Another day, another tale about normally affordable dishes in Singapore getting ridiculously expensive.
Recently, a woman visited a nasi padang stall at a food court in Jurong Point.
She ended up paying S$10.80 — after a 10% discount — for her meal, which had three side dishes with rice.
Shocked at the price, she said this was “the most expensive lunch” she’s ever had in a food court.
On Tuesday (17 Oct), the woman took to the Complaint Singapore Facebook page to share more about her experience.
She had gone to a food court at Jurong Point for lunch and purchased a plate of nasi padang, which consisted of rice with assorted vegetables, beef rendang, and ikan bilis with peanuts.
The total price of the dish came up to S$12, but the OP was able to use an app to get a 10% discount.
Source: COMPLAINT SINGAPORE on Facebook
Still, she lamented that S$10.80 was too expensive for three dishes with rice.
Because of this, she urged others to avoid patronising the stall, adding that the food doesn’t even taste good.
According to a screenshot of the cost breakdown that the OP shared, the rice alone originally cost S$1.20.
Source: COMPLAINT SINGAPORE on Facebook
Before the discount, the assorted vegetables were S$2 and the beef rendang was S$5.80.
Getting begedil, fish cake, chicken hotdog, or chicken sausage would set one back S$3.
The post has since received dozens of comments from netizens, with many agreeing that the pricing was unfair.
One user pointed out that the beef rendang cost as much as a full-fledged meal.
Source: Facebook
Many were also taken aback at how the stall charges S$2.70 for small side dishes like the hotdog and begedil.
Source: Facebook
There were also those who said that nasi padang has become expensive everywhere, not just at food courts.
Source: Facebook
Nasi padang isn’t the only item that customers have found expensive in recent times.
Last month, a Redditor said that they felt “scammed” after having to pay S$10.10 for for a plate of cai png at Koufu.
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Featured image adapted from Complaint Singapore on Facebook.