Scene1, Act 1: A Noodle Story stall at Amoy Street Hawker Centre.
Auntie: Small, medium, large?
Me (in level headed Singaporean mode): Medium.
Auntie: $11.
Me (silently as I dug deeper into my skinny wallet): What? For $3 more, I can have ramen served at my table in air con comfort. Here, it is so hot, I have to find my own table with food in hand and fight tissue packs, umbrellas, yesterday's newspapers etc for a seat at a barely cleaned, sticky, greasy table.