I was at a supermarket one morning and was horrified to see how the prices of instant noodles have shot up like nobody’s business. I am not exactly sure but it appeared to me that what most of them did was to just add 50 sen to everything. So this used to be RM3.80 for a pack of 5…
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…but now it is RM4.30 and as a matter of fact, I did see it selling for around RM4.50 or more some place else.
I’ve always had a bone to pick with this brand as despite being made right here in Sibu…
…it has always been more expensive than many of the others which may be just as nice or at times, even nicer! I just cannot understand why.
No, no…I do not have a problem with the GST thing…
…but if it was RM3.80, 6% would be less than 25 sen…so why has there been an increase of 50 sen…or more?
Anyway, this post is not going to be another one of the many you have seen in many blogs. I do believe that the money is in our hands so we have the power to decide whether or not to buy…and of course, with the jacked-up prices, I decided that I could jolly well do without those instant noodles, thank you very much.
Now, what happened was I dropped by a mini-supermarket near my house…and I was delighted to see that they were selling them for only RM3.70!!!
I wasted no time at all in grabbing two packs and carted them home…only to realise that I did not see carefully and it was the wrong flavour!!! Tsk! Tsk!
The chicken flavour is very nice, something like the chin therng mee (clear soup noodles)…
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…at the shops, or maybe even nicer…and I do like their curry flavour too…
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…even when it was in this old packaging…
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…a long time ago…but I did try their mi goreng (fried noodles)…
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…before and though it was quite like the rest, it did pale a bit in comparison and of course, considering that it was a lot more expensive than the others, I jolly well would not want to buy any more of this particular brand and would rather opt for the cheaper Indonesian brand which I do think is the nicest of the lot.
Ah well!!! What to do? Since I had already bought them, I might as well cook and eat as and when necessary which I did the other day for breakfast…
…served with chicken slices and one fried egg, garnished with a sprinkling of chopped spring onions…
…and it actually tasted pretty good. Maybe they have improved on it since the last time I had it way back then.
Still, go ahead and take advantage of the situation to exploit everybody and increase the prices according to your whims and fancies, may you all rot in your graves! At those prices, I, for one, would not be buying anymore, that’s for sure – after all, any one of my many variations of fried rice…
…or mee or kway teow (both RM2 a kg, enough for at least 10 plates) or bihun would make just as great a breakfast anytime any day or in fact, one that’s a whole lot better at that…but yes, I do need to look and see very carefully when I go out shopping so I would not end up stuck with something that I do not want and have no intention of buying at all.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 