2009-06-18

瑞士的Big Mac

上星期談過經濟學人(The Economist)雜誌的Big Mac Index。今次不談經濟,只談老麥。

我並不完全否定快餐,但認為老麥只是快餐中的下品,甚少光顧(要吃這類東西,我寧可去Burger King。Burger King在澳洲叫Hungry Jack)。偶爾光顧時也少吃Big Mac(我寧可吃豬柳蛋漢堡)。

就如Big Mac Index顯示,澳洲的Big Mac頗便宜,但香港的Big Mac更便宜。總體來說,Big Mac在亞洲區的售價一般較美國低(但未必較當地一般食品價格低),而在歐洲價錢頗為驚人(但又未必較當地一般食品價格高)。從附表看,在挪威或瑞士吃一個Big Mac,幾乎要花6美元!

挪威我還沒有去過。瑞士的老麥倒是去過兩次。瑞士甚麼都貴,在Geneva覓食,將當地價格換算為澳元時,未吃先吃一驚。所以,就算Geneva的老麥價錢超貴,卻苦無較便宜的選擇。

但為甚麼幾天之內要去兩次?不就為了隨meal deals贈送的Coke懷舊玻璃杯!



吃在瑞士,只有一樣不(太)貴,就是雪糕。在Geneva吃Movenpick,一點不貴。Lugano滿街都買gelato,價格跟意大利的差不了太多。

10 則留言:

  1. 沒錯,完全認同~
    真是~太貴啦~
    不過這和當地的收入水平,應有直接關係
    我賺台幣,花法郎,怎樣都是有極大的落差

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  2. 去歐洲玩,早已對高物價有心理準備,但還是被日內瓦的價格嚇了一跳。

    所以,日內瓦提供給遊客的免費市內交通優惠,特別覺得難能可貴。

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  3. I just came back from Lugano... train fares are so expensive in Switzerland!

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  4. everything's expensive in switzerland! from my experience, the only thing relatively cheap (only relatively) there is gelato.

    did you just go to lugano, or some other places as well?

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  5. in swiss I went to Lugano, Locarno and Heidiland (staying in Zurich). Then went to French Riviera: Nice, Cannes, Grasse, Antibes, Menton, Eze, Monaco. Much cheaper than Swiss and much better weather and food.

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  6. Never been to the French Riviera. Next year, may be?

    You drove, or relied on public transport?

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  7. public transport, trains are frequent and cheap. but i think it's better to drive cos you can go to more places.

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  8. may seek you advice later. i'm planning a "grand tour" of europe for 2010.

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  9. didn't you read that i just won the lottery? :-)

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