Skyrocketing inflation is affecting how the South Asian community will celebrate the holidays this year in B.C., according to one chef and a restaurant owner.
"People are doing a lot of takeouts, so even the [takeout] boxes have become expensive products," he said. "It is quite an expensive affair to do sharing gifts now."
Ginger Indian Cuisine is located on Blundell Road in Richmond. Its owner says the high cost of some ingredients has led to him dropping items off the menu entirely. "We have to source the product from anywhere we can get," he said. "The first thing people realize is there's a quality compromise.
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