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Unhappy Man Shares How He Paid $5.50 For 7-Piece Spam Fries on FB & The Eatery Responded

Zhi Hao

2020-09-22 , 2:44 am

Last Updated on 2020-09-23 , 4:22 pm

Spam fries are undeniably tasty, but the question begets;

How much are you willing to pay for one single piece?

$0.20 cents? $0.30 cents?

Maybe even $0.40 for a reputable one?

Well, that really depends on the capability of your wallet.

But what if I told you that someone actually paid near $0.80 for a single fry…

And that with all things considered, it was not exactly of their own volition?

Unhappy Man Shares How He Paid $5.50 For 7-Piece Spam Fries, Wonders If It’s Him Or The World

A man had supposedly paid S$5.50 for a side order of spam fries…

Only to get seven measly pieces for his efforts.

The revelation was announced on Facebook, on 20 September, by the aggrieved customer.

According to the post, the man, whose name is Ahyong Levine Huang, had ordered spam fries from King of Prawn Noodles, an eatery located at Downtown East.

He had ordered the dish via GrabFood and forked out S$5.50 for it.

His total bill came up to S$22.90 with another order of noodles.

However, what should have been a bowl full of steaming hot spam fries, soon turned into Huang’s worst nightmare when it was revealed that…

There were only seven pieces of spam fries packed in the plastic container.

Now I don’t know about you;

But those spam fries must be exceptionally tasty to warrant such exorbitant prices.

Understandably, Huang was rather displeased.

“Is I stay at home too long already(sic) or what,” he wrote in his post. “**** $5.50 spam fries 7PC. Next time save the container 7pieces use tissue paper wrap can already.”

You can view the original Facebook post here.

Is I stay at home too long alr or what. Ninama $5.50 spam fries 7PC. Nxt time save the container 7pieces use tissue…

Posted by Ahyong Levine Huang on Sunday, 20 September 2020

And Netizens Concur

After Huang aired his disapproval online, Netizens swiftly turned up to express similar sentiments.

One, for instance, pointed out the staggering opportunity cost that’s at stake here.

And another concurred.

For the record, ‘gong’ refers to the can of luncheon meat.

Some also questioned the presence of a possible ‘third party’.

We, however, can only speculate.

Though subsequent evidence does suggest that a ‘third party’ is likely not to be the case.

Investigations Are Currently Ongoing

According to Mothership, the eatery in question has since responded and stated that they are currently conducting an internal investigation and review.

They will also be “making a resolution with the affected party”.

It should be noted that Mothership tried ordering the same dish from the eatery, only to get this two more pieces than what Huang got.

You still can’t help but feel a little empty inside at the sight.

Refund

On 21 September 2020, Huang updated that he has since been contacted by the eatery.

He also posted a screenshot of their conversation in the comments section.

Simply put, the eatery had seen the post and has realised their mistake.

They are currently processing a full refund for the order, for supposed “incorrect portion”.

Yet, upon witnessing Mothership’s order, one can’t help but wonder;

Is an order of 9 pieces, then, counted as a “correct portion”?

After all, we are still technically forking out (slightly more than) $0.60 for one piece.

Which, in hindsight… probably still isn’t that worth it.

P.s. We certainly hope that they are more generous with their prawn noodles though. A king can’t exactly be ‘stingy’ after all, even if it is admittedly a time of crisis.

Unhappy Man Shares How He Paid $5.50 For 7-Piece Spam Fries on FB & The Eatery Responded

Unhappy Man Shares How He Paid $5.50 For 7-Piece Spam Fries, Wonders If It’s Him Or The World

And Netizens Concur

Investigations Are Currently Ongoing

Refund

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