The vacationer, recognized solely as Liu, mentioned he visited the Holland Village Market & Meals Middle on Feb. 23 and ordered a medium-sized cup of sugarcane juice with lemon.
Upon fee, the stall proprietor requested him to pay S$5, reported Shin Min Day by day Information.
“I requested her why it was so costly and she or he instructed me that it was due to rising prices,” the 60-year-old mentioned, in response to information web site Asia One.
He then had bought beef rice from a close-by stall which price S$6 and he claimed the value of the drink was “outrageous.”
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A view of Holland Village Market & Meals Middle in Singapore. Picture by Flickr |
Sugarcane juice is the liquid extracted from pressed sugarcane, accommodates many nutritional vitamins and minerals, is wealthy in antioxidants, protein and soluble fiber. It’s consumed as a beverage in lots of locations, particularly the place sugarcane is commercially grown comparable to Southeast Asia.
In Vietnam, a cup of sugarcane juice prices VND10,000-15,000 (US$0.41-0.61) and the drink is offered at road facet stalls the place kumquat is added to steadiness the sweetness.
Liu shared his meals expertise in a Fb put up which shortly drew the eye of netizens, lots of whom mentioned the value was too costly.
“Wow that’s costly,” a netizen wrote.
“What is proscribed version for sugar cane juice? Particular ingredient added?” one other requested.
One commenter mentioned: “From Holland. In fact not low-cost.”
In accordance with Shin Min Day by day Information, the sugarcane juice stall proprietor mentioned that he had been working the stall for 15 years and had by no means obtained any complaints.
The costs of his drinks had been listed clearly on the stall.
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit confirmed Singapore maintained its pole place because the world’s costliest metropolis for the ninth time within the final 11 years.
In accordance with Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user-contributed knowledge about cities and nations worldwide, the common single individual’s estimated month-to-month prices in Singapore are S$1,506.