[Stoki]

Man says eating at hawkers now ‘ridiculous,’ S$4 fish ball noodles only cost less than S$1 at home

He noted having paid S$4 for a bowl of fish ball noodles, whereas doing it at home only cost him less than a dollar and the preparation time took only 10 minutes.

https://theindependent.sg/man-says-eatin...1-at-home/

[Ola]

For those working

prepare own meal the night before

and microwave it for lunch

is also cheaper

[cityhantam]

He didn't add manpower cost and rental for stall mah!

[lvlrsSTI]

So called fish balls in Spore are all fake, in Thailand they serve authentic fish balls

[sgbuffett]

Eat at home as much as possible.
Cook home food.

[p1acebo]

Eat at home as much as possible.
Cook home food.

And sell knick knacks and idolise handbag and crypto scam masters 

[Sharexchange]

Lj la what fishballs...all are Starch and flour balls...consumers are very Stupid.

[menghuii]

saved, if u hv already stuffed fishballs n noodles in fridge.
if u need to walk take bus to n fro, pls calculate incl cooking gas etc
savings is subjective

[Ichigo]

And sell knick knacks and idolise handbag and crypto scam masters 

555 sardines from Value Shop ish da best, good and cheap.....according to the one chiu are tokking about.

[keys]

then dont eat lo

they have to pay rental, and make a living

nothing is for free ..wake up your idea

[Ichigo]

Never found cooking at home to be cheap. Maybe I don’t know where to get the super cheap ingredients like the writer to be able to cook fishball noodles for less than a dollar.

[lvlrsSTI]

Fish balls in Spore contain 90% flour, hard to chew….real fish balls are soft and tasty

[Huliwang]

Never found cooking at home to be cheap. Maybe I don’t know where to get the super cheap ingredients like the writer to be able to cook fishball noodles for less than a dollar.

Can lah. One fish ball cost 25 cents in fresh market. Hokkien noodle can get a small package for 50 cents. So if cook just one fish ball noodle can consider one dollar where gas, water, cooking oil, salt and some tauge added.

If 4 fish balls noodle is around $2.......

[p1acebo]

555 sardines from Value Shop ish da best, good and cheap.....according to the one chiu are tokking about.

[Ichigo]

Can lah. One fish ball cost 25 cents in fresh market. Hokkien noodle can get a small package for 50 cents. So if cook just one fish ball noodle can consider one dollar where gas, water, cooking oil, salt and some tauge added.

If 4 fish balls noodle is around $2.......

Where got people eat fish ball noodles with a single fish ball nia? 
I eat mee kia or mee pok, few years ago bought from Chinatown market 5 lumps of mee kia $2.00. Fish cakes 5 small pieces $2.00. If eat 1 lump of noodles 40 cents, 2 small fish cakes 80 cents, plus 4 to 5 fishballs, minced pork, oil, gas, water, transportation cost to market, easily above $2.00. Not forgetting the prices quoted were a few years ago, now could cost more.

[Huliwang]

Where got people eat fish ball noodles with a single fish ball nia? 
I eat mee kia or mee pok, few years ago bought from Chinatown market 5 lumps of mee kia $2.00. Fish cakes 5 small pieces $2.00. If eat 1 lump of noodles 40 cents, 2 small fish cakes 80 cents, plus 4 to 5 fishballs, minced pork, oil, gas, water, transportation cost to market, easily above $2.00. Not forgetting the prices quoted were a few years ago, now could cost more.

Agree lah and that's why I find one dollar fish ball noodle a bit unbelievable and I am stunt like vegetable......

[sclim]

preparing cook food at home is a way to save money. the difference is the labour cost, greedy landlord rent and small profit for the hawkers. my zai chai png with same ingredient has gone from $5 to 7$ leow. what to do.
inflation is here and going up. labour price increased is an input to it.

[Ichigo]

Agree lah and that's why I find one dollar fish ball noodle a bit unbelievable and I am stunt like vegetable......

Thank you for mentioning vegetable, forgot to add in the cost of spring onions! Another 10-20 cents, spring onions not that cheap too.
Aiyah cannot liddat say lah, maybe we eat one lump noodles he takes half lump, we eat one fish ball he eats half ball nia.

[sgxin]

Fish balls in Spore contain 90% flour, hard to chew….real fish balls are soft and tasty

Real fish balls should have less than 5% flour or starch.

Like this one that I feel has less than 2% :

[lvlrsSTI]

Real fish balls should have less than 5% flour or starch.

Like this one that I feel has less than 2% :

That’s exactly what I meant…when you travel to other countries like Malaysia and Thailand, you will notice their fish balls are very tender and soft, because 90% are fish meat.

[lvlrsSTI]

That’s exactly what I meant…when you travel to other countries like Malaysia and Thailand, you will notice their fish balls are very tender and soft, because 90% are fish meat.

In Spore the hawkers add water to sugarcane juice and use fake fishballs to maximise their profits.

[Scythian]

Singapore is well known a rich country and Singaporeans are wealthy yet kpkb about $4..fish ball noodles.

Pay $10 and just tell seller to keep the change.

[Scythian]

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In Melbourne, hawker food PapaRich is selling fish ball noodles $18

Laksa $20

[Tangsen]

Man says eating at hawkers now ‘ridiculous,’ S$4 fish ball noodles only cost less than S$1 at home

He noted having paid S$4 for a bowl of fish ball noodles, whereas doing it at home only cost him less than a dollar and the preparation time took only 10 minutes.

https://theindependent.sg/man-says-eatin...1-at-home/

This kind of people better follow the "good brother" back after 7mth.
Hawker no need to pay rent, no need to pay salary, no need to make money …. lose money to sell you $1
Cannot afford dun kow peh expensive. 
Some fuggs willing to pay $18 for a bowl of ramen but kow peh bak char mee $5 expensive ….. same effort