Grace Fu: "I always think that if you're prepared to pay S$18 or S$20 for a pasta, why are you not prepared to pay S$5 for wonton mee?"

[Senfai]

just my thoughts, maybe the people paying $20 for pasta is a different group from the people eating wanton mee?

 

[daveteo88]

The very people who are driving up the costs of living still can jjww what wanton mee and pasta.

Actually pasta is noodles. They use Italian language to give name and the dish become atas. When you say wanton mee like half Canton half Hokkien it become low ses.

 

[dt1002]

Will wonton mee in hawker increase to $10 after this comments?
After all is still below $20 pasta.
Is still valid and justify.

Think future hawker coffeeshop may need to check the income range of patrons.
So can charge landed , prime ,plus ,standard price each patron need to foot..

 

[SkyNinja]

Actually pasta is noodles. They use Italian language to give name and the dish become atas. When you say wanton mee like half Canton half Hokkien it become low ses.

How to name wanton mee to be more high class?

 

[SkyNinja]

Will wonton mee in hawker increase to $10 after this comments?
After all is still below $20 pasta.
Is still valid and justify.

Think future hawker coffeeshop may need to check the income range of patrons.
So can charge landed , prime ,plus ,standard price each patron need to foot..

Show Chas card upon ordering?

 

[coolmyth]

Jskm! Moi wish moi can jiak $20 every meal.

 

[iceblendedchoc]

Jskm! Moi wish moi can jiak $20 every meal.

she is very rich as MP and minister. Every day eat $2000 meal also can

 

[JAson1980]

Vote her out

She hiding in GRC leh... Those in GRC always make the most noise because they feel safe.
If she is in a SMC. she will probably be saying. Why are we paying $5 for Wanton mee.
Hard truths.

 

[muji4832]

Even if she spent $2000 on food everyday for 365 days it only cost her $730,000, which is probably only half of her salary.

she is very rich as MP and minister. Every day eat $2000 meal also can

 

[tomsss]

each minister will somehow always come up with their own famous quote

accompanied by some excuse citing "oh taken out of context" blahblahblah that kind of crap

then next time talk in simpler terms la knn. why they always like to talk in their own levels that most can't comprehend duh

 

[dt1002]

Show Chas card upon ordering?

Possible
It may happen..Many smart wealthy ppl wear Tshirt and sandals always patron and enjoy hawker food.
If hawker food increase alot.
Think they will also avoid it and go restaurant.

 

[daveteo88]

How to name wanton mee to be more high class?

狗不理面。

 

[singsangsong]

each minister will somehow always come up with their own famous quote

accompanied by some excuse citing "oh taken out of context" blahblahblah that kind of crap

then next time talk in simpler terms la knn. why they always like to talk in their own levels that most can't comprehend duh

Please give them chance, it is already very hard for them to leave their ivory towers and pretend that they care about mere mortals every 5 years, yet still want them to talk in simpler terms?

 

[singsangsong]

Grace Fu now says:
"We may be taking a chicken wing from you, but we are giving you a whole chicken"

I think she has moved on from her recent $18 pasta and is now craving for some chicken.

 

[ribena.bing]

Grace Fu now says:
"We may be taking a chicken wing from you, but we are giving you a whole chicken"

I think she has moved on from her recent $18 pasta and is now craving for some chicken.

where the chicken? she confused and included cpf interest isit

 

[Emperor_Hippo]

Grace Fu now says:
"We may be taking a chicken wing from you, but we are giving you a whole chicken"

I think she has moved on from her recent $18 pasta and is now craving for some chicken.

Find me an $18 pasta please. Would gladly like to try it.

Today's dinner at Din Tai Fung damn shiok. $58 spent. Well worth it.
$5 wonton mee is actually ok. If one got problem affording $5 wonton mee but can spend $3 on bubble tea, something is dreadfully wrong.

 

[CanIsayNo]

“When I made the decision to join politics in 2006, pay was not a key factor. Loss of privacy, public scrutiny on myself and my family and loss of personal time were,” Fu had said.

She added that, “The disruption to my career was also an important consideration. I had some ground to believe that my family would not suffer a drastic change in the standard of living even though I experienced a drop in my income. So it is with this recent pay cut.”

always remember this gem from her after the ministerial pay cut lol

some would say there's an indication of being self serving.. not that there's anything wrong with being self serving, right?

 

[hardindex]

She should pay more for her pasta, now resturants are closing faster. How can she still pay $18 dollar for pasta when the price of hawker food has hike 30% or more.

If you expect peasants to pay $5 for wanton mee, grace fu should pay $24 or $30 for pasta

 

[hhab6ch]

Actually, I am not sure why. Malaysian (specifically southern Johor) income is 1/3, right? Yet they are already paying 20+ to 30+ MYR for pasta. Wonton noodles 8 to 10 MYR. Why can't Singaporeans do so......? These prices won't kill you, as shown in Malaysia.

By paying these amounts, the restaurants can stay alive. And you have places to eat when you want to.

 

[rachoon]

it's not throw back Thursday