'Isn't hash brown a potato?' Stall at Koufu food court charges diner $2.20 for item, labels it 'fish fillet'

[UPDATED Oct 27]

In response to AsiaOne's queries, Koufu said that the hash brown is an item the nasi padang stall sells out of the menu. Hence, a point of sale (POS) key was not created for this item.

"Nevertheless, Koufu will review on the pricing with the tenant," the company said, adding that it has also reached out to the customer.

A diner was left quite perplexed after a nasi padang stall charged her a serving of hash brown at $2.20, labelling it as 'fish fillet'.

Taking to Complaint Singapore Facebook page on Wednesday (Oct 15) , user Wingardium Leviosa wrote about her experience ordering nasi padang at Koufu food court at Singapore General Hospital (SGH).

This diner shared an image of her meal, stating that she only ordered a meat and two potato dishes.

Taken aback that her dish cost $8, she checked the receipt which showed that her hash brown item was labelled 'fish fillet' and priced at $2.20.

She wrote: "$8 for 1 meat and 2 potatoes sides. Isn't hash brown a potato? But she charge me under fish fillet."

Clarifying the charges made with the nasi padang stall, she said a staff member replied that hash brown is still charged as 'meat'.

"She said it's still meat item. Like seriously?" She wrote. 

Some netizens in the comments section were appalled by the stall's pricing system.

$8 bee hoon at SGH food court

Last Friday (Oct 20), a similar complaint was made on Complaint Singapore Facebook page after a diner was charged $8 for bee hoon at SGH's food court. 

"First time eat so expensive vegetarian bee hoon," Facebook user, Eric Tan wrote in his post, sharing a photo of bee hoon topped with vegetarian roast goose, fried egg and long beans.

However, the stall assistant told Shin Min Daily News that he had seen the Facebook post and said that the diner should be billed only $7 for the food shown in the photo.

AsiaOne has reached out to Wingardium Leviosa and Koufu for comment.

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ashwini.balan@asiaone.com