remark about how i pressed the wrong button. I said i dont read engrish so it seems right to me. We both had a laugh and i walked away with this nasty hotdog that taste worst than costco's.


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He's sponsored by some fake meat company so he wanted to eat the fake meat hot dogs at the July 4th contest which is run by Nathan's which said no to that. Or something like that - basically a sponsorship dispute of some kind.
MLE Major league eating wants competitors to sign exclusivity deals with them so the only compete in MLE events. Kobayashi left because he wanted to be able to compete in other events outside MLE including events in Japan. Chestnut signed a deal with impossible foods and MLE got made because they have a deal with Nathans. Chestnut was ok with eating Nathans dogs at the comp. They had meat dogs at the comp on netflix.

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i was in chicago airport buying a hotdog, and this lady turned the credit card machine around and told me to press one of the buttons. All of them had 15%, 20% 25% tip options and OTHER. I selected other and pressed 0.

She gave me this funny remark about how i pressed the wrong button. I said i dont read engrish so it seems right to me. We both had a laugh and i walked away with this nasty hotdog that taste worst than costco's.


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is there one at the airport?

i didnt even see it. All i went to was this hot dog joint, the united lounge, and then that Torta's by Rick Bayless and everything was pretty disappointing. Coolest thing in O-hare was the F4 wildcat on display



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I'm not against tipping on takeout but what I am against is tipping the same or close to the same amount vs dining in. They really think packing my food and handing it to me deserves the same amount vs me dining in and being served for the duration of my meal ummm no.

Was at the whitecaps game last week and there was a complete self checkout section with zero interaction with any staff and the tipping option appeared like what why lol
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I'm not accusing you (or all restaurants of doing this) but for sure some businesses out there have been doing exactly as I've described. Tipping culture is also at ridiculous new heights. All of this combined is more than enough reason for people on tight budgets to completely skip going out for meals or perhaps limiting that to 1-2 times per month at most.

I've been a loyal customer of many restaurants in the Richmond area and have literally seen them only increase their prices by $1-$2 over the course of a year or so. It makes it harder to understand when you see $5-$15 increases over the same period of time for others. My last meal at Fat Burger was nearly $30 for just a burger, fries and a fountain drink for example.
Fast food places and large chains, yes, they are totally price gouging to pay for 50 million dollar pay packages for their CEOs, but I can give you loads of examples of the price increases with numbers for important food staples in regular restaurants since 2020
Olive oil $7/L > $17/L
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The costs are fucking crazy and the increases truthfully aren't nearly enough at restaurants. That's not including the labour costs of $13.85 > $16.88 (which I still believe should be way more, but that's why we tip, because if we didn't we'd be paying good servers $30-$35 an hour and charging 30% more on the menu to offset the cost, which again I'd totally prefer because tipping culture is bullshit)
It's worth noting that a lot of businesses in Richmond (or Iranian businesses in North van) owned by immigrant families are willing to operate at a loss as an easier path to Canadian citizenship. If you can stay open for 5 years and employ a certain amount of current residents it's near guaranteed you will be approved for PR/citizenship. It's a great way for people with some wealth to essentially fund their way to approval.
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