Saturday, March 11
There is a great variety of food in NTU canteens, and the food is also cheaper than outside. Not only is the price factor that makes the food attractive, but some stalls also offer food which can be as good as outside, if not better. Like Can 14 Ban Mian, Can 1 Porridge, Can 2 Chicken Rice and Beef Soup, and even Can A's Mac (cheaper!). That's why there's an influx of outsiders sometimes. Unfortunately, some stalls, or some of the food offered by the stalls, do not meet my standard.
The one top on my list is... *drumrolls*
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Canteen B Yong Tau Foo!
The ingredients are ok, but the quantity is pathetic! Smint and I ordered from the stall just a few days ago, and the amount of noodles and bee hoon given to us was like, one mouthful?? Ok make that 2 mouthfuls, but that's just as little as it gets! In fact, they always gave so little in my nearly 3 years in NTU, but this time, it was really really little.
And the stall owners are giam in many other ways. U ask for curry yong tau foo, they give so little curry. U ask for more curry, they say, "是这样多的！给你多，下一个就不够了！" Yeah they prepared so little curry for as many customers as possible. They never thought of preparing more curry for to increase customer satisfaction. Another time in the evening, a customer was asking for an extra empty bowl and guess what, the owner charged her $0.20! WTF! As if the customer didn't buy food from him?! And sometimes, I ordered 7 items, but I wondered why my food costs $2.10 or $2.20. It makes no sense for certain items to be more expensive than others when the only notice they put was "7 items for $2.00".
And this reminds me of another incident, not related to giamness but hygiene. I was eating with my GE classmate who ordered yong tau foo (YTF). As she was eating halfway, she found something amiss and spat out her food. What was that? It was a flying insect! The owners exchanged her food, but it was surely a most unpleasant incident for her. This happened about 2 years ago and it's true. So are the above few incidents.
Then why is the stall still so crowded all the time, despite such mini servings? I think one reason is that most people who ordered YTF felt like eating something light and not too satisfying. YTF is the most healthy food around and sometimes people also associate healthy eating with cannot-eat-too-full la, if not 肚子爆炸!. So it doesn't really matter if they got less bee hoon or noodles. And oh yeah, this is why YTF with rice is more expensive. Coz they cannot cheat on a bowl of rice! But for bee hoon and noodles, they just anyhow cut some strands and that's it. It's like a happy meal serving. But eat liao, not happy!!!
And now sometimes, they dun even refill the spring onions and cut chilli. So for my next few months in NTU, no more yong tau foo!!!
As for the other stalls on my CONDEMNED list, let me think think!
