Hong Kong Bachelor Lunch (per Chungking Express)

Canned fried dace with black beans on rice.
A delicious and simple if oily and vegetable-deficient* dinner. Just like Takeshi eats!


79 cents at 99 "For 100 We Try Harder" Ranch.
(This will serve 3 people)
Do the math (well, I'll do it for y'all):
79 cents/3=26 cents
plus 5 oz. rice @ 1.5 cents per oz. = 7.5 cents
TOTAL: 33.5 cents.
Not bad, eh? Enough of these will offset the cost of our Chez Panisse meals!

*Adding slices of cucumber would add an intsy bit of nutritional value (can't forget your fiber, calcium, Vitamins A & C, and iron!) as well as balance out the oily-/saltiness.
If one cucumber costs 99 cents, a generous serving of 1/3 cucumber would come out to be 33 cents, bringing the grand total (of a more balanced meal) to 66.5 cents.
-Di