'Go home and cook it yourself': Netizens chide man who complained about $1.90 'cai fan'

'Go home and cook it yourself': Netizens chide man who complained about $1.90 'cai fan'
Tay's $1.90 cai fan consisting of rice, sardines and curry vegetables.
PHOTO: Facebook/Terence Tay

With the rising cost of living, many have been complaining that the prices of hawker food have been going up, especially with mixed rice or 'cai fan', which is supposed to be a wallet-friendly option.

In one recent instance, one hawker was accused of charging a diner a whopping $15 for their plate of 'cai fan'. 

So, many netizens were taken aback after one man, Terence Tay, complained about having to fork out a mere $1.90 for his 'cai fan'. 

Tay took to Facebook group Eat Wherever You Are on Sunday (Nov 6) to share an image of his meal, which consisted of rice, sardines and curry vegetables. 

"Walao, a piece of sardine, curry vegetables, the boss charged me S$1.90. So expensive," he lamented in the captions. 

Tay did not mention at which coffee shop he had purchased his food from.

Unsurprisingly, a couple of netizens were dumbfounded by his complaint.

A man said on the comments thread that after adding up all the various components of Tay's order, it wouldn't be surprising if he was charged $5 for it.

One told Tay that if he wanted to complain so much, he should "go home and cook it yourself". 

Another also shared that if his own meal was as cheap as Tay's, he wouldn't mind eating it all day, every day.

However, there was a netizen who begged to differ and said that a can of sardines would cost just 90 cents. 

Singapore 'cai fan' cheaper than Malaysia's? 

Amidst the flurry of comment, one Malaysian chimed in to say that even in Johor Bahru, you wouldn't be able to find the same meal for such a price. 

And he isn't the only one who feels this way. 

In September, a Malaysian who travels across the border frequently to work in Singapore shared that he finds the food in Singapore more affordable than in Johor

So much so that he even has his meals in Singapore every day before heading back home across the Causeway. 

To prove his point, he shared an image of one of his meals from a 'cai fan' stall in Singapore, which consisted of a mound of rice paired with meat and tofu dishes. 

This only cost him $2.70. 

In comparison, he said that if he had purchased the exact same thing in JB, it would have set him back by RM12 ($3.55). 

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