China’s Meituan food delivery rider flies to Singapore on S$454 flight just to collect customer’s S$13.50 curry puff order
6 curry puffs, 1 plane ticket, and a S$454 journey all the way from China to Singapore — all for one Chinese customer's craving for a tasty SG snack This article ( China’s Meituan food delivery rider flies to Singapore on S$454 flight just to collect customer’s S$13.50 curry puff order ) first appeared on The Independent Singapore News .
A Meituan food delivery rider from China flew to Singapore on a S$454 flight solely to collect a customer's S$13.50 order of six curry puffs. The customer, also from China, had ordered the six curry puffs with curry potato flavour. The rider, identified by Xiaohongshu user "Chloe番茄力," was spotted at PLQ Mall on August 31st wearing a yellow Meituan delivery uniform.
He arrived at Hong Lim Curry Puff, located on the fourth floor of PLQ Mall, around 4:30 pm on the same day. The customer approached Chloe and explained that his flight had cost approximately 2,400 yuan (S$454), making the flight alone more than 33 times the value of the food collected. Victoria Loh, founder of Hong Lim Curry Puff, expressed that she had visited Hainan in May 2026 for a roadshow and was impressed by the locals' fondness for curry puffs.
She felt her two-year-old business was validated by the unexpected customer's order, which allowed them to taste Singapore from afar.
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