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Mar 6, 2015 | 10:04 pm

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Originally Posted by mkjr

For what it is worth, after spending 5 nights in SIN, yes, eating in food courts have decent food but honestly, that got boring fast and then one was found paying outrageous amounts for food and even more outrageous amounts for beer. I'd disagree strongly with those suggesting a tourist visit can be done at reasonable cost. Again, sure, food at food courts are fine but the best meals I had were not at food courts. I'm sure the usual suspects will debate me which is why I'm not planning to respond.

But the CPI is much more heavily weighted towards hawker food than restaurant food, so you are not eating like a local.
(of the 2167 weighting units for food, 806 are for hawker food. That should tell you something.)

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