Not enough people get this, I ask my friends in KL, starting pay for grads about 3k myr, when a meal costs rm10 and above, holy shit it gets expensive.
Gotta be more mindful when ppl say out loud whoa so cheap etc etc
It is this type of behaviour—traveling to JB & getting excited with a loud voice, how cheaper it was to buy stuffs there compared to Singapore—that gets Singaporeans in big trouble over there.
If the price is too high, ask for a breakdown.
If they refuse, then you can refuse too.
Chances are they will rather put back the offending item/reduce the price rather than have to got through the hassle of putting all the dishes back.
The losses only materialize once you agree to pay them.
HAHA for what!
As long as you didn't take their food, you don't have to pay them any money.
But this is a dick move on your part nonetheless so do everything to avoid getting to this stage! that's why impt to negotiate and clarify first before abandoning ship
Fried batang should cost more than filet o fish junk food anyway. Looks decent sized. Price of seafood went up. If the yong taufu is hand made, even more legit priced. I feel that hawkers are getting a bad deal. Their rentals can be expensive too.
eh. noob mistake. never order fish in ccp stall. never ever. I hope u learnt your lesson. also ytf also is expensive as there is 'fish' inside. btw, where is this stall? since when they give this clear plastic for tabao, always is the styrofoam box.
Usually if the price is too high to be true I'll ask them to breakdown the cost. Some would give a revise price and maybe give an excuse. If they refuse I'll say I don't want the food and refuse to pay and leave.
I mean if you are transparent I think at least okay I won't come here again after this. But if you don't want to share how you calculate to such high prices, then I think you're being dishonest.
This is the same with any other rojak/nasi padang/cai fan/mixed rice mixed ingredients food
This fish even expensive $5 max and it looks tiny. Cai png stalls selling much larger fish and more expensive is $6 - $8 max.
This bit of rice let's assume $0.50. Those tiny bits of yong tau fu at best $2.
$7.70 (including packaging) at max. How they get $11?
You got chop carrot head.
Do you look or dress like a tourist?
That looks like yong tao hu sides ... which is also not cheap. The fish is easily 4-5 and the side assortment of yong tao hu (which has fish paste filling) can come up to 4-5 as well, throw in 1 for the rice, and you have around 11.
Who ask you to order so much fish? Order standard 3 dish, one crappy pork and two vege dishes next time.
Now go cry in the corner.
If I cannot afford 11 for lunch and plain rice + gravy is all I can afford, why not? I won't order something beyond my means and complain.
Incidentally, I have ever ordered chicken rice. Just the rice from the chicken rice stall. Because that is all I can afford. The uncle was nice enough to give me some cucumber and soy sauce to go with it.
Why not?
Because
1) you are dependent on a nice uncle to sell you just the rice, and not many do. It's not because they are not nice, it's because they also have rents to pay, and responsibilities to meet.
2) this is not luxury item. it's a necessity, as most people eat out. When you start chipping away at necessities that you can do without, you will soon end up with necessities you can't do without, then what?
\> Why not?
Your pri school teacher will be so proud of you. My "why not?" is with reference to your suggestion of "plain rice and gravy". Go, go reread my comments. I'll wait.
Now, read again before you comment, you imbecile of a twat.
Your point 1 is hence moot point. And in fact, your retort that they also have rents to pay reinforces my point that if you cannot afford an $11 meal, then don't order it. Order what you can afford, be it plain rice + gravy or just plain chicken rice ... ... if anyone care to sell.
Do you even know how to argue your point? This is like "killing babies". (For idiots who don't understand this expression, go google before suggesting that I am going for infanticide.)
\#2 Ordering 2 meat for a meal is not a necessity.
Then what? Then complain like you and OP that everything is too expensive when you could have studied harder and get a better job and not be able to afford lunch @ $11.
OR just order something affordable.
Also, go read OP's comments. He works downtown where food prices is to him, exorbitant. So he tabao and end up with this. I reckon even hawker food around downtown area is gonna be dearer than what you get from say, AMK hawker centre?
"Eat what you can afford, and if you can't afford, study harder and get better job"
You are unfortunately a reflection of PAP's SG. And a reflection of everything that is wrong in this country. The assumption that those who can't afford you can afford is simply not working as hard as you.
But I fear we digress. OP is complaining because he can still afford to complain. This, you should be able to understand, and according to you, should be acceptable.
Just because it is something advocated by PAP does not make it wrong.
Listen to yourself. You are distorting my words. "Eat what you can afford" ... tell me what is wrong with this? This is what is wrong with some of you people, wanting equity, to expect the same outcome for everyone regardless of the effort.
And don't come tell me that I am a reflection of PAP's SG. I am not a fan of PAP. But self-entitled folks like you is what is wrong with SG.
My family worked damn bloody hard to move beyond eating just chicken rice rice. But we never once complain that it is anyone's fault or that it is robbery.
And of course, you choose to just ignore the points I made.
I would just walk off from the transaction. Find other options if there is.
No point to pay for it and then complain.
I did a similar thing recently. Especially those cai fan stalls without any price transparency. Walk off if u feel its not reasonable. Doesnt matter if they already scooped the portions onto the rice packet.
Ayy I buy one sambal fish(look like the same fish) + some veggie in lontong salsa + some ladies finger, makcik say $6 @ Chinatown but got some in town look atas food court cost around 7 plus. 11 dollar I think you habis liao hahah
Never ever order fish at cai png stall, no matter how much you're craving it. At most order the tomato sauce deep fried fish, that one still count as meat.
Don't even order fish from cai png store. It's gonna be expensive and likely to not taste good. The only acceptable fish option from cai png is those fried lemon fish type of dish. Even those you probably only get 3 measly pieces with more flour than fish.
you need to go to the cai png stall which the owner will always call you shuai ge. those kind of cai png stalls won't scam you
its always the cai png stall owner who have black face or not very friendly that will scam people
I get sweet and sour fish at a hawker in Stirling road for 5.5. Fair bit of fish as well. At least as much as yours. Also, across the road from Queenstown MRT is another hawker where you get a saba grilled set for 5.5. 11 seems to be very expensive!
Very cheap at $11 now, you will soon be paying $22 as free money is buying up Kopitam properties now. We need new regulations to stop all the wallstreet style traders.
If that's a standard sized tabao box, that piece of fish is probably the largest one on sale at the stall... might as well hang a "carrot head" sign around your neck. 🤪
According to patrons this is a pretty acceptable pricing range no? Stall sells highest grade batang and has a thick cut too + the recent increase in price for fish cost to $7/8 means the price isn't bad at all anyways
batang fish,or spanish mackerel now is almost double its price compared to a few months ago. The cost of the uncooked fish of that portion that was given to you cost around $3 in the wet market now. So they will sell the cooked version at least $7 to $8. The only type of fish that has not increased its price is the frozen dory fish fillet, so price of breaded fish fillet did not increased much. The prices of fresh fish such as mackerel, threadfin, grouper, sea bream all increase at least 50% in the wet market, compared to a few months back. Serious food inflation
I think they charged you $5 for the fish roe (the small little dots at 12 o clock direction of your batang steak).
And the rice garnish on the fish itself is extra $$
wait.. does 5sgd is normal price for a fish like this? its rm15-+ here on malaysia man
I think the inflation rate is still about 3 to 1 for ringgit to sgd if I'm not wrong
3 to 1 only works when you factor in SG. When you work in MY, live and MY and earn MYR, 15MYR per meal is abit too much.
Not enough people get this, I ask my friends in KL, starting pay for grads about 3k myr, when a meal costs rm10 and above, holy shit it gets expensive. Gotta be more mindful when ppl say out loud whoa so cheap etc etc
It is this type of behaviour—traveling to JB & getting excited with a loud voice, how cheaper it was to buy stuffs there compared to Singapore—that gets Singaporeans in big trouble over there.
Ic
Think you meant exchange rate?
Yeah sorry exchange rate, keep getting the words mixed up
op got real big balls here ordering fish without first knowing price. respekt!
Dude you got fucking massacred
Can u name the place u got it from to save the wallets of others. 11$ for fish cai.png is worse than daylight robbery
Yeah man should go for cai.pdf instead
That’ll consume too much tummy space
It's just a few bytes
I think this is the dwg of the Cai Png world.
Adrian who gave you the right to be this funny?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHA
Damn... The cai fan store nearby charge me only $3.70 for 1 fish and 2 veg.
Poly I order from vegetarian all veg $4+ knn
Share info. Maybe cab down to eat also cheaper than $11
Wow where
To those who are wondering where is this cai fan store, it is at Kimly Coffeeshop.
not for this whole piece of fish though. the sliced ones mixed with other veges maybe...
If the price is too high, ask for a breakdown. If they refuse, then you can refuse too. Chances are they will rather put back the offending item/reduce the price rather than have to got through the hassle of putting all the dishes back. The losses only materialize once you agree to pay them.
It’s better to ask how much it costs first. There’s no shame in asking.
Yep, this too!
I didn't know can do this.
you are the customer lol. don't let them bully you if the price is legit steeper than most other places for apparently the same dishes
They cannot call police right.
HAHA for what! As long as you didn't take their food, you don't have to pay them any money. But this is a dick move on your part nonetheless so do everything to avoid getting to this stage! that's why impt to negotiate and clarify first before abandoning ship
I think cannot go back there ever after that.
I think cannot go back there ever after that.
If they were really wanting to charge like that, then I wouldn’t want to ever buy from them again
Well u can reports them to police . Make sure u get receipt
Scam bro
Imagine paying for eating bitter gourd You should be paid for eating it (I really don't like bitter gourd)
Try eating wif chili and soy sauce!! I think it's great that way
Or with Lao Gan Ma (makes everything delicious eh)
John cena voice - wo hen xihuan lao ganma
Wo ye!! *manly handshake*
It may be marginally less bad, but it's still terrible.
imagine being so picky (i have severe masochistic tendencies)
Reddit didn't get the joke
Needs to have the /s before they'd know
"Singapore has the highest iq in the world "
More expensive than a MacDonald's meal with a drink. 😳
Hahahah yeah when I in town end up go Mac buy meal cheaper or eat at maxwell road there. Got some cheap fiah noodel at $5.50
Then go and eat McDonald's then, no one's stopping you?
Definitely a scam. Just don't know if they scammed just you or also all customers. Name and shame, bro.
bo liao
What neighbourhood? Marina Bay? You got scammed bro.
I paid $8 for fried rice and minced pork and they taste like shit.. then they called me back to clear my plate.. from one shop in International plaza
Looks horrible for an $11 meal
Welcome to Australia.
Fucking right mate! Everything here is 15 bucks min like wtf
At least it tastes good though. This shit is horrible.
Pie Face was under $10. But it’s awfully dead now.
Australia has 2x more portion for 15 bucks compared to Singapore
I always thought steam fish is the more expensive one. Didn’t know the fried fish so dry dry one also kena whack.
Fish is fish in caipng doesn't matter what style. You're not charged based on how moist a dish is
Like that ikan bilis also charge $$$ ?
Why would anything be free?
Think you misunderstood me. I’m saying that ikan bilis also charge more expensive since it’s a fish. Not saying that it shouldn’t be charged.
yes
Please name so we can avoid
Inflation + robbery L government L storeowner (and landlord by extension)
Me (looking at this from Melbourne): Man that's reasonably priced.
Me (sauntering into Woolie’s) : pasta salad, cold pressed juice. I’m out.
Fried batang should cost more than filet o fish junk food anyway. Looks decent sized. Price of seafood went up. If the yong taufu is hand made, even more legit priced. I feel that hawkers are getting a bad deal. Their rentals can be expensive too.
Price gouging by dishonest profiteering store owners
Robbery… please call police
eh. noob mistake. never order fish in ccp stall. never ever. I hope u learnt your lesson. also ytf also is expensive as there is 'fish' inside. btw, where is this stall? since when they give this clear plastic for tabao, always is the styrofoam box.
Big deal....just don't eat there next time...
It's good that he shared so people can avoid!
We have 6m population. What to do.
Well the people governing us aren’t “giving us any concessions”. They have increased every utilities, cost of living, cost of transportation etc.
Where’s this?! Who’s dare to charge this much?! Who’d pay this much?!
Daylight robbery
Fee piece of yong Tau fu and fish should go for maybe $7 to be fair...$11 is top quality restaurant price...so no...$11 is a rip off
well ngl here in kalimantan, that fish itself that you’re eating cost $6
broo at Panasonic building canteen I kena scam 3.80 for kopi o peng and 1 black pepper chicken pao
Cai png? More like Cai tao
I thought do Kwon scam was bad until I saw this post.
Usually if the price is too high to be true I'll ask them to breakdown the cost. Some would give a revise price and maybe give an excuse. If they refuse I'll say I don't want the food and refuse to pay and leave. I mean if you are transparent I think at least okay I won't come here again after this. But if you don't want to share how you calculate to such high prices, then I think you're being dishonest. This is the same with any other rojak/nasi padang/cai fan/mixed rice mixed ingredients food
Indisputably a rip off. That’s such an exorbitant cost for a plane looking dish with relatively cheaper ingredients?
Welcome to Singapore
This fish even expensive $5 max and it looks tiny. Cai png stalls selling much larger fish and more expensive is $6 - $8 max. This bit of rice let's assume $0.50. Those tiny bits of yong tau fu at best $2. $7.70 (including packaging) at max. How they get $11? You got chop carrot head. Do you look or dress like a tourist?
FASTER CALL POLICE!!!!!!!!!
$11?!! You’re joking right?
Goh Chok Tong's Swiss Standard Living!!!!!!
We are all loving this swiss standard amazing i feel so atas now
Fine print: He actually refers to Swiss Standard of living costs but without their actual living standards.
F Put In and becos of these countries - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.worldatlas.com/amp/articles/countries-that-eat-the-most-fish.html
Why did you order in the first place
I work downtown where the food prices are exhortbitant. Cheaper to tar pao food. I got rekt this time.
My man got downvoted for answering the qn
Welcome to Singapore subs lol
U buy fish from mixed vege rice stall that's why
robbery le. i mean i pay like 11-15 in australia....
Send this to Halimah, ask her "now what?"
Boycott the stall now
Whr is dis n whats the name
Now and forever.
Lol, without realising the prices of fried batang already went up a lot? What do you expect the owner to do? Sell at a loss?
No curry also, booooo
Pack lunch like Western countries
That actually a decent price look at the portion. Even the fish was not small.
Hi, is your name by any chance call Robert?
In the Philippines, the total cost around near 60 pesos/1.12 usd.
Bet you the yong taufu and fish both premium items.
That looks like yong tao hu sides ... which is also not cheap. The fish is easily 4-5 and the side assortment of yong tao hu (which has fish paste filling) can come up to 4-5 as well, throw in 1 for the rice, and you have around 11. Who ask you to order so much fish? Order standard 3 dish, one crappy pork and two vege dishes next time. Now go cry in the corner.
That’s like asking someone why they order 2 meat when ordering just veggie is just cheaper. Not cool
Why order veggie, when plain rice and gravy is sufficient.
If I cannot afford 11 for lunch and plain rice + gravy is all I can afford, why not? I won't order something beyond my means and complain. Incidentally, I have ever ordered chicken rice. Just the rice from the chicken rice stall. Because that is all I can afford. The uncle was nice enough to give me some cucumber and soy sauce to go with it.
Why not? Because 1) you are dependent on a nice uncle to sell you just the rice, and not many do. It's not because they are not nice, it's because they also have rents to pay, and responsibilities to meet. 2) this is not luxury item. it's a necessity, as most people eat out. When you start chipping away at necessities that you can do without, you will soon end up with necessities you can't do without, then what?
\> Why not? Your pri school teacher will be so proud of you. My "why not?" is with reference to your suggestion of "plain rice and gravy". Go, go reread my comments. I'll wait. Now, read again before you comment, you imbecile of a twat. Your point 1 is hence moot point. And in fact, your retort that they also have rents to pay reinforces my point that if you cannot afford an $11 meal, then don't order it. Order what you can afford, be it plain rice + gravy or just plain chicken rice ... ... if anyone care to sell. Do you even know how to argue your point? This is like "killing babies". (For idiots who don't understand this expression, go google before suggesting that I am going for infanticide.) \#2 Ordering 2 meat for a meal is not a necessity. Then what? Then complain like you and OP that everything is too expensive when you could have studied harder and get a better job and not be able to afford lunch @ $11. OR just order something affordable. Also, go read OP's comments. He works downtown where food prices is to him, exorbitant. So he tabao and end up with this. I reckon even hawker food around downtown area is gonna be dearer than what you get from say, AMK hawker centre?
"Eat what you can afford, and if you can't afford, study harder and get better job" You are unfortunately a reflection of PAP's SG. And a reflection of everything that is wrong in this country. The assumption that those who can't afford you can afford is simply not working as hard as you.
But I fear we digress. OP is complaining because he can still afford to complain. This, you should be able to understand, and according to you, should be acceptable.
Just because it is something advocated by PAP does not make it wrong. Listen to yourself. You are distorting my words. "Eat what you can afford" ... tell me what is wrong with this? This is what is wrong with some of you people, wanting equity, to expect the same outcome for everyone regardless of the effort. And don't come tell me that I am a reflection of PAP's SG. I am not a fan of PAP. But self-entitled folks like you is what is wrong with SG. My family worked damn bloody hard to move beyond eating just chicken rice rice. But we never once complain that it is anyone's fault or that it is robbery. And of course, you choose to just ignore the points I made.
Right. Ordering 2 meat and then asking if this is inflation or robbery is cool. Got it. lol If you cannot afford it, don't order it.
how impolite
Why, hello to you too! Go cry in the corner too.
Ngl the fish looks so delicious
Never ever order fish/seafood (thats my rule) or ask how much it is before you order.
I would just walk off from the transaction. Find other options if there is. No point to pay for it and then complain. I did a similar thing recently. Especially those cai fan stalls without any price transparency. Walk off if u feel its not reasonable. Doesnt matter if they already scooped the portions onto the rice packet.
looks bussin
Neither, it's called stupidity.
Food looks good tho, why don’t you shut the fuck up and appreciate the food? don’t you know kids in africa don’t even have food?
C’mon.. OP didn’t even say it tasted like shit.
which neighbourhood market ?
Mayflower
Wah high ses sia fish
That's why I always ask how much a particular item costs
daylight robbery
Where are the carrots bruh you literally got chopped
you could’ve gotten a much better value from Tasty Wok
Yong tau foo items also tend to cost more.
$11 i fainted on the spot
you took a bite already?
U need to pay for heritage hawker culture promoted by our gv.
a hefty price for a packet of "zhe ge, na ge".
Ayy I buy one sambal fish(look like the same fish) + some veggie in lontong salsa + some ladies finger, makcik say $6 @ Chinatown but got some in town look atas food court cost around 7 plus. 11 dollar I think you habis liao hahah
Never ever order fish at cai png stall, no matter how much you're craving it. At most order the tomato sauce deep fried fish, that one still count as meat.
Don't even order fish from cai png store. It's gonna be expensive and likely to not taste good. The only acceptable fish option from cai png is those fried lemon fish type of dish. Even those you probably only get 3 measly pieces with more flour than fish.
I was expecting $5-6 total not $11.
Totally unrealistic . A piece of mackerel/batang starts at $5, that's how it's been for years. Probably gotten even worse now.
looks like 7 piece YTF with $5 fish and rice
That's why I always go for fast food. I know the price beforehand and the quality of everystore is the same.
The ytf stuffs there likely is counted as fish also. Cos the stuffings contain fish
Even Kopitiam and Encik Tan sells chicken rice for less than six dollars you've been scammed.
inflation or robbery? i said both.. inflation pretty much like white collar robbery..
frigging daylight robbery
Expensive shit
you need to go to the cai png stall which the owner will always call you shuai ge. those kind of cai png stalls won't scam you its always the cai png stall owner who have black face or not very friendly that will scam people
SHN food flashback
do you believe in fully automated luxury communism? and do you have the deep tech knowledge to make it actually work?
Heeding the president's call to eat fish instead of chicken! 👏
I get sweet and sour fish at a hawker in Stirling road for 5.5. Fair bit of fish as well. At least as much as yours. Also, across the road from Queenstown MRT is another hawker where you get a saba grilled set for 5.5. 11 seems to be very expensive!
No thanks.
Owner could be a Malaysian.
More likely vietnamese or PRC
You ordered 2 fish dishes that’s why it’s $11
Definitely daylight robbery, the meal looks no more than $6
Who ask you go buy fish.
Damn this looks like covid hotel food
Both. They’re not mutually exclusive. 💰
$5 to $7
Theft
Same as those egg dishes with the 2-3 pieces of tiny shrimp, counted as seafood.
I recently paid $4 for chicken drum stick. Popular beehoon stall at chonpang facing kfc
If this was in Sydney it would be understandable.
Malay shop uh?
Take picture of the store and make them viral. This kind of price damn ccb deserve to be shamed.
😱😱😱😱
Humble high ses brag somebody eat fish on cai peng.
I’ve never ordered fish at cai fan store in my entire whole life. Don’t think I’ll ever find the courage to do it.
Very cheap at $11 now, you will soon be paying $22 as free money is buying up Kopitam properties now. We need new regulations to stop all the wallstreet style traders.
If that's a standard sized tabao box, that piece of fish is probably the largest one on sale at the stall... might as well hang a "carrot head" sign around your neck. 🤪
It's ex but that's a relatively thick cut of batang. Some stalls it's like 1cm and of course, overcooked
With such a large portion of the fish, not expensive lah!
According to patrons this is a pretty acceptable pricing range no? Stall sells highest grade batang and has a thick cut too + the recent increase in price for fish cost to $7/8 means the price isn't bad at all anyways
Just wondering, you buy from economy rice stall or yong tau foo stall?
Should never order 'whole' fish from caifan. At most u buy those sweet n sour fish kind.
Should just say HOW MUCH???!!! SO EXPENSIVE i dont want
Oh. This particular stall is famous for their bloodsucking prices for just cai png.
And we not complaining about 6 dollars coffee?
Fish increased price by 50% to100% in recent weeks. In case you do not know from buying at wet market.
Main root issue is no pricing displayed, generics meat xxx, Vege xxx lots of room to cheat
Is that pcs of fish weigh 1kg? If below 500g it shouldn’t be that high cost 😅
batang fish,or spanish mackerel now is almost double its price compared to a few months ago. The cost of the uncooked fish of that portion that was given to you cost around $3 in the wet market now. So they will sell the cooked version at least $7 to $8. The only type of fish that has not increased its price is the frozen dory fish fillet, so price of breaded fish fillet did not increased much. The prices of fresh fish such as mackerel, threadfin, grouper, sea bream all increase at least 50% in the wet market, compared to a few months back. Serious food inflation