{
  "id": 5489042,
  "title": "Food delivery rider flies from China to S'pore on S$455 flight to collect S$13.50 curry puff order",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/food-delivery-rider-flies-from-china-to-spore-on-s-455-flight-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T18:43:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/09/meituan-hong-lim-curry-puff-china-spore/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A food delivery rider from China traveled from China to Singapore on a S$455 flight to collect a S$13.50 order of curry puffs from Hong Lim Curry Puff. This occurred around 4:30pm on August 31st at the fourth floor food court of PLQ Mall. Chloe番茄力, a Xiaohongshu user, witnessed the rider interacting with a staff member at the curry puff stall. She suspected a language barrier and offered assistance. Upon closer inspection, she noticed the rider was wearing a Meituan uniform, the technology company's platform for food delivery in mainland China. Intrigued, Chloe documented the scene with her phone. The rider explained that his customer was from China and had ordered six curry puffs in both curry potato and sardine flavors. He revealed the plane ticket cost S$455, while the food itself was priced at S$13.50. The Meituan founder, Victoria Loh, was in Hainan for a roadshow in May 2026, where she discovered the curry puffs were popular locally. Loh expressed happiness at the opportunity to share Singapore's curry puffs with the rider's customer.",
  "summary": "All the way for curry puff.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}