---
title: "Parent says NTU food 'more expensive than outside', worried about 'financial burden' on students"
url: "/singapore-seen/parent-says-ntu-food-more-expensive-than-outside-worried-about-financial-burden-on"
published: "2024-08-26T07:54:59.000Z"
updated: "2024-09-03T05:34:00.000Z"
section: "Singapore Seen"
authors: ["Cherlynn Ng"]
tags: ["food","expensive","expensive food","food court","school","student","students","parent"]
---

# Parent says NTU food 'more expensive than outside', worried about 'financial burden' on students

*A parent has raised concerns about supposedly high food prices at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). *

Update on Sept 3:

NTU stall owner explains her food prices after parent's complaint, says this is not cai fan

Original article:

A parent has raised concerns about supposedly high food prices at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Stomper Fen, who identified herself as a "concerned parent", shared her worries after paying $6.30 for a meal at NTU's Hall 2 food court.

She said she was charged $6.30 for economy rice with pork, egg and brinjal on Aug 21.

Fen recounted: "This plate of cai fan cost a whopping $6.30!!! I was charged $1.50 each for vegetables, $2.50 for pork and $0.80 for rice.

"This is what NTU students have to pay for lunch daily, which is more expensive than outside. Cai fan with one meat and two vegetables cost $2.90 at a coffee shop in Bedok."

Fei also complained about the sausage baked rice from another stall.

![](https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/stomp/5227c744b9e6ffd3956f407a8847a037e96ffd5c6618a1bf5c2a781fda756f3d)

The Stomper added: "Sausage baked rice at $4.75 looks so unappetising!

"Generally, food at NTU is not as good as the old days when workers from nearby factories and offices would drive in to have their lunches there.

"It will be a financial burden and stress on students if they can't have access to decent food at reasonable and affordable prices within the campus, especially when they may not have the luxury of time to travel out for meals and have to eat at the few food courts or canteens for all their meals."