Are we fat bastards? How much do you spend on a takeaway?

[Hottubby]

I was interested to see on another thread that some people were horrified at a poster spending £40 on a takeaway and suggested she must be ordering an awful lot.
We had a Chinese last night for 4 people and it was £85- there was some left over for lunch today.
this was our order;
1x King Prawns Mushroom in Oyster Sauce 1x King Prawns Hong Kong Style Sweet & Sour Sauce 1x Aubergine Black Bean Sauce 1x King Prawns Satay 1x King Prawn Ginger & Spring Onion Sauce 1x Quarter Crispy Aromatic Duck 1x Mixed Appetisers for 2 1x Chicken & Prawns in Yellow Bean Sauce * 3x Egg Fried Rice (300g) 1x Special Chow Mein 1x King Prawns Fried Rice

so how much do you spend/order for 4 people and are we fat bastards?

For 2 of us we usually spend about £35 on an Indian takeaway, we go big on the sundries and the sides!

About £50/60 for 2 of us so we’re even fatter bastards, in our defensive it is expensive round here (Chinese takeout that is)

I mean, I don't think "fat bastards" is probably a term I'd willingly use, but I'll join in.

We had Chinese - 2 of us - last week and it was £24, delivered. So if you double it for twice the amount of people and maybe add another tenner for sharing fripperies that's £60.

£85 for 4 of you is quite a lot for an eat in bog standard takeaway I reckon.

So many prawns!

We spend about that on a Chinese takeaway.

We would order one main and usually 3 rice's between 4. Some prawn crackers too. Sometimes spring rolls or prawn toast - 1 lot between 4 of us.

Our mains here are very generous though. I'm a greedy cow and usually can't eat it all.

I suppose its hard to know without seeing portion size but yours reads as if you ordered maybe 2 mains each which seems a lot.

That sounds like an awful lot of food even for 4 hungry adults.

£20+ Pounds per person does seem like quite a lot. We would probably have either the appetisers OR the duck, not both and maybe less rice/noodles.
think we maybe spend 3
£35 pounds for 2 of us at the most.

You ordered
7 mains
4 people worth of starters
4 fried rice

for 4 people?

I’m not a fan of take away but we do eat out so I can’t give you a comparison.

Well, are you actually fat?

No more than £30 at a push, for me and DH, generally leftovers for the next day

For chinese between 2 we get: mixed starter, salt and chilli chips, a main and a rice or noodle dish. About £25-30.

Am I reading that right? You had
9 main courses
2 appetisers
3 sides

For 4 people?

YANBU for making me hungry.

That seems like a huge amount of food for 4 people! It looks like at least 7 main dishes + appetizers + sides?

We order for 3 - 2 adults & a 16 year old & we get:
King prawn schzuen OR chicken satay
Crispy chilli chicken
1/4 crispy aromatic duck with pancakes
Fried rice × 2
Fried noodles × 1
Chips (for teen)
Curry sauce
Prawn crackers

We all have dinner & usually a portion which dh or teen eat for lunch next day

I would never spend that much on a takeaway unless it's for a special occasion. However, if you can afford it and the food was all eaten not wasted then I think it's reasonable to spend as much as you want on a takeaway.

Wow you really like prawns! That looks like 6 mains plus sides, for 4 people? Usually when we order for a group we'll do one main and rice between 2, plus lots of starters and sides to share.

Chinese is always double Indian.

We easy spend £70-80 on Chinese and £30-£40 on Indian for some reason.

Think it’s those tasty starters. The aubergine dish and all the prawns sound delish!

Are you addicted to prawns?

That's loads!

We're in the North where everything's is cheaper. Me dh and ds would order

Special chow mein
Special curry
Rice
Crispy wontons
Sticky ribs

£20 odd quid

Ours is usually £25 approx for two adults, main/rice, a few sundries and prawn crackers. No leftovers the next day. We've stopped getting them now though with the cost increasing to closer to £27/28 so £30 by the time we round up a tip for the delivery driver. I just can't justify the cost any more!

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I make that 10 x main dishes, 3 sides and 1 starter. So it's not expensive for what you ordered but a lot of food for 4 people even if all four of you had 2 meals off it.
DH and I would have 1 or 2 mains and 1 side between us, so around £15. If adult DSs were eating with us (they have big appetites) we'd have 4 mains and 3 sides, £30 ish.

We spend £60 on an Indian but that's 2 dinners worth.
Bit more if you count fizzy and poppadoms from shop.

Would rather have once a month and go to a good quality place.

We have the odd mcdonalds as well but that is usually a letdown in comparison.

Wish we has a good Chinese locally...

That's a LOT of prawns! 🤣

You all like prawns I take it