Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)

[milfmilf]

Originally Posted by newhunter

How much is the cost of an average meal in HCMC?

D5 authentic HK dim sum around S$3 一笼
D7 PMH, Vivo, jap restaurant nice sushi cum ala carte, S$15+ per pax

D5 (should be), near singapore style chicken rice, S$3 a plate.

[SEAJ]

Originally Posted by milfmilf

D5 authentic HK dim sum around S$3 一笼
D7 PMH, Vivo, jap restaurant nice sushi cum ala carte, S$15+ per pax
D5 (should be), near singapore style chicken rice, S$3 a plate.

Wow - S$3 一笼 for Dim sum is not cheap, especially when compared to the other fare you introduce.
Just IMHO
SEAJ

[kath]

I normally eat roadside rice and charcoal grilled chicken and egg while gulping down an ice cold sting(local soda) at most 25k only, average 20k

[hoian]

Just wondering has anyone here been to Bao Loc? Just wondering if there is anything interesting to do there beside the waterfall?

Will be doing a stop-over there en route to Da Lat.

[newhunter]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

an average meal range from 20k to indefinite...you din specify what meal and for how many ppl...

I usually eat 20k hu tiu mi with xa xiu...@ 20k or S$1.25...

Marlboro Ciggarette...

Marlboro Red - 22,000 or S$ 1.38 per pack
Marboro Black - 27,000 or S$1.68 per pack
Marlboro Ice Blast - 40,000 or S$2.50 per pack

base on exchange rate 16000= S$ 1 and sold by this roadside peddler

This type is illegal cigarette?

[GeMiNiZzzzZzz]

Originally Posted by newhunter

This type is illegal cigarette?

There are 100 over countries Marlboro is delivering to.....Singapore has one of the highest taxes paid for Ciggies...and others is lower like China, Philippines, Cambodia....etc etc......it doesn't mean it is not real...some have higher tobacco % some have lower, it depends on the country

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by GeMiNiZzzzZzz

There are 100 over countries Marlboro is delivering to.....Singapore has one of the highest taxes paid for Ciggies...and others is lower like China, Philippines, Cambodia....etc etc......it doesn't mean it is not real...some have higher tobacco % some have lower, it depends on the country

my friends dun bother to buy duty free ciggie from Sing airport...they just buy whatever they want here...they say no difference...cheap and good..

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by newhunter

This type is illegal cigarette?

No such thing as illegal cigarette in Vietnam...

the local ciggie like Jet, Craven A, etc is even cheaper...

[seabass]

July 16th 2015

THE Big Mac index was invented by The Economist in 1986 as a lighthearted guide to whether currencies are at their “correct” level. It is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), the notion that in the long run exchange rates should move towards the rate that would equalise the prices of an identical basket of goods and services (in this case, a burger) in any two countries. For example, the average price of a Big Mac in America in July 2015 was $4.79; in China it was only $2.74 at market exchange rates. So the "raw" Big Mac index says that the yuan was undervalued by 43% at that time.

Burgernomics was never intended as a precise gauge of currency misalignment, merely a tool to make exchange-rate theory more digestible. Yet the Big Mac index has become a global standard, included in several economic textbooks and the subject of at least 20 academic studies. For those who take their fast food more seriously, we have also calculated a gourmet version of the index.

This adjusted index addresses the criticism that you would expect average burger prices to be cheaper in poor countries than in rich ones because labour costs are lower. PPP signals where exchange rates should be heading in the long run, as a country like China gets richer, but it says little about today's equilibrium rate. The relationship between prices and GDP per person may be a better guide to the current fair value of a currency. The adjusted index uses the “line of best fit” between Big Mac prices and GDP per person for 48 countries (plus the euro area). The difference between the price predicted by the red line for each country, given its income per person, and its actual price gives a supersized measure of currency under- and over-valuation.

Example : Vietnam
Price: $2.75 (Dong 60,000)
Raw index: undervalued by 42.6%
Actual exchange rate: 21,810
Implied exchange rate*: 12,526

Source : http://www.economist.com/content/big-mac-index

[volcano]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

No such thing as illegal cigarette in Vietnam...

the local ciggie like Jet, Craven A, etc is even cheaper...

there are illegal contraband ciggs in Vietnam as well

Jet is not local Vietnam ciggs...another popular contraband is Hero

[seabass]

Originally Posted by SEAJ

Wow - S$3 一笼 for Dim sum is not cheap, especially when compared to the other fare you introduce.
Just IMHO
SEAJ

On the street of HCMC, a ham banh mi cost 200 dong in 1991. A steak meal set you back USD$10 in a French restaurant in the same year. Seaj everything is relative, you cannot make a comment without a proper reference point. How do we value a service or product?

[diputs1269]

Originally Posted by dcrusader

[img=http://s17.postimg.org/oaymnysxn/Pics_Art_1436496581766.jpg]in graphics....

nice picture here.

[lausung]

I think S$3 is expensive, given the photo shown, it is more like a coffeeshop eateries than a restaurant. Lets said for a tourist without those economy knowledge like me, compare singapore coffeeshop dimsum if u can buy it at S$3 per bowl, it cost the same S$3 in vietnam same environment, i see it as expensive. If i will to pay the same price in vietnam higher end restaurant, i will see it as cheap.

Originally Posted by seabass

On the street of HCMC, a ham banh mi cost 200 dong in 1991.

[milfmilf]

Originally Posted by SEAJ

Wow - S$3 一笼 for Dim sum is not cheap, especially when compared to the other fare you introduce.
Just IMHO
SEAJ

just for bros info
better price than the chinese restaurant in Winsor hotel.
not go there often so give myself and vietbu a treat

[milfmilf]

Originally Posted by lausung

I think S$3 is expensive, given the photo shown, it is more like a coffeeshop eateries than a restaurant. Lets said for a tourist without those economy knowledge like me, compare singapore coffeeshop dimsum if u can buy it at S$3 per bowl, it cost the same S$3 in vietnam same environment, i see it as expensive. If i will to pay the same price in vietnam higher end restaurant, i will see it as cheap.

that photo is the chicken rice shop.. like kopi shop
for dim sum, the shop is aircon-ed
I thought the taste match those in SG restaurant like Ah Yat ..so don't mind.

if got better cheaper dim sum elsewhere in hcm ... do share ... for hungry bros