Prices for Ochalean Food
by Bruce HeardHow 'bout some chow?
Prices are listed in the following fashion:
a. Cheap (rural), b. Common (urban), c. Upscale (anything else)
Egg Roll (1): a. 1cp, b. 2cp, c.
10cp
Wonton Soup (1 bowl): a. 1cp, b. 2cp, c. 10cp
Chow Mein (1 qt): a. 3cp, b. 7cp, c. 35cp
Chop Suey (1 qt): a. 3cp, b. 7cp, c. 35cp
Fried Rice (1 qt): a. 4cp, b. 10cp, c. 50cp
Low Mein (1 qt): a. 4cp, b. 10cp, c. 50cp
Egg Foo Young (3): a. 5cp, b. 12cp, c. 60cp
Moo Shu (4 pancakes): a. 8cp, b. 18cp, c. 90cp
Chef's Specialty (1): a. 10cp, b. 25cp, c. 125cp
Exotic Ingredients (1): a. n/a, b. 50cp, c. 250cp
Rare Ingredients (1): a. n/a, b. n/a, c. 750cp
For "live" ingredients (upscale only), triple the price.
Fortune Cookies (4): a. 1cp, b. 2cp,
c. 10cp
Leechees (1 bowl): a. 2cp, b. 4cp, c. 20cp
Elaborate Dessert (1): a. 6cp, b. 12cp, c. 60cp
Exotic Dessert (1): a. n/a, b. 24cp, c. 120cp
Rare Ingredients (1): a. n/a, b. n/a, c. 360cp
Tea (1 pot): a. free, b. 1cp, c.
5cp
Fine Tea (1 pot): a. n/a, b. 10cp, c. 50cp
Beer (1 glass): a. 1cp, b. 2cp, c. 10cp
Beer (1 qt. bottle): a. 5cp, b. 10cp, c. 50cp
Wine (1 glass): a. 2cp, b. 5cp, c. 25cp
Wine (1 qt. bottle): a. 10cp, b. 25cp, c. 125cp
Hard Liquor (1 shot): a. 3cp, b. 7cp, c. 35cp
(All main dish serve with steam rice. No MSG (Monsta-Shrimp Goo). Accept take-out order. Service included, but most generous tip always welcome.)
So, a basic dinner on the cheap side may cost about 7 copper, which is to be expected from the vast majority of places. A common fare in a town could instead run close to 4 silver. The wealthy would instead afford dinner at those kinds of places where one goes to be seen rather than satisfy hunger, with an average bill of 3-4 gold.
The prices don't cover dishes or
beverages with "monstrous", "magic", or otherwise "fantastic"
ingredients. Only a very few upscale places would dabble with
these, and the rates would be probably 100 times higher.