Guest 729- Registered: 27 Oct 2011
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Indian restaurant sit down and take away, where the Champion Chinese was is to open in the next week or two. Also Blades hairdressers is apparantly moving from down near the subway to next door to Iceland.
Steak and Grill restaurant also due to open soon in the market square.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I like the Steak Grill Restaurant that sounds good to me.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i wondered what was happening in the former chinese restaurant when i went past the other day.
i don't see the new steak grill opening very soon though, little seems to be happening there.
they are still doing the preparation for the painting outside.
Shame about Blades......Excellent Hairdressers, who have survived bleak surroundings...
Guest 729- Registered: 27 Oct 2011
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That's probably why they're moving premises.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Welcome to the Dover Forum, Phil (first time I've seen a post of yours).
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I love Indian so will try it out.
Surprised the Champian closed, but maybe that's because the Moon-Flower - almost opposite, is so good: on food, service and ambience and it's almost always full up.
Roger
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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roger,it closed due to famly illness.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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roger,it closed due to famly illness.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Logical to put an Indian there. After all between the Curry Garden and Taste of India there's over 100 yards of road without one!
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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Roger, the owner decided looking after his mother was more important than his business.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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O.K. well I'm sorry about the family illness; surprised that if it was a good viable business, they couldn't find someone to run it until his Mother was better.
Too late now anyway, so I wish his Mother well.
Roger
Keith Sansum1
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the champion was my local chinese in my younger days
although this case is understandable why the chinese closed, there does seem to be a lot of chinese places how do they all survive?
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Guest 729- Registered: 27 Oct 2011
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They survive by ripping us off. I can assure you that a standard size chicken chow mein say at £4 costs no more than 25p to make for what's in it and that will go for most of the dishes.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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What about wages, power and heating, packaging, and the all important insurance that all has to be covered before you can make a profit, plus I forgot wastage it all adds up.
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Guest 729- Registered: 27 Oct 2011
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It might add up but if you sell say for instance 1000 chow meins a week at £3.75 that's £3750 profit just on them. I know the Red House opposite the police station does from Friday to Sunday does a minimum of 500 take away delivery and collections. I know there are overheads, gas, electric and wages for staff and drivers but there is a hell of a profit in Chinese food and take aways in general. I guess if there wasn't they wouldn't keep opening up.
Red House is the best Chinese Take away that's for sure in my opinion.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the new restaurant has a name now but still a lot of work to do before it opens.
Guest 729- Registered: 27 Oct 2011
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KMFM have been advertising this restaurant for the last month.
Also the new Indian where the Champion was is an absolute must, been there twice since opening and i must say it's up there with the best Indian food i have ever had in this town.
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
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Yes Howard noticed that this morning on my way round, looks as though they are cracking on with the inside so i'm sure it will not be long before its open.
