2/5 Quinn L. 2 years ago on Google
My
mother
and
I
have
been
visiting
this
stall,
over
several
years,
for
its
robust,
minty
"Lei
Cha"
broth
whenever
we
would
visit
People's
Park
Centre
for
a
tour
of
its
travel
agencies
as
well
as
to
get
budget
haircuts,
but
we
will
no
longer
do
so.
While
its
vegetables
are
fresh,
with
some
of
them
grown
commendably
by
the
stall
owners
at
their
own
farm,
and
seasoned
well,
the
savoury
appeal
of
their
food
does
not
make
up
for
the
stall's
wildly
inconsistent
portioning
of
ingredients,
manipulative
pricing
and
deceptive
guise
of
the
stall's
attendants
-
perhaps
even
owners.
The
incident
that
has
led
me
to
lose
trust
in
the
business
took
place
during
my
repeat
visit
to
the
stall,
done
so
during
COVID-19
phase
3
(heightened
alert),
on
07/08/21.
I
was
warmly
greeted
with
a
smile
by
a
man
in
spectacles
-
also
the
person
preparing
the
food
behind
the
counter
-
when
I
passed
by
the
stall,
and
that
had
made
me
feel
so
welcome
that
it
did
not
take
me
long
before
I
found
myself
ordering
two
bowls
of
"Lei
Cha
Brown
Rice"
at
$6.8,
but
with
the
brown
rice
substituted
with
noodles.
I
had
told
the
lady
taking
orders
that
I
would
like
two
bowls
of
the
"Lei
Cha
Brown
Rice"
($6.80)
with
the
brown
rice
swapped
to
their
noodles,
before
noticing
on
the
signboard
that
there
is
also
a
"Lei
Cha
Kolo
Mee"
option,
priced
at
$4.8,
sitting
below
"Lei
Cha
Brown
Rice".
When
it
was
time
for
me
to
make
payment,
I
clarified
with
the
lady
if
my
order
would
amount
to
$9.6
+
$0.2
x
2
for
takeaway
containers
=
$10,
only
to
find
that
I
was
going
to
be
charged
$13.6
+
$0.2
x
2
=
$14.
Upon
probing
further
as
to
why
I
was
charged
the
more
expensive
version,
she,
as
well
as
the
man
in
spectacles,
quipped
in
unison
that
there
is
at
least
more
than
double
the
vegetables
in
the
$6.8
version
than
the
$4.8
version.
I
took
their
word
for
it
and
left,
expecting
that
claim
to
be
true
when
I
would
have
my
dinner
later
at
home.
However,
I
was
sorely
disappointed
to
find
that
the
ingredients
were
almost
similar
in
portion
to
the
$4.8
version
that
my
mother
would
always
order
on
my
behalf
when
dining
in
at
the
hawker
centre
was
still
allowed
(pre-COVID).
Moreover,
I
was
frustrated
to
find
that
the
mint
broth
was
also
filled
less
than
half
of
the
tiny
takeaway
container
that
it
was
poured
into,
a
far
cry
from
the
normal
amount
that
we
would
be
given
in
a
bigger
black
bowl
while
dining
in
at
the
hawker
centre.
An
image
of
their
portions
for
the
$4.8
dining-in
bowl
and
a
different
image
showing
the
$6.8
takeaway
bowl
that
I
was
sold
today,
both
taken
before
touched,
have
been
included
with
this
review
for
comparison
-
a
visibly
stark
difference
is
apparent
in
the
amount
of
mint
broth
offered,
and
there
is
no
appreciable
difference
in
the
ingredients
provided.
For
the
avoidance
of
doubt,
there
was
some
ingredients
found
at
the
bottom
of
the
takeaway
bowl
after
finishing
the
whole
bowl,
but
the
sum
of
the
ingredients
fails
miserably
in
fulfilling
the
"at
least
more
than
double"
claim.
They
have
also
shown
either
an
indifference
towards
order
requests,
i.e.
dietary
preferences,
of
their
customers
or
a
lack
of
understanding
of
what
they
are
selling.
When
I
told
the
lady
responsible
for
taking
orders
that
I
do
not
wish
to
have
any
coriander
added
to
my
Lei
Cha
noodles,
given
my
past
experience
with
the
accompaniments
of
the
noodles/rice
that
I
have
had
in
the
past,
I
was
annoyed
to
have
found
my
takeaway
bowl
inundated
with
the
pungent
herb
upon
digging
in.
Given
my
experience
with
the
stall
today,
I
feel
foolish
for
having
brought
a
few
of
my
friends
and
relatives
over
in
the
past
to
support
their
business;
why
would
a
business
act
wilfully
against
a
patron's
wishes
while
also
charging
a
significantly
higher
price,
i.e.
$2
extra,
for
the
same
amount
of
ingredients
as
what
I
would
have
had
for
their
$4.8
"Lei
Cha
Kolo
Mee"?
Doing
so
would
only
leave
a
sour
taste
in
their
patrons'
mouths.
A
business
that
not
only
skimps
unethically
on
ingredients,
but
also
charges
opportunistically
for
a
quick
profit,
really
speaks
volumes
about
how
much
it
values
its
patrons.