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[starlight1968sg]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2087490\" time=\"1667215074\" user_id=\"43981:

Ok ...so cny better don't order kailan, chicken, seafood..order pork, taugeh and kangkong ba..think better check price first also.

The Frog Leg Porridge shop at Cheong Chin Nam Rd sells sambal kangkong at $9++. I brought my pot to save from paying the container. It was quite a big amount of veg even for 3 adults.

[Liew Nga Wing]

Nowadays, even at hawker centre or coffee shop, also can get chopped. I went to a newly open coffee shop near my house for late supper last Sat, I ordered a slice of fish, a portion of steam egg and a portion of pork chop from the mixed vegetables rice stall. It costed me $10.00.

[MrsKiasu]

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2087497\" time=\"1667217024\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2087497 time=1667217024 user_id=195250]
Nowadays, even at hawker centre or coffee shop, also can get chopped. I went to a newly open coffee shop near my house for late supper last Sat, I ordered a slice of fish, a portion of steam egg and a portion of pork chop from the mixed vegetables rice stall. It costed me $10.00.[/quote]

Iet's breakdown the cost..pork chop meat I think easily $15/kg (let's assume) at ntuc? 200g is $3 raw meat. Fish say $3.50. 1 egg say $0.30 plus $0.6 minced meat round up $1. $7.50 + rice $0.70=$8.2 all raw ingredients haven't cook?

[phtthp]

starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2087323\" time=\"1667110934\" user_id=\"14025:

They put gold or diamond in???

Can report to mata for such a case?

$91 (Kai lan), is clearly a rip off !

1)
Normally, when u go restaurant to eat, one tend to ask for costs of seafood.
Eg.
When u ordered
( Fish, prawn, crab, lobster, cray fish, sotong, squid, etc).
But, seldom do you ask people (chef) for costs of vegetables.
Why ?

Because
one would think that the costs of vegetables, \" is around there, wan lah ! \" You buy vegetables from the wet market, how much does it cost you ?


2) they just simply pushed the blame onto the waiter, made waiter the scapegoat (bear the brunt) of everything,

Instead of
apologising, for over charging vegetables !

The waiter himself may not even know that the kai lan is going to cost $91

Never mind, to this restaurant owner. You can rip off customers, at outrageous price ! But because of your greed, people will remember the name of your restaurant, start to boycott eating there. End up you lose business, through your sheer greed & folly.

[phtthp]

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2087497\" time=\"1667217024\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2087497 time=1667217024 user_id=195250]
Nowadays, even at hawker centre or coffee shop, also can get chopped. I went to a newly open coffee shop near my house for late supper last Sat, I ordered a slice of fish, a portion of steam egg and a portion of pork chop from the mixed vegetables rice stall. It costed me $10.00.[/quote]

Next time,
whenever u see a stall
very few people buy from, usually 2 reasons :-

1) either the food not nice

or

2) very expensive.

So,
before order anything,
always walk an extra mile, with wisdom !
That is,
ask for the breakdown of costs, first.

Many unscrupulous stall owners are simply using inflation, as a excuse CONVENIENTLY to jack up their price sky high, way above the norm as daylight robbery, during this season.
.
Yes, everybody is aware of inflation going on. We are not dumb.
But still,
there is a sensible difference between
reasonably raised costs (prices) of food

vs.

Greed (for $)

That $91 (kai lan) case, is ridiculous ! Definitely, un-justifiable pure greed !

[Zeal mummy]

The most outrageous we have had was $120 for 6 bbq prawns at Newton food center. That’s the first and last time we order food (when price is not listed) without asking for price.

[Liew Nga Wing]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2087507\" time=\"1667224084\" user_id=\"43981:

Iet's breakdown the cost..pork chop meat I think easily $15/kg (let's assume) at ntuc? 200g is $3 raw meat. Fish say $3.50. 1 egg say $0.30 plus $0.6 minced meat round up $1. $7.50 + rice $0.70=$8.2 all raw ingredients haven't cook?

Fantastic! I have never thought of breakdown the cost in this way.

[Liew Nga Wing]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2087515\" time=\"1667228035\" user_id=\"35251:

Next time,
whenever u see a stall
very few people buy from, usually 2 reasons :-

1) either the food not nice

or

2) very expensive.

So,
before order anything,
always walk an extra mile, with wisdom !
That is,
ask for the breakdown of costs, first.

Never mind lah, even expensive, I will always order the food which I want to eat 😋.

[MyPillow]

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2087507\" time=\"1667224084\" user_id=\"43981:

Iet's breakdown the cost..pork chop meat I think easily $15/kg (let's assume) at ntuc? 200g is $3 raw meat. Fish say $3.50. 1 egg say $0.30 plus $0.6 minced meat round up $1. $7.50 + rice $0.70=$8.2 all raw ingredients haven't cook?

Agree. Add up raw cost also abt $8.
Pay extra $2 to $3 for “hawker fees “

[ChiefKiasu]

MyPillow\" post_id=\"2087530\" time=\"1667259561\" user_id=\"70594:

Agree. Add up raw cost also abt $8.
Pay extra $2 to $3 for “hawker fees “

Yeah... but we forget they are a business that buys in bulk so they should enjoy some bulk discounts. Where do hawkers get their raw ingredients from?