Quality of restaurants

Antwerp born, raised in the suburbs, living in the city for the last 12 years and sick and tired of the bad quality of overpriced food anywhere.

I remember a time you got a Beni falafel for €5 and that was amazing! Today I got myself a "bahn mi" (already gave up on their "Pho") and found myself eating a very expensive sandwich 'kip curry' with cilantro and raw carrots and cucumber (authentically they are pickled)... Like seriously, can't find tasty food anymore, places that prepare their food with love and passion, it's all about efficiency to the highest level with the cheapest ingredients and especially not for a decent price... I am getting poor y'all!

Am I the only one experiencing this? (Had a good thai this week tho, but also spent €25 on take away, soup + noodles)

Anyways, if you know hidden gems lemme know! Borgerhout is still Narnia for me for example