Y A W N ... 80c wanna KPKB ... one word for you .. L O S E R
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$5 for 1 prata and 1 drumstick, normal?
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Y A W N ... 80c wanna KPKB ... one word for you .. L O S E R
kopi price in sg increase now bigger increase in those HV,Orchard area air con kopi rent increasing food increasing etc u want cheap cheap go to heartland area hbd kopi price increase only small one
u go around SG now you see price i think you will be shock now compare to b4
S$0.80 for kopi-o is about standard at hawker centres and coffeeshops.
You still can finding $0.80 prata. Most places now is costing $1.00 for prata kosong, with egg prata is costing $1.60-$1.80. I donch drinking kopi but my cup of teh is now costing $1.00.
At my place, there're two stalls selling prata kosong at S$0.70 and one selling at S$0.80. All reasonably good and curry not too watery. At these prices, prata is the cheapest Indian/Muslim food around for a quick fill of the stomach. The most expensive in terms of value for money must be mee goreng or nasi goreng. Noodle or rice fried in chilli with nothing else but an egg served with a few miserly pieces of cucumber. One stall even has S$3.50 with egg and S$3.00 without egg.
Jln Kayu still 80 cents. But if you insist on fish curry (w/o fish), they charge 50 cents for a plate.
Please la I am not kowpaying la, I have not been back a long time just thought to discuss with fellow light minded people la. Also maybe highlight some some unreasonable hawker to all of us. In think the prat a shop I highlighted is really unreasonable.
Perspective lah ...
$5 for 1 prata + 1 drumstick is excessive.
$0.80 for a kopi is not.
Agree 100%. Gong Xi Fa Cai to you cass888. I'll be off to my cheaper lifestyle in Bangkok tomorrow night. Cheers.
Nowadays ordering a simple meal, you got to be thick skin and be specific. In order to cover the high rental, hawkers uses all their wits to earn that extra $ and that is because our watchdog is no longer effective.
Let me give you examples of economic rice.
$2.70 - 2 Veg 1 meat
$3.00 - 1 veg 2 meat
If you ever order from those stalls runs by Malaysian, be careful when ordering veg, if you see slices of meat in it, it is considered meat dish, though you may ends up with 2 small slices.
There was once when I ordered 2 pure veg and 1 meat it comes out to $4. I was stump and ask why was that? I was told the meat cost $2. Ok, if the meat cost $2 and the generic meat cost $1.50, then my meal should cost $3.20 ( pay the difference ).
No.... If you happens to order some items that is not in the "common meal" items, then it is counted separately! And of course there is no way you can tell which items are excluded in the "meal" items. They won't tell you or neither do they label it as such.
Let me give you examples of economic rice.
$2.70 - 2 Veg 1 meat
$3.00 - 1 veg 2 meat
If you ever order from those stalls runs by Malaysian, be careful when ordering veg, if you see slices of meat in it, it is considered meat dish, though you may ends up with 2 small slices.
There was once when I ordered 2 pure veg and 1 meat it comes out to $4. I was stump and ask why was that? I was told the meat cost $2. Ok, if the meat cost $2 and the generic meat cost $1.50, then my meal should cost $3.20 ( pay the difference ).
No.... If you happens to order some items that is not in the "common meal" items, then it is counted separately! And of course there is no way you can tell which items are excluded in the "meal" items. They won't tell you or neither do they label it as such.
Understand you came back from Bangkok. What if you came back from London.
This shop operates in HV, a perceivably more "up market" place compared to other normal HDB estates. You are paying a premium price for the rental perhaps. My usual Prata makan place is at Geylang and they sell $0.80 for kosong prata. They have a choice of gravy for you to choose. And they do not charge for re-fills.
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That's the prices in yishun. One cooffeeshop behind yishun bus interchange still selling kopi at 70 cents while the are 80 or 90 cents. i think plain prata for $1 is too ex liao, it is not the market rate.
I happened to be there and craved for some prata la.
In Bangkok prata is sold everywhere on the streets. Thais call them roti. The problem is it is eaten as a sweet snack meaning: fry the dough when its all open before folding ; throw in a lump of ghee or planta butter ; then throw in a fist full of sugar ; then fold it into square ; after that pour onto it sweet condense milk ; finally roll it on paper. (banana , chocolate , milo etc etc are extras).
Damn sweet. Cost about 10baht (40 cents). If add egg will cost 13baht (50cents). I always buy with egg only and without any sugar or milk or banana. Then I will open a can of Yeo's curry chicken that I buy from Singapore to eat with it.
I was quite shocked at Thai eating habits when I first visited Thailand. You know for western food, the table condiments are usually salt, pepper and ketchup. For Chinese food, usually soy sauce, pepper and chili. But for Thai food, they actually have sugar on the table besides fish sauce and chili. I actually saw some Thais happily adding spoonfuls of sugar to their soup noodle. It's a wonder that Thais generally look slim and fit.
Yes I've been living there for 5 years and travelled there more than 15 years until today I still cannot understand why put sugar into noodles or anything. Yes see they will usually add fish sauce (very salty) in too so if it's too salty they will add sugar to try to balance then if it become too sweet they add fish sauce again and this may be repeated a few times until they get it right.
Diabetes is actually a big problem in Thailand.
The last time I saw this practice in Singapore was in my childhood, when prata could be served with either sugar or curry.
I saw quite a number of amputated beggars in Thailand. Seeing the way motorcycles zoom around the streets, I thought most of them must have been accident victims. Knowing this now, perhaps diabetic amputees too.
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