With over 30 dishes to choose from, economic rice stalls are known for their variety of choice, convenience and economical price point. But of late, diners are complaining about the exorbitant prices of their cai fan or mixed rice dishes. Since January till mid October this year, the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) has received 11 economic rice-related complaints, on the lack of price transparency.

Steven Chia serves up some cai fan to investigate if our economic rice is no longer as economical.

00:00 Introduction
01:42 The history of economic rice
05:40 What affects the cost of cai fan?
12:24 Why do cai fan prices seem so arbitrary?
16:16 How can cai fan prices be more transparent?
20:23 How can I get better bang for my buck?

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