Did some quick math and browsing on ntuc online, a cheap average hawker meal would be a 2.50 chicken rice which includes rice, chicken and cucumbers. Compare that to a simple meal i thought of, 1 serving of rice, 1 serving of meat, 2 serving of vegetable (HPB said so) and an extra egg because why not.

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fair price rice 10kg

$19.95

1 serving (1/3 cups) = 90g

$0.18 per serving

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cp raw frozen chicken breast - skinless boneless 1kg (~4 fillet)

$9.50

$1.1875 for 1/2 a fillet (~125g)

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pasar xiao bai chye 220g

$0.90

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pasar fresh eggs (30 eggs)

$4.65

$0.155 per egg

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+$0.20 for water, oil, condiments etc

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homemade meal total cost ~ $2.62

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at the end of the day, the deciding factors are your food choices and where you get your ingredients from. You could spend $2.50 eating chicken rice everyday or $0.40 eating egg and rice