It's definitely cheaper to eat in Malaysia, but the food is just as
good here in Singapore. And boy!!.... can these Singaporeans pack it
in!!

We went to a 'Hot-Pot' restaurant the other night. You sit down,
decide what broth you want (Chicken, Beef, or spicy) and they bring a
pot with a metho burner under it and it sit there and you have to wait
till it starts to bubble before you go and grab you (all you can eat)
buffet food. Beef, prawns, chicken, sotong........ al manner of
different veges and mushrooms and tofu etc. They also give you
unlimited hot cooked food such as bacon wrapped praws, BBQ prawns,
popiah, ........ the list is endless!!

We went in and sat down between two young Singa couples. They were
already well into their food as we waited and got our own. After about
20mins, we were stuffed and they were still hoeing into it, with the
tabloe filled with dishes of raw food ready to go in the poit, and the
staff bringing out hot food as well for them!! For skinny little
Singas, they were eating enough to feed a small West African village
for a month!! We only had about 2 servings of raw food each, and about
5 servings of hot food. The hot food came in tapas style
servings.......... 4 bacon wrapped prawns etc.

At SD$19.90 each for unlimited buffet hotpot, I can see why the locals
pack as much as they can in!!

All hawker food stalls in Singa are also governed by local authorities
to keep up the cleanliness. No such deal in Malaysia, which is why
eating in Malaysia was fun :-)

Back to the real world soon.

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:17:21 -0700 (PDT), "PeterLucas (o/s)"
> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>At SD$19.90 each for unlimited buffet hotpot, I can see why the locals
>pack as much as they can in!!

What would that be in Oz$?


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In article >,
bob > wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:17:21 -0700 (PDT), "PeterLucas (o/s)"
> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
> >At SD$19.90 each for unlimited buffet hotpot, I can see why the locals
> >pack as much as they can in!!
>
> What would that be in Oz$?

Currently, 1 Singapore dollar is about 0.92 Aussie dollar. So a SD
$19.90 unlimited buffet is about 18.30 Oz$. I admit to being a bit
surprised by the near parity of these currencies.

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:31:09 -0700, Michael Siemon
> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>In article >,
> bob > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:17:21 -0700 (PDT), "PeterLucas (o/s)"
>> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>
>> >At SD$19.90 each for unlimited buffet hotpot, I can see why the locals
>> >pack as much as they can in!!
>>
>> What would that be in Oz$?
>
>Currently, 1 Singapore dollar is about 0.92 Aussie dollar. So a SD
>$19.90 unlimited buffet is about 18.30 Oz$. I admit to being a bit
>surprised by the near parity of these currencies.

Me too ... and AUD18.30 doesn't seem to be *that* good a deal -
especially when it translates to 23.32 New Zealand dollars.



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bob wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:31:09 -0700, Michael Siemon
> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>> In article >,
>> bob > wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:17:21 -0700 (PDT), "PeterLucas (o/s)"
>>> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>>
>>>> At SD$19.90 each for unlimited buffet hotpot, I can see why the locals
>>>> pack as much as they can in!!
>>> What would that be in Oz$?
>> Currently, 1 Singapore dollar is about 0.92 Aussie dollar. So a SD
>> $19.90 unlimited buffet is about 18.30 Oz$. I admit to being a bit
>> surprised by the near parity of these currencies.
>
> Me too ... and AUD18.30 doesn't seem to be *that* good a deal -
> especially when it translates to 23.32 New Zealand dollars.
>
>
>
Just Pl trying to name drop I sense
Hot pot is not all that great and every hotpot I have been to in Singers
uses electricity under the meal NOT charcoal

Something is suss here ?

bob > wrote in
:

> On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:31:09 -0700, Michael Siemon
> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>>In article >,
>> bob > wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:17:21 -0700 (PDT), "PeterLucas (o/s)"
>>> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>>
>>> >At SD$19.90 each for unlimited buffet hotpot, I can see why the
locals
>>> >pack as much as they can in!!
>>>
>>> What would that be in Oz$?
>>
>>Currently, 1 Singapore dollar is about 0.92 Aussie dollar. So a SD
>>$19.90 unlimited buffet is about 18.30 Oz$. I admit to being a bit
>>surprised by the near parity of these currencies.
>
> Me too ... and AUD18.30 doesn't seem to be *that* good a deal -
> especially when it translates to 23.32 New Zealand dollars.
>
>
>


Well it *was* "all you can eat"........ unlimited seafood (calamari,
prawns, fish), beef, chicken, pork, all manner of vegetables, and tofu
options.

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