Never go to Newton Circus and eat at their BBQ food stalls ever!
I probably might be a bit slow in realizing, (maybe everyone already knows!) but yes, they charge exorbitant rates and are dubious!
Went there for a quick bite before rehearsal today with 3 of my students. Decided to try the grilled tiger prawns from one of the stalls. Since they brought the menu over and it was convenient to just order from them, we decided to place an order for tiger prawns. The pictures in the menu showed a plate of 4 and put $8 for 100g. So when the guy asked us how many we wanted, we just assumed 4 was a reasonable size and got 4 (so we might have been a little too unassuming on that).
While ordering, I spotted the 100g for $8 pricing though and I asked the guy how heavy was one prawn but instead of weighing and telling me before cooking, he just said "later I show you when the bill comes, depends on size of prawn." I should have probably insisted on an estimate but just overlooked it as the guy walked off really quickly, and I was gauging it to be about 30-40 bucks...
So when the final bill came with the prawns, it was a SHOCKING $76. For 4 tiger prawns. We were pretty stunned for a moment. Come to think of it, luckily we had enough money to pay.
T'was an expensive lesson learnt today....Did we look that much like tourists?
Damn. HAHAHAH.
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