Marina Bay Sands food court charges customer a hefty $17.80 for Nasi Padang

A photo of a receipt, showing that a customer's Nasi Padang meal at the food court at Marina Bay Sands cost nearly $20, is circulating online. The photo was published on the r/Singapore subreddit by Reddit user u/james_dykeson. The receipt, which is dated 2 Aug 2019, shows that the customer ordered seafood, vegetables, a whole chicken leg and a bagadail to go with his white rice. He was charged a hefty $18.70 for the meal at the Rasapura Masters food court in the Basement 2 level of Marina Bay Sands. The priciest item the customer ordered was the whole chicken leg, which cost $8. The seafood side cost $4 while the bagadail cost $3: This is not the first time that a post on how expensive Nasi Padang dishes are in mall food courts here has circulated online. In March last year, Facebook user Nizam Vanderbeek reported that a plate of white rice, fried fish, and one serving of vegetables cost him a hefty $14 at a local Kopitiam. An average food court Nasi Padang dish with rice, one meat dish and two vegetable dishes would cost around S$6.50. Mere weeks later, another netizen expressed shock over the high price of his Nasi Padang dish at the ION Orchard food court. Revealing that he w as charged $20 for a plate of rice, fried fish, mutton cubes, anchovies and peanuts at the Padang Padang stall at the Food Opera food court in ION Orchard, Raymond Yeoh wrote: “I just moved to Singapore 3 weeks ago and I had this Mix Rice in Padang Padang @ ION Orchard. Guess how much is this? I believe this is not the usual price even for tourist…” http://theindependent.sg/another-customer-shocked-over-being-charged-hefty-20-for-nasi-padang-at-shopping-centre-food-court/ http://theindependent.sg/customer-incensed-over-charged-14-for-rice-fried-fish-and-vegetables-at-vivocity-kopitiam/