Can you buy gourmet pleasure on $1.50 ?
Ms Bear started thinking about what non-fruit food treats you can buy in Singapore with $1.50 worth of coins after spending the evening obsessing about the almond jelly at the Isetan Scotts supermarket (exactly $1.50). Sadly, I can't make a list beyond that almond jelly, the Kueh Ambon I like from Bengawan Solo ($0.80), and (I'm ashamed to admit it) the 50c ice cream cone from MacDonald's.
Yes you can get chwee kueh, chee cheong fun, plain bee hoon, popiah, and the other members of stomach filling street food at this price level at wet markets, as well as fried snacks at Old Chang Kee, but the quality is often not up to scratch. I sometimes wonder what fish, if any, goes into cheap otak sticks.
Stick with the fruit stands when you are looking for bang for your buck-and-a-half. Jackfruit/nangka on a stick at $1 always does it for me. Mr Bear raises his paws for his favourite sunflower seed bun from Bread Talk and kopitiam soft-boiled eggs.
Yes you can get chwee kueh, chee cheong fun, plain bee hoon, popiah, and the other members of stomach filling street food at this price level at wet markets, as well as fried snacks at Old Chang Kee, but the quality is often not up to scratch. I sometimes wonder what fish, if any, goes into cheap otak sticks.
Stick with the fruit stands when you are looking for bang for your buck-and-a-half. Jackfruit/nangka on a stick at $1 always does it for me. Mr Bear raises his paws for his favourite sunflower seed bun from Bread Talk and kopitiam soft-boiled eggs.
posted by 2Bears at 8:28 PM
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