10 foods that we all willingly overpay for, because Instagram

We live in a weird society: in a town, there could be someone picking up leftover food from a hawker centre because he has not eaten for a day, and just a bus stop away, there could be another fellow buying an overpriced rainbow cake, taking an image of it and then walking off without even a single bite, because Instagram.

And here’s the even weirder part: more and more people are buying those overpriced foods, because Instagram. In fact, I find it hard to list down just ten foods that some of us are willing to overpay for.

Instagram is truly a game-changer. Here’re the 10 foods that we’ve all overpaid for, yet still don’t mind because Instagram.

Churros

This is one that came and go too fast. A shrunken and sweetened version of youtiao, it actually tastes better than it looks (which is pretty rare!), but look at the size. Just look at the size. And then look at the price. You could buy ten long and thick youtiaos for the price of two small churros.

Bingsu

Whether it’s still trending is up for debate, but one thing is for sure: it’s ice- kacang with an ice-cream scoop and fruits. And it costs maybe five times more than a bowl of large ice kacang. Ice-cream and fruits so expensive meh?

Egg Benedict

It’s just eggs and muffins. EGGS AND MUFFINS! And well, ham. Or whatever is below the egg. Why not just have egg muffins in McDonald’s? It’s cheaper, fuller and you don’t need to queue for hours.

Charcoal Waffles

The green waffle we can get from our neighbourhood bakery is ten times cheaper. And when they all come out of our body, they will turn blackish brown as well. Might have the green waffle and do your Instagram in the toilet?

Whatever lava

Nowadays, anything oozy is Instagram-worthy. After trying a few, with one of the cafes even telling me how to take the perfect image or video, I’m certain of one thing: we don’t feed our stomach with lava toast or lava cake. We feed our ego phones instead.

Flower pot whatever

Chocolate becomes soil and candies become flowers. And unless you eat it, your Instagram followers are just going to think that you’re kee siao to have Instragram-ed a small flower pot.

Monster Milkshake

Or you can call it over-the-top milkshake, or simply a confirm-will-drop-something milkshake. Tell me, ladies and gentlemen: other than photography’s sake, why don’t they just use a bigger cup? On, because Instagram.

Rainbow cake

Okay, I understand cakes aren’t exactly used to fill up your stomach, but I’m pretty sure they’re for celebrating an event. If a slice of cake costs as much as a full cake just because it’s colourful, I’ll say your Instagram level is really very powderful.

Shibuya Toast

You know why this is overpriced? Because they don’t even use another plate to hold your cream. They save the cost to wash the plates leh! All because Instagram.

Salted egg yolk anything and everything

What’s the correlation between salted egg yolk and camera? In 2015, they got married and have yet to be divorced. After all, even McDonald’s endorsed their marriage, so it should be here to stay.

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