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10 Foods Cheaper than Fast Food in Singapore

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Rich nations like Singapore, cheapest McDonalds set is $7.20 with drink. It totally cool walk out McDonalds front door realise money not enough. There are way more ecomical eateries out there.



1. Roasted Chicken Rice



Chicken Rice Singapore



Roasted or steamed Chicken Rice are available as low as $2. Sticky soy sauce and sweet chili sauce are always available on the counter for customers. You can order 3 packs of Chicken Rice with S$7.20 and still get $1.20 back.



2. Minced Meat Noodle



Bak Cho Mee



Pork as the main ingredient in making this dish. Everyone know and love this. One can eat like 2 minced meat noodle for S$7.



3. Soto Mee




Soto Mee Singapore



Priced at S$3 each without drink. Ingredients are shredded chicken, beansprout, yellow noodle, chili(optional), spring onion and some fried shallot. Unique and outstanding citrus soup.



4. Hokkien Mee



Hokkien Mee Singapore



Priced at more or less S$4 without drink.



5. Vegetable Rice Stall



fan cai singapore



The cheapest buffet style foods. Get some sweet and sour meat, fried egg with some fried potato coupled with sweet sauce. Only at $3.60 without any drink. Some stall may even sells it cheaper.






6. Yang Zhou Chao Fan



Yang zhou chao fan Singapore



The most well known staple food in chinese community. You could have it as little as S$5 only.



7. Lontong



Lontong Singapore



Malay-style vegetable sweet and spicy soup.



8. Tosai / Dosa



Tosai Singapore



Favourite Dish when visiting Indian restaurant. Lovely and healthy condiments



9. Wan Tan Mee



Wan Tan Mee Singapore



Always so tempting to eat it when visiting hawker centre. Cantonese cuisine is just so hard to resist. Price tag at S$4.50



10. Yong Tau Foo Soup



Yong Tau Foo Soup Singapore



Hakka Chinese cuisine with clear savoury soup sided with fried beancurd skins.













Cleansing Bar Price in Malaysia and Singapore

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Buying personal care at Malaysia Johor is much cheaper. 




Sebamed made in germany
Sebamed is Germany product.



How much cheaper ?



Ranging from RM5 - RM10. Let say buying 5 sebamed that would be saving of RM50.



Due to variety of skin problems, usage of soap-free cleansing bar is on the rise. No two skins are the same. Delicate skin cant tolerate normal soap.The use of skin-related active ingredients and the physiological pH value of 5.5 makes sebamed Cleansing Bar a biologically effective skin cleasing agent and ideal for sensitive skin.



Soap and alkali-free sebamed Cleansing Bar gently cleanses deep into the pores. An effective moisturizing complex, containing essential skin-related amino acids, vitamins and lecithin, promotes the moisturize retaining capacity of your skin. The pH value of 5.5 maintains the balance of the acid mantle's hydro-lipid system and its protective barrier function against damaging environmental influences.













Malaysia and Singapore Cream Bun

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Imagine SGD 1 can buy 3 Cream Bun at Malaysia




Malaysia and Singapore Cream Bun



With 1SGD equivalent to MYR3.00, RM0.85 Gardenia bun can be bought 3 times. Cream bun is like a basic pastry everyone fill their hungry tummy.



Besides, it is likened to an instant noodle at Japan. Cream bun is an instant noodle at Malaysia and Singapore. In fact, Cream bun is much cheaper than instant noodle cup unless it was a 5-packs instant noodle.



Student would always agree instant noodle are savior in their school or university days. Now, It even better with cream bun due to better nutrition.


  • Product            : Sunshine wholemeal cream bun
  • Calories           : 184 KCAL, 28g Carb, 6.6g Protein, 4.9g Fat
  • Net Weight      : 65g
  • Status               : Halal , Made in Singapore
  • Manufacturer : Sunshine Bakeries
  • Flavor              : Chocolate
  • Value               : SGD 1
  • Website           : www.sunshine.com.sg



Meanwhile, a Malaysian will need to fork out 3MYR to buy a 1SGD made cream bun. Although Malaysia and Singapore are neighbor, Malaysia food price is relatively cheaper in currency value. Well, Singapore's image shine brighter as a developed nation. SGD1 for a cream bun would not be any problem for average Singaporean.

Top up Grab Singapore using Malaysia bank

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You may top up Grab Singapore with Malaysian RHB visa card







At Singapore, Malaysian will not be able to see Grab Malaysia interface even with balance of RM100. The urge to use Grab car service among the youngsters are on the rise. Singapore has efficient public transportation. However, Grab has lenient rules one may bring pet, large luggage, eat or drink. In fact, the rise of Grab car are likely due to youngsters cant get MRT and public bus after midnight.



It seem like Visa does have a higher fee. RM154.79 for SGD50 is about 0.323 rate.



A current exchange rate from SGD to MYR is 3.01. RM154.79 should get SGD51.42.





Anyways, you will need a RHB visa card plus counter activation to do top up your Grab Singapore balance. 

Malaysia Chicken Retail Price 2018






Will retail price of chicken in Malaysia reach RM10.00 price point ?


How many of you actually remember retail price Chicken you bought during festive season or perhaps during tax holiday 2018 ?



Chicken price during february 2018
Chicken price in February 2018 during festive season



*This article  is not an indicator of nation economic situation and the article is meant to be self-explanatory.  Most of the content are author's interpretation.



It is quite interesting topic to ask how much chicken price back in 2000 ? Certainly, no one could give you a correct number. Even if you have found the actual number, average people just can't do anything about it. All we do is pointing the finger. In fact, time cant be reversed and we cant really move backward in time, people's hope for moving forward may have been the foundation for price hike.



As a consumer, we can't really do anything about it but, we can be an observer. What are the force behind it actually drive the price to further up ? the cost of manpower or just pure business profit margin ?



From the above logic, the price moving upward is a trend could be caused by employee wage increase, fuel increase, currency fluctuation in a sense that business will always maximize it profit in order to be competitive. The price hike is a vicious cycle that in the end of the day government gains lots of corporate taxes and could distribute the wealth back to the people. In often, the flourish of business will create wealth and potentially taking care the people too.




Chicken price in Malaysia during tax holiday 2018
Chicken price during tax holiday 2018. 20 days before September 01, 2018


During the tax holiday, Chicken breast price did not reach RM10.00 price point. However, chicken wing and chicken drumstick hit RM12.00 price point. Is Chicken price varies among the store ?



There are reasons why many times common folk pointing fingers to authorities when price suddenly have a upward change rather than business institution. It is uncommon to blame the business community because all they do is to maximize the profit and pay their tax routinely. Not to mention, there are shops everywhere selling the same stuff nationwide. The business competition is so fierce hardly any unethical practice because it will drive the particular business down, investor wealth lost lead to chicken store closing down and business have always been regarded to create wealth and use the wealth to create innovative product in a long run. There were nothing prouder when local business venture to the international stage.



 In fact, authorities have the majority people vote in democratic elected nation could have use machinery and mechanism to suppress any business wrongdoings or unethical profiteering. The least they can do is going out and make a campaign in the campaign speech was to encourage people turn their voices toward the business community.



September 2, 2018 after SST implementation


RM10.00 for chicken breast and drumstick. As for chicken wing, there are slight drop in price. Put the blame on chicken vendors is likened mistreat employees who have put lots of effort in slaughter chickens for the public consumption.



Author is not trying to be smart. But, authorities could opt to fine chicken vendor association for market price manipulation, encourages more chicken produce in order to gain more chicken market supply or they could buy all the chicken in the market and sell it cheaply.



Chicken price on September 2018 Malaysia
Chicken price on September 2018. Chicken Leg having a promotion selling only RM6.40 per kg until September 2, 2018



Authorities should always monitor market chicken price and make an annual inflation report. It is not transparent and efficient to just make national  inflation report that includes everything likely to have intention to misled the public intelligence.