CATDOLL : CATDOLL: I heard that prices in Chongqing are relatively low. How much does a meal of crayfish cost?

It is the season for eating crayfish again. Youpin has visited several popular crayfish restaurants in Chongqing to explore the market. Finally, we have selected these shops with their own characteristics. You can choose according to your preferences.

1. Lao Gan's House

Without too much introduction, I believe every Chongqing citizen knows Lao Gan's, which is the most famous king in the Chongqing crayfish world and has been dominating the top of major lists for many years.

Per person: 130 yuan.

Recommendation index: 4 stars.

Special dishes: garlic crayfish, spicy crayfish.

2. Ice lobster

This Chongqing-style food stall lobster restaurant combines authentic Jianghu cuisine with crayfish. The shop is a rooftop garden, and you can see the night view of the Yuzhong Peninsula across Nanbin Road.

Per person: 150 yuan.

Recommendation index: 4 stars.

Special dishes: Iced drunken lobster, garlic crayfish, and braised chicken.

3. Yee Oyster House

This popular barbecue stall serves Cantonese-style barbecue, which is rare in Chongqing. It is not far from the exit of Shapingba subway station and is very suitable for gatherings with colleagues and friends after get off work.

Per person: 60 yuan.

Recommendation index: 3 stars.

Special dishes: double egg oysters, garlic crayfish, and various grilled skewers.

4. Shenjie Lobster

This lobster restaurant has won a major catering award. After dining at this restaurant, you will be given medals and certificates. It's quite a gimmick. When Youpin went there to eat, CCTV happened to be filming there.

Per person: 60~200 yuan.

Recommendation index: 3 stars.

Special dishes: Shenjie big rooster, crayfish in garlic sauce, and stir-fried shredded lotus root with sesame.

There are certain differences in the unit price of dishes and per capita consumption among these restaurants. If the price of a single lobster is calculated, the gap will be even more obvious.

The garlic crayfish at Yi Oyster House costs 28.8 yuan per portion, which is about 1 yuan for a crayfish, while the King Prawn Dragon Gate Array at Shenjie Lobster costs 888 yuan per portion, which is about 10 yuan for a crayfish.

From 1 yuan to 10 yuan, the price difference is so huge for the same crayfish. Is a 10 yuan crayfish really expensive? We can analyze the pricing of a serving of crayfish from several aspects.

First of all, let’s start with the crayfish itself. The selling price of crayfish varies depending on its species and size.

The King Shrimp Dragon Gate Array of Shenjie Lobster and the Drunken Lobster of Bingbing Lobster both use the largest crayfish, which weigh at least 12 grams each and cost about 60 yuan per catty at the market. The lobsters used by Yi Oyster House are much smaller, the kind most commonly found in vegetable markets and supermarkets, and cost only about 10 yuan per catty.

In terms of cost alone, there is a 5-fold gap. Let’s take a look at labor and rent.

The stores of Lao Gan's and Shenjie Lobster are located in locations with large traffic and large areas, so the rent is definitely not cheap; at the same time, more employees are also needed to support the operation of the stores (including cooking, serving, cleaning crayfish, etc.), so labor is also a considerable expense.

The overall area of ​​Yi Oyster House is only a few dozen square meters. Although it has a good location, the cost of labor and rent is obviously much less.

In general, if you only look at the cost of ingredients for a dish, no matter which restaurant you go to, you will feel that it is a rip-off, but what really affects the price of the dish is the high labor and rent.

Therefore, whether a dish or a restaurant is expensive should be evaluated more objectively from all aspects. Whether to consume it in the end depends on everyone's economic level. For example, the consumption of these crayfish restaurants is acceptable to Youpin, but he cannot eat there often.