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I mean, you are not just paying for food. You are paying for someone's time to make your food.

The eating out price shock since 2020 is IMO mostly a result of wage gains in the bottom earners outpacing those earning more.

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Of course this is true, along with rent and everything else that goes into the cost of doing business. My problem is mostly to do with the fact that in many cases, overall prices doubled, while my satisfaction with the product diminished; Ramen and Sushi are some of the outliers, whereby their prices are still excessive, but the product is still satisfying for the price compared to others

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