Talk:Economy rice

The basic concept I see is there are many different precooked dishes and customers pick the items they want. The distinguishing factor is unlike an "all you can eat buffet" the price depends on what you take and usually how much you take.

It often works out quite cheap (maybe even cheaper than doing it yourself). The bigger stalls typically get better economies of scale - they can buy and prepare items at wholesale costs.

I'm not sure about the history of this. I've seen "economy rice" stalls in Taipei too. Maybe India also has a similar thing. 60.48.224.159 (talk) 09:00, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

I think that the article Khao kaeng, the Thai variation of Economy rice, could very well be merged into this article as it's basically the same thing. 🔥Jothefiredragon🐲talk🐉contrib(s)✨log🌟mail🎉global🎊 09:42, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I don't think directly merging would be appropriate, as the terms are culturally specific and doing so would likely confuse readers. If merging is desired, the target should be at a commonly understood descriptive title that covers all countries; I don't know if such a term exists. --Paul_012 (talk) 08:52, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

I second this, a direct merge would not be appropriate as it would add unnecessary complexity to the article, as it already focuses on how Economy Rice was a result of inersection of Chinese and Malay/Indonesian culture. Merging the articles would dilute the definition and history of both Economy rice and Khao Kaeng. Keeping it as its own separate article linked in the "Similar cultures" section already fulfills the purpose of showing cultural overlap. Is there any way to close the task on WikiProject Thailand? I'm not very experienced yet, sorry. ChaYenYenYen Sahur (talk) 04:53, 15 May 2026 (UTC)