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RE: Jamaican Patties In Japan, PattyPan

in ReggaeJAHM3 years ago

Lol, looking at these pies and knowing other things about Japan, I understand that this is a country where such a thing as "cost price" does not really matter.
I doubt that I would allow myself three pies for twenty bucks, the cost of which is about one dollar, but I understand the price of a forgotten taste when you want to remember the taste of childhood, the taste of your homeland. In our area, such pies are called chebureks. They are not cheap, especially on Odessa beaches, where vendors carry them in thermos bags and sell for one dollar each.
But, they are from the usual, wheat dough. It’s hard for me to imagine the taste of coconut dough, probably, it would be very expensive here. As for the corn dough, it goes well with sheep's cheese. Yes, it's a pity that I'm not in Japan, I see that there are a lot of incentives for a successful business, lol.

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 3 years ago 

I doubt that I would allow myself three pies for twenty bucks,

Yes, and that is why it took me almost 2 years to try it out, after calculating the cost I knew it wasn't something I would do often.

chebureks, these are basically the same thing for sure just a little variation in the crust and seasoning I can imagine. For the patty the crust is made of flour, butter, turmeric, curry powder, salt and ice-cold water. But then there is the effort, the oven energy and the shipping. The thing with some business is the cost doing small amounts may be more expensive per unit than doing BIG batches.The perfect price point for these would be ¥300 ($2.14) but at that rate, it wouldn't even make sense for the makers of the patty unless they had a HUGE customer base.

I see that there are a lot of incentives for a successful business, lol.

Oh yes but it is difficult unless you go BIG

I bet those parties are all gone now right @dmilliz ?