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Straits Times reporter Cherie Lok picking surplus food from the buffet at Asian Market Cafe in Fairmont Singapore.
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SINGAPORE – The most overused phrase in food reporting right now – or any form of local news, for that matter – might just be “rising cost”.
It is a scourge that afflicts all – from suppliers grappling with farming shortages to customers wondering why their shrinking plate of chicken rice now costs nearly a dollar more.
