[Sg] - Singaporean kena charged $11 for packet of cai png

[UltimaOnline]

The Redditor shared that he "was expecting" to pay up to $6 for his meal.
Screengrab/Reddit/Singapore Raw

Economy rice or 'cai fan' is a staple for many Singaporeans, simply because it's known to be convenient and affordable.
Not so for one diner who claimed he was charged an exorbitant price for his packet of economy rice.
More from AsiaOneRead the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite.
Taking to Reddit on Wednesday (June 15), user Dagachi_One posted that he paid a hefty price of $11 for economy rice at a coffee shop in Ang Mo Kio.

From the photo that Dagachi_One shared on social media, his lunch consisted of rice with fried Batang (mackerel) fish and a yong tau foo dish.
"Inflation or robbery? I know fish is expensive but come on, this is too much", he lamented, while replying to a netizen that he "was expecting" to pay up to $6 for his meal.
The price for a cai fan meal consisting of a meat and a vegetable dish would typically cost between $2 to $4 at most neighbourhood coffee shops although adding a seafood dish would add a couple more dollars to that bill.

In the comments on Dagachi_One post, several netizens were shocked at how much this Redditor had paid for his lunch.
"Indisputably a rip off. That's such an exorbitant cost for a plain-looking dish," a netizen said, while another wondered who would pay $11 for cai fan.

PHOTO: Screengrab/Reddit/Singapore Raw
But several netizens felt that the exorbitant price was reasonable due to the "premium" items of fish and yong tau foo in the packet.

PHOTO: Screengrab/Reddit/Singapore Raw
Other netizens also shared that they would have paid $3.50 to $6 for a similar packet of cai fan in a neighbourhood coffee shop.
Dagachi_One is not the only one lamenting about the increased cost of his meal in recent months.
In June, a diner at a restaurant in Changi Airport complained about his bill there which included "very small cups" of Milo and filtered coffee priced at $4 and $4.50 each respectively.
But why is dining out becoming more expensive these days?
Speaking to the Straits Times in March, several hawkers shared that inflation and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis have impacted their businesses.
Singapore's core inflation jumped to 3.3 per cent in April – the highest level since February 2012. And the war in Ukraine has led to a global supply disruption of grains, vegetable oil and fertilisers.
As such, maintaining current food prices would be a "heavy burden" for them, the hawkers added.
But there might be a solution to coping with the rising food prices – by cooking at home.
In an interview with AsiaOne last month, housewife Raihan Ibrahim shared that she opted for frozen ingredients instead of the more expensive fresh ingredients to save on her grocery bill.
Cooking just one dish for every meal has also helped her family cope with the rising food prices, the 44-year-old added.

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[tobelightlight]

I know fish is expensive but come on, this is too much"

The universe is telling you to turn vegetarian. Will u wake up to it?

 

[glockman]

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The Redditor shared that he "was expecting" to pay up to $6 for his meal.
Screengrab/Reddit/Singapore Raw

Economy rice or 'cai fan' is a staple for many Singaporeans, simply because it's known to be convenient and affordable.
Not so for one diner who claimed he was charged an exorbitant price for his packet of economy rice.
More from AsiaOneRead the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite.
Taking to Reddit on Wednesday (June 15), user Dagachi_One posted that he paid a hefty price of $11 for economy rice at a coffee shop in Ang Mo Kio.

From the photo that Dagachi_One shared on social media, his lunch consisted of rice with fried Batang (mackerel) fish and a yong tau foo dish.
"Inflation or robbery? I know fish is expensive but come on, this is too much", he lamented, while replying to a netizen that he "was expecting" to pay up to $6 for his meal.
The price for a cai fan meal consisting of a meat and a vegetable dish would typically cost between $2 to $4 at most neighbourhood coffee shops although adding a seafood dish would add a couple more dollars to that bill.

In the comments on Dagachi_One post, several netizens were shocked at how much this Redditor had paid for his lunch.
"Indisputably a rip off. That's such an exorbitant cost for a plain-looking dish," a netizen said, while another wondered who would pay $11 for cai fan.

PHOTO: Screengrab/Reddit/Singapore Raw
But several netizens felt that the exorbitant price was reasonable due to the "premium" items of fish and yong tau foo in the packet.

PHOTO: Screengrab/Reddit/Singapore Raw
Other netizens also shared that they would have paid $3.50 to $6 for a similar packet of cai fan in a neighbourhood coffee shop.
Dagachi_One is not the only one lamenting about the increased cost of his meal in recent months.
In June, a diner at a restaurant in Changi Airport complained about his bill there which included "very small cups" of Milo and filtered coffee priced at $4 and $4.50 each respectively.
But why is dining out becoming more expensive these days?
Speaking to the Straits Times in March, several hawkers shared that inflation and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis have impacted their businesses.
Singapore's core inflation jumped to 3.3 per cent in April – the highest level since February 2012. And the war in Ukraine has led to a global supply disruption of grains, vegetable oil and fertilisers.
As such, maintaining current food prices would be a "heavy burden" for them, the hawkers added.
But there might be a solution to coping with the rising food prices – by cooking at home.
In an interview with AsiaOne last month, housewife Raihan Ibrahim shared that she opted for frozen ingredients instead of the more expensive fresh ingredients to save on her grocery bill.
Cooking just one dish for every meal has also helped her family cope with the rising food prices, the 44-year-old added.

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Prices everywhere are getting crazy. We are paying too much for food that tastes like shit.

 

[laksaboy]

Never order fish from the cai png stall.

Choose between: 1 veg and 1 meat, 2 veg and 1 meat, 1 veg and 2 meat.

Anything more... you might as well use the money to buy something else.

And fish and sotong etc are not considered to be meat i.e. they do not adhere to meat prices.

 

[rushifa666]

Never order fish from the cai png stall.

Choose between: 1 veg and 1 meat, 2 veg and 1 meat, 1 veg and 2 meat.

Anything more... you might as well use the money to buy something else.

And fish and sotong etc are not considered to be meat i.e. they do not adhere to meat prices.

Stupid sinkie still pays for 11 rice then kpkb later. There

 

[winnipegjets]

The piece of fish is worth about $10. So, this pack is a steal. Most sinkees will have no complaints on paying a pittance amount of $11.

 

[Patriotmissile]

Should be around 750. To 8

 

[batman1]

Breakdown of cai png:
fish - 5.00
tau pok -1.00
tau kwa -1.00
bitter gourd - 1.00
red pepper - 1.00
green pepper - 1.00
rice - 1.00
total =11.00

 

[countryman]

Fella is stupid.. For me I'll ask the cai png stall to put back the fish since it was still clean..

 

[cowbellc]

The universe is telling you to turn vegetarian. Will u wake up to it?

Vege more ex than meat now

 

[myfoot123]

Daylight robbery. Shame the stall.

 

[plzhelpme]

Prices everywhere are getting crazy. We are paying too much for food that tastes like shit.

Knn

Poor cyranoid like me and
Poor bot like you can only buy one pkt nasi lemak $2 to eat as b/f, lunch and dinner.
and using cdc vouchers.

knn

 

[Sadako]

I know fish is expensive but come on, this is too much"

Hi brudder, who did you vote for?

 

[batman1]

Fella is stupid.. For me I'll ask the cai png stall to put back the fish since it was still clean..

He should have checked the price of the fish before the fish was put into the box. If later he put back the fish ,he may lose face to the cai png vendor and other customers as if he could not afford to eat fish.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

He should have checked the price of the fish before the fish was put into the box. If later he put back the fish ,he may lose face to the cai png vendor and other customers as if he could not afford to eat fish.

I never understood the singkies obsession with kpkb about price AFTER payment. N loose face to who? The whole coffee shop knows him? He well known in public?

 

[sweetiepie]

This is the top range of fish for mixed vege stalls. At least $7 to $8 out of the $11