We Only Eat Meals Under $4 For 72 Hours! | 72 Hour Challenges | EP 61

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • Food in Singapore can either be really cheap or really expensive so for this episode of 72 Hours, we challenge our talents to survive on $4 for 12 CONSECUTIVE MEALS! Watch as our talents search for affordable meals around their neighborhood but I mean, at least we’re letting them eat anything and everything they want right? 😛
    This video is brought to you in partnership with the Ministry of National Development, HDB and GovTech.
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    Featuring (in order of appearance):
    Charmaine Sew - / charmainesew
    Amanda Feng - / amandalpaca
    Chow Jia Hui - / chowjiahui
    Lery Villanueva - / hileryous
    Filmed By:
    Gladys Lim - / gladyslxr
    Poppy Lin - / wasupbie
    Edited by:
    Poppy Lin

Комментарии • 146

  • @EatbookYT
    @EatbookYT  Год назад +33

    What’s your favourite budget meal?

    • @jacobproduct2830
      @jacobproduct2830 Год назад +2

      chicken rice

    • @raaaaawrbin
      @raaaaawrbin Год назад +2

      The cai fan store in the basement canteen of the Singtel Comcentre in Somerset! 'Hidden' budget meal in the Orchard-ish area

    • @shashawol
      @shashawol Год назад

      Nasi Lemak!

    • @maeks1861
      @maeks1861 Год назад

      White bee Hoon!

    • @AbdulRahman-zs1gt
      @AbdulRahman-zs1gt 17 дней назад

      can you guy do eating our favourite carb for 24 hours and you must include two vegetable and meat can please make sew do this challenge

  • @elainelabrooy3438
    @elainelabrooy3438 Год назад +425

    This is, by far, the best Eatbook episode ever! It's so relatable for all of us Singaporeans. Can your team also do a food challenge on budget meals in various polys and universities?

    • @Magoz2110
      @Magoz2110 Год назад +19

      Dont need come NTU though, no budget meal one 😄

    • @EatbookYT
      @EatbookYT  Год назад +8

      We have our poly + uni series under our Eatbook Food Guides segment, you can check that out! :p

  • @takanna
    @takanna Год назад +108

    Lery's attempt was the most realistic and dedicated!!!!!!

  • @Jinnlongg
    @Jinnlongg Год назад +31

    To all the poly kids still studying, this is what adult life awaits you when you go out to work. Thinking of what to eat everyday is the gazillion dollar question that is on every working adults mind.

  • @芋頭丸-z6c
    @芋頭丸-z6c Год назад +100

    this has to be a sign that I see this video today bcus today was the one day I spent 30$ on my malatang bcus I put too much noodles and tofu and was too shy to ask the lady if I can put it back

    • @krigop
      @krigop Год назад

      its $30 not 30$

    • @nadiamoosa3654
      @nadiamoosa3654 Год назад +7

      It’s fine it’s just a typo probably

    • @EatbookYT
      @EatbookYT  Год назад +8

      NUUUUUU, be brave and tell them the next time! 🥺

  • @jeremy8250
    @jeremy8250 Год назад +507

    I admire Chow for always bringing a water bottle with her, but let's be fair here, no plus points should be awarded if she did not spend for her drink.

    • @softspaze
      @softspaze Год назад +64

      Agreed, it's similar to cooking own food which was excluded from the challenge

    • @hobbob9938
      @hobbob9938 Год назад

      shut up la u hate chou for what

    • @beezlebub9
      @beezlebub9 Год назад +28

      But that’s actually what people on a budget do.

    • @softspaze
      @softspaze Год назад +29

      @@beezlebub9 then they should have included homecook meals too since that's what ppl on a budget really do

    • @jeremy8250
      @jeremy8250 Год назад +46

      @@beezlebub9 the point of the video is to show that $4 can still give you many options, even a drink. giving points for free water defeats that purpose. they just gave it to her anyway since she's in last place.

  • @nicholasng619
    @nicholasng619 Год назад +48

    theres a caifan store at blk 6 hougang ave 3, unit number 01-78, called Goldhill Family Restaurant! They serve 2 vege and 1 meat for only $2.50! They try their best to absorb the cost as there are many elderlies living near the vicinity and many migrant workers in the industrial factories nearby at defu lane!! You guys should give it a try, quite solid place to go!
    ps: choose the chicken wing, they give you the entire wing, not just a party wing!!

    • @Blackr0ses297
      @Blackr0ses297 Год назад

      I agree, the chicken wing is amazing!!

    • @gladiatorgamer9502
      @gladiatorgamer9502 Год назад

      Dang $2.50 is a good price despite it being expensive

    • @Johnne009
      @Johnne009 Год назад +1

      Always pay more if you can afford it, pass it on

  • @aureliaaa9781
    @aureliaaa9781 Год назад +34

    I love Chow. She usually eats at the stall so she keeps plastic waste down. Love her

  • @aconitine182
    @aconitine182 Год назад +35

    Amanda is so much fun! I wish I had friends like her back in the day!

  • @starshine9836
    @starshine9836 Год назад +56

    Need to try an episode to work with healthy and cheap food. Not eat just to be full - the carbs and low nutrients food eg the bee hoon and mock meat, some poor veges no protein.
    If you guys can do it, I salute. Cuz the gov promo healthy eating right...Ps. Health promotion board recommend half plate veg, 1/4 complex carbs (eg whole grain), 1/4 protein. not jiak chor pah (吃粗饱)- simply just to fill the tummy. If can eat healthy according to what the gov promote, and cheap choices that they offer, that would be the best. How many of the food that they ate are healthy? Only the cai fan so far.... the rest are all jiak chor pah, 90% noodles with fish cake and 2 leaves~
    It would soon be like the lower income in the west, becoming super obesed cuz the food that they could afford are junk processed food which is high in carbs and sodium, low in nutrients eg the fast food meals...

    • @joanne1004
      @joanne1004 Год назад +6

      completely agree - protein should be much higher for a proper balanced diet - most people I've met have a very poor idea of how much protein should be consumed and how much they're getting from a meal. The way the government promotes healthy eating is not feasible - I've never seen an actual healthy option at the hawker centre.

    • @gladiatorgamer9502
      @gladiatorgamer9502 Год назад

      ​@@joanne1004yea to me anything that I have to pay that is above $0.01 is expensive. Cant wait to eat just beansprout,egg and rice for my remaining life😢

    • @joanne1004
      @joanne1004 Год назад

      @@gladiatorgamer9502 Oh no! Sorry to hear that!

  • @kimjoshua3519
    @kimjoshua3519 Год назад +15

    eh... may i ask for the budget meal that they ate, how did they find the portion of it? because for me i encounter when i buy it right, the portions is like so little is quite less then the normal size meal ..so the budget meal they will sometimes give lesser than vs the normal priced. Not sure if the talents did encounter it.

  • @Timholle
    @Timholle Год назад +8

    So glad to be Singaporean. There’re tons of affordable food accessible

  • @latdh1388
    @latdh1388 Год назад +5

    that is crazy that you can get all those things for under 4$, there is no way you could do that in new Zealand, love this ep.

  • @LyningSHubo
    @LyningSHubo Год назад +19

    Can we explore nutrition value of these meals, the initial captured karaage don... stay healthy if eat regularly

  • @mysticery
    @mysticery Год назад +11

    Its actually quite depressing for some of the meals. Hmm. But i appreciate the budget meal option.

  • @zanegamingtv2252
    @zanegamingtv2252 Год назад +4

    I had $2.60 cai fan for one month straight and no complains at all. Same ingredients same stall.

  • @AmandaFengYX
    @AmandaFengYX Год назад +13

    im sitting on all ur popmarts tomorrow

    • @EatbookYT
      @EatbookYT  Год назад

      dont do this to us please...

  • @agoodlif3
    @agoodlif3 Год назад +2

    sew, seems confident and happy on this ep 😊

  • @huimin3857
    @huimin3857 Год назад +8

    Loves Sew so much!!! Pls cast her more in eating challenges

  • @pooiyian
    @pooiyian Год назад +3

    How come Amanda didn’t use the website when she was at Orchard?

  • @beezlebub9
    @beezlebub9 Год назад +6

    Tbh, some of them must have been so hungry at the end of the day.

  • @FlashyKitCut
    @FlashyKitCut Год назад +2

    Lery is so adorable!

  • @shan1enti1
    @shan1enti1 Год назад +14

    Does Sew save her salary? haha.

  • @xzuiq76
    @xzuiq76 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love this challenge relatable to us

  • @MPov331
    @MPov331 Месяц назад

    Gahmen should use means tested charging for all f&b, can use singpass verify income bands

  • @cookiedough124
    @cookiedough124 Год назад +1

    amanda pls share the lipgloss u’re wearing at 7:55!

  • @khairunnisamohdsalleh7793
    @khairunnisamohdsalleh7793 Год назад +2

    Lery so cute and funny hahaha❤

  • @FAHAWAY
    @FAHAWAY Год назад +1

    Omgggg Lery!!! Soo happy to see a Bidadarian 🎉🎉😊😊

  • @sailoreo
    @sailoreo Год назад +3

    Lery and his kopiiii

  • @MsLilac88
    @MsLilac88 Год назад +1

    Hello eatbook, I always feel intrigued by your amazing food recommendation videos. 😊 You guys are so creative. 👍

  • @kevinlie2725
    @kevinlie2725 Год назад

    OG 72 hour challenge let’s goooooooo

  • @EliteGamerjw
    @EliteGamerjw Год назад

    Sew most funny I keep replay the part when she touch the egg tart with weird expression 😂😂😂😂

  • @Jayvin_0101
    @Jayvin_0101 6 месяцев назад +1

    Sew ur not the only one, I also hate veggies and my school said the top 1 group in Chinese will get Bubble tea instead of top 3 and I am top 3 so now I want I mean need bubble teaaaaaa

  • @junminnie
    @junminnie 11 месяцев назад +1

    So it's like Rahmah meal but better cuz the Rahmah meals here are kinda scammy lmao damn small portion

  • @aurelialo5251
    @aurelialo5251 8 месяцев назад

    I'm a Singaporean living in Switzerland and i really do miss the convenience and also the cost of getting food in Singapore.

    • @EatbookYT
      @EatbookYT  8 месяцев назад

      Hope you're coming back to SG soon!! ✌️

  • @user-ic4ye3ws7x
    @user-ic4ye3ws7x Год назад +2

    This wasn't pointed out - not all budget meals are healthy or nutritious .

  • @Adam-eb8ue
    @Adam-eb8ue Год назад

    Imho. Not going to travel just to buy the budget food. Would be over budget if I factor in the two way transport cost. Convenience still come 1st. 😊

  • @MPov331
    @MPov331 Месяц назад

    Go to makan place n say no more... hawkers wayang for gov 😂

  • @kokhwaliaw246
    @kokhwaliaw246 Месяц назад +1

    Mcdonalds vanila cone $1

  • @Quackity_quackl
    @Quackity_quackl Год назад +5

    Gotta say the distorted voice filter is overused and painful to hear.

  • @erfamuhammad373
    @erfamuhammad373 Год назад +1

    Great video! Now please try to find halal variety food that cost not more than $4.

  • @rainraingoaway9897
    @rainraingoaway9897 Год назад

    Try eating only cai fan for 72h👍🏻👍🏻

  • @SylviaChang-k2g
    @SylviaChang-k2g 11 месяцев назад

    Eatbook please make Keto diet challenge or LCHF challenge…

  • @jytan740
    @jytan740 Год назад

    every meal eat cai fan sure pass

  • @krigop
    @krigop Год назад +7

    4:41 thats not a drink lmao

    • @raaaaawrbin
      @raaaaawrbin Год назад

      Yea I thought everything had to be bought outside that's why the other talents always bought a drink...

    • @e33miko
      @e33miko Год назад

      ya wtf when i saw that i rly thought its a joke

  • @krystlebeveridge6695
    @krystlebeveridge6695 Год назад

    I'd sneak over to JB for the 72 hours 😆

  • @Jearvill
    @Jearvill Год назад

    2:40 Next video idea?

  • @gweejiahan9336
    @gweejiahan9336 Год назад

    9:19 I see the cup i hear the price i already know thats the bloody HOLIM drinks KNN $2.30 for not even alot of liquid. everytime i order drinks i ask is it holim if yes then nah.

  • @ling2035
    @ling2035 Год назад

    @sew you can still order like chicken thigh without bones.
    Usually when i order these kind, i will ask the stall owner to help debone and deskin directly, easier for them to do it than we do it ourselves

  • @ddreco4824
    @ddreco4824 Год назад

    Can we have a halal budget food version? It will be harder to find

  • @cs2007new
    @cs2007new Год назад

    unfortunately I cant find any budget meal near my house...Showing 0 result(s) near Airview Park (Within 2km)
    We can't seem to find any results that match your search or filter. Though I like to find gf like chow who like cai fan & bring own water bottle everywhere.

  • @joanne1004
    @joanne1004 Год назад +3

    Relatable, but not very possible in the CBD... plus pretty unhealthy and not very balanced diet :/

    • @gladiatorgamer9502
      @gladiatorgamer9502 Год назад +2

      Cook urself then if u want to save money

    • @joanne1004
      @joanne1004 Год назад +3

      @@gladiatorgamer9502 Hi, no need to be rude. Cooking is definitely a good way to save money, but what's the chances that most people have a good enough work life balance to be able to spend that much more time grocery shopping and cooking? Please do understand that work life balance in general in Singapore is also not very conducive to this.

  • @violettxz
    @violettxz Год назад +2

    Itea bbt is under $4 😂

  • @lingth
    @lingth 6 месяцев назад

    Imagine you can eat anything for $4 per meal
    Ok so i can eat 6 meals a day at $4 per meal? Lol
    Breakfast, Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, Dinner, Supper..

  • @wrongamount
    @wrongamount Год назад +4

    i hate cai fan because honestly.......my mother cooks way better LOL
    and I'd rather cook for myself too!!!!! cook>>>>>>outside food

  • @sleepyqueen999
    @sleepyqueen999 Год назад +2

    Hello eatbook, love your videos but you guys need more muslim talents for this kind of challenge also. So we know the website would be useful for muslim people as well. As a muslim watching this, I don’t feel its useful for me

  • @lingth
    @lingth 6 месяцев назад

    Yong Tau Foo isnt budget or under $4 these days.. each piece is $0.70 already ..5 pc of it is $3.50 already.

  • @destruction8192
    @destruction8192 Год назад

    I eat $2 caifan everyday

  • @HOUSE126GAGA
    @HOUSE126GAGA Год назад +1

    i dont feel I can full from the amount of the food

  • @snsdjerry
    @snsdjerry Год назад +4

    $4 halal edition if you can do that then i will salute u

  • @drwtng
    @drwtng Год назад

    No hate....but was Sew a last minute replacement in this episode...she looks really tired (during the intro segment) and unusually for her on a shoot, less made-up..... get some rest girl....

  • @bengchookoh4847
    @bengchookoh4847 Год назад

    你们新加坡年轻总是开口都爱说英语。

  • @joshualee8151
    @joshualee8151 Год назад +3

    much respect towards chow for the water bottle!!! i myself would die drinking that much tasteless water!!! i need gatorade propel atleast! or give me some 99 cent arizona cans
    and im sorry gladys.... i woulda slapped a mofo in australia for pricing arizona watermelon can for 4 bucks... its 99 cents!!!! it has it on the can!!!!! i pay less then that for a gallon of the green tea!!! that was insane!!!!! 🥲🥲

  • @YugenRaven
    @YugenRaven 10 месяцев назад

    Showing 0 result(s) near '-----' (Within 2km) , guess another useful thing that it does is to let me know that my area has nothing below $4..

  • @josivetang7323
    @josivetang7323 Год назад +70

    Can Eatbook please do a challenge for cheap & good hawker food that are healthy (fits HPB's Healthy Plate requirements)? That's a totally realistic everyday challenge, since we rely on hawker food for meals on workdays!

  • @adhiantos
    @adhiantos Год назад +63

    Thank you Sew for giving idea for the next 72 hour challenge: 72 Hour homecooked meal challenge 😂

  • @StarryMaple
    @StarryMaple Год назад +55

    Feel like this episode just shows how dystopian food prices are getting here, instead of showing that food is "affordable" or "budget friendly". Amanda eating 1 popiah for lunch or Lery eating 3 meatballs shouldn't be counted as a meal. How is that supposed to give anyone proper nutrition or even energy to continue the day? Also wildly out of context to compare with Switzerland to show that Singapore food is "affordable". Labour is "expensive"/people are paid better in European countries, people there generally earn a higher proportional salary which gives them purchasing power to buy a "$4" water. This whole episode just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

    • @beezlebub9
      @beezlebub9 Год назад +8

      I so agree. And I don’t think they would have found this sustainable.

    • @pooiyian
      @pooiyian Год назад +4

      Yea three meatballs… how not to be hungry?

    • @Timholle
      @Timholle Год назад +1

      It just shows how privileged the younger gen these days are. They don’t even know where to get cheap affordable food

  • @Dylan-le8nm
    @Dylan-le8nm Год назад +13

    I can relate to the soup BCM that Sew had, my grandparents always dabao that and its legendary.

  • @Musicismyseoul94
    @Musicismyseoul94 Год назад +19

    Budget meal especially when you need to eat Halal food is hard. Especially, when the Malay stalls sells expensive food. The cheapest Halal meal you could prolly arnd $5-$6. And yet Chinese ppl complained everytime they have nothing to eat. When they have a wide variety to choose from

  • @kayabuns
    @kayabuns Год назад +7

    7:06 this part killed me hahahahah Amanda is always so funny!

  • @clarry122
    @clarry122 Год назад +8

    liho got bbt 0.60 for first time app users and daily $2 x 2 bbt hehe.

    • @EatbookYT
      @EatbookYT  Год назад

      not the bubble tea promo 🤭

    • @clarry122
      @clarry122 Год назад

      @@EatbookYT bbt > food 🫣🫣🫣

  • @z.zaimie1406
    @z.zaimie1406 Год назад +3

    Chow will survive in very difficult situation..Siew....not sure how she will survive lol

  • @Kentokki007
    @Kentokki007 11 месяцев назад +2

    I've said it before, i ll say it again. Lery a cutie.

  • @roykoh15
    @roykoh15 Год назад +2

    for the budget of under $4.00 for a meal. Meal isn't proper at all.
    😔

  • @potatoes3212
    @potatoes3212 Год назад +3

    If only Malaysia had this system... Nowadays easily spend more than rm10 for 1 simple meal...

    • @mokieth3456
      @mokieth3456 11 месяцев назад

      what about Menu Rahmah?

  • @xiaoxi20
    @xiaoxi20 Год назад +3

    Love the vibes in the video!!! Kudos all!! 🎉🎉❤

  • @fireboykhai
    @fireboykhai Год назад +3

    I love love hawker food! There are so many options for such an affordable price. I can't imagine a future where hawker centres are no longer available.

    • @noranizaazmi6523
      @noranizaazmi6523 Год назад +2

      Now that’s a nightmarish thought

    • @Timholle
      @Timholle Год назад

      Singaporeans all too pampered & spoilt, no one wants to be hawker. Supply would drop & prices of hawker food will rise

  • @asampedas6933
    @asampedas6933 11 месяцев назад +1

    Love the content. However in Singapore where the lower income consists of people from diverse races and religions it would be great to have a cast reflect a representative of that for this episode. Besides prata what other halal alternatives are there? It is good to highlight the lack of options for this group. Perhaps the government can include a halal option for at least 1 location.

  • @ijustwannabehappy4509
    @ijustwannabehappy4509 11 месяцев назад +1

    Orchard towers had caifan for less than 4 dollars (for 3 ingredients) ❤ Its near the orchard mrt near thai embassy

  • @NellLiuNini
    @NellLiuNini 11 месяцев назад +1

    Please bring Chow in more videos!

  • @mshashmount
    @mshashmount Год назад +1

    again, LOVE LERY !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @cantonas11
    @cantonas11 Год назад

    Went to one pf the coffee shop listed. The aglio olio items listed at sgd3 were not available when i asked for them. I gave up and ordered the sgd3 chai png set butbwas charged sgd3.50. Sus.

  • @lingth
    @lingth 6 месяцев назад

    In Orchard road..to get $4 meals.. can go into a 7-11 or Cheers, and get a sandwich or Tuna Mayo Onigiri.. or a MacDonald's, and get a Burger.. only..

  • @lingth
    @lingth 6 месяцев назад

    (Joking)
    Dear Editor, i am taking a Grab ride of $9 to goto the Kopitiam to eat my $4 budget meal.

  • @embershen364
    @embershen364 Год назад

    Well in the US I got Panera Bread's (a sandwich fast food chain) Unlimited Sip's Club (for free, 2 months-free trial), which allows me to get any drink each hour haha

  • @lunax5098
    @lunax5098 Год назад

    9:55 in England water can cost up to £2.50 which is 4.18 Singapore Dollar🥲

  • @Khinh-xq6lx
    @Khinh-xq6lx Год назад

    they look like they haven't had square pizza

  • @jemaimeco3245
    @jemaimeco3245 Год назад +3

    Is it possible to do a eating out on a budget (high protein meal)?🤣

  • @zazazazaza1999
    @zazazazaza1999 8 месяцев назад

    That’s such a cool website/app!

  • @thunder05kokey13
    @thunder05kokey13 3 месяца назад

    More episode like this hehe

  • @jacobproduct2830
    @jacobproduct2830 Год назад

    go r&b lol got bb tea for $2

  • @HONG38
    @HONG38 Год назад

    how much is a MCD sundae cone???

  • @szlszlszl
    @szlszlszl Год назад

    Sew can be our sugar mommy

  • @weiqianggeraldchoo7157
    @weiqianggeraldchoo7157 Год назад +2

    From what Charmaine ate at the 827, i presume that time she went, the whole coffeeshop was under renovation with new stalls coming in.. that was like first half of the year.. haha

  • @Whatexactlyispeace
    @Whatexactlyispeace Год назад +4

    Wow.. I spent $60 per day on my meals. I think I should be feeling guilty now

    • @poolfans
      @poolfans Год назад

      $60 a day on food? You work at city area?

    • @pyschannel3831
      @pyschannel3831 Год назад

      All good if you can earn more than 60 per day.

    • @Whatexactlyispeace
      @Whatexactlyispeace Год назад +1

      @@poolfans yes

    • @Whatexactlyispeace
      @Whatexactlyispeace Год назад +3

      @@pyschannel3831 yes.. actually it’s more a mental block for me. I work in city area and a plate of chicken rice cost $8 and ban mian $6.5. Growing up, these food cost $2-$3 so I cannot bear to pay this kind of prices.
      I ended up paying $20 for meals at restaurant haha 😆

    • @knock-knockwhosthere9933
      @knock-knockwhosthere9933 Год назад +2

      If you are rich or parents rich or spouse rich then don't need to feel guilty. You are contributing to sustain the dire economy. 😊