My budget for a whole day meal when traveling is 100HKD or around 13 USD 🤣. Food truly is expensive here even fruits. There are less expensive fruits and vegetables though. But if you have no kitchen to cook, you would definitely go for take-outs and fruits are the suitable ones. Unless you want a raw veggie salad.
The 2usd here is around 16 hkd here which is only enough to buy a small hand of bananas or two pieces of low-quality apples 😅. Not even enough to buy a healthier tuna sandwich in 7/11.
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, probably are the ones in Asia that have less expensive food. I heard even onions in the Philippines are already expensive, lol. They called it gold 😂 inflation is real. But could definitely find a healthy food worth $2.
It's just a matter of smart budgeting when traveling. There are healthy foods but less expensive anywhere for sure. Glad you have a free coffee there...
@jane1289 I just saw that a loaf of bread costs around 16HKD. Since I plan going there it's nice to know that I can spend 100HKD easily xD but I am sure there are places where I can find cheaper just because I can eat once/day as well.
Thailand can be a bit more expensive if you're in bkk but I heard south and less develop areas are cheaper. in 7/11 I ate pork cheese sandwich for $0.94 that's one meal already for me haha.
I'm not into sandwiches.. I'm not satisfied without rice haha. People here usually eat lunch during tea time as food are discounted, lol.