Do I need Singapore money for a 24 hour layover?
Mar 27, 2019, 9:15 pm
#46
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 187
Wow, they have meals cheaper than $3-4? That's incredible! I am just comparing the prices to those back home, and I would be paying at least double for all the meals I had.
Mar 27, 2019, 11:47 pm
#47
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Virginia City Highlands
Programs: Nothing anymore after 20 years
Posts: 6,900
Not all meals at Maxwell/Amoy are in $3-$4 range, I would say that most meals are double of that. Hawker centers at HDB areas away from the city center (Khatib, Jurong, CCK, etc..) have prices about 30% cheaper....
BTW, in terms of street food, the best price/performance you can get is at Chinatown, right at the exit C of Chinatown MRT - People Park Complex. On the left after exit there are stalls selling large pork Pau (or Bao) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakpau
It costs $1.50 and it is larger than palm. Eating one will put you into food coma.
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Mar 31, 2019, 10:15 pm
#48
Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 1,677
My normal meals are typically more than that as when i'm on holiday I tend to eat 3 or 4 dishes.
Apr 4, 2019, 2:10 pm
#49
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 187
Well, if you are coming from Switzerland, than I can understand. Won't ever forget how coffee and a sandwich at deli section in a supermarket (cheapest street food I guess) cost me 20 swiss francs. Here for that price you can feed 4 people in a hawker center with food and drinks.
Not all meals at Maxwell/Amoy are in $3-$4 range, I would say that most meals are double of that. Hawker centers at HDB areas away from the city center (Khatib, Jurong, CCK, etc..) have prices about 30% cheaper....
BTW, in terms of street food, the best price/performance you can get is at Chinatown, right at the exit C of Chinatown MRT - People Park Complex. On the left after exit there are stalls selling large pork Pau (or Bao) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakpau
It costs $1.50 and it is larger than palm. Eating one will put you into food coma.
Not all meals at Maxwell/Amoy are in $3-$4 range, I would say that most meals are double of that. Hawker centers at HDB areas away from the city center (Khatib, Jurong, CCK, etc..) have prices about 30% cheaper....
BTW, in terms of street food, the best price/performance you can get is at Chinatown, right at the exit C of Chinatown MRT - People Park Complex. On the left after exit there are stalls selling large pork Pau (or Bao) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakpau
It costs $1.50 and it is larger than palm. Eating one will put you into food coma.
It's similar for me, but I tend to gravitate toward cheaper dishes to justify eating more of them throughout the day.