Why we love Singapore

Singapore suspends Newton hawker stall's license for overcharging tourist!

This reminds me of an experience that a bunch of us had in Croatia. Having randomly decided to go to a particularly scenic island (Korcula? God, I should keep journals), we walked by a lovely seaside restaurant. It seemed family run, very homely and the guy seemed nice. Too nice, as he let us order enough for roughly 10 people without ever letting on that it would be way too much.

This brings us to the educational portion of my blog, my way of giving back to society:

Tip 1: always be careful when the menu has no prices
Tip 2: never trust waiters
Tip 3: that will be $362 plus 10% service plus 7% VAT plus 2% iodine (in the salt) and fluoride (in the water) levy. And don't forget to tip!

Eventually, we had many of the classic dishes (according to the guidebooks), presumably at the expense of half the sea-dwelling creatures on that beach. Nothing was even remotely finished. But wait, the kicker is yet to come.

We ponied up something like €120 each. Each. The situation clearly reflected the world's most expensive lunch, or the world's dumbest tourists. Or both.

Now, in the present incident, I believe the Singapore authorities not only acted to shut these money-grubbers down, but also contacted the - get this! - American tourists (why always?) about refunding their excessive bill.

PS: I believe the island was Lopud.