Groceries... and more groceries...

Everyone have been asking us – Is it expensive to shop in Lausanne / Morges? What is cheap there? I will list some of the things we buy every few days and you can decide…

EXCHANGE RATE: CHF 1 = SGD 1.37

Conversation between 2 parties:
A: This is a great recipe! What type of meat should I cook this with?!?
B: Any meat that is on offer is good with this recipe

This is so true. Now when we shop - we look out for neon yellow sign that says "ACTION". This roughly translate to: "This is on offer, so if you don't wanna burst your budget, buy this NOW!!!!!!"

Here are some of the items we bought and you can decide on the price:
- 200g Nutella: CHF 2.90
- Margarine: CHF 1.95
- 6 cans of Coke: CHF 3.95
- Iceberg Lettuce: CHF 1.95
- 1l of fresh milk: CHF 1.40
- 4 pcs of marinated pork chops: CHF 8.95 (ACTION)
- 4 pcs of marinated chicken legs: CHF 9.90 (ACTION)

Cheap? We think it is comparable... hence we cook at home most of the time. The 2 times we ate out:

1 - 2 economy rice (a portion of Rice + Sweet & Sour Chicken) from Asian Cafe (where we regularly steal the internet bandwidth) = CHF 23.90


Jeremy @ the cafe - before we have to pay the bill

2 - 1 regular McRaclette (cheese burger) meal + 1 kid-size Oriental Burger = CHF 16.20

(In case you do not know - Switzerland is in the top 5 of the McDonald index)