Looks light a mighty fine meal. We have been trying specifically not to calculate the cost of things in Suriname lately, mostly because many items are up 300% from what they were two years ago, and also the value of the Suriname dollar has fallen 120% since we moved here.
At this point life here is cheaper than my homestate of Indiana in the USA, so that is why we are trying to immigrate at the moment, because our freedom of movement is now heavily restricted, and now the USA actually looks livable for once in my life, at least compared to to our situation here.
I do remember when I worked in the USA as a day-laborer in 2010, I spend roughly 60% of my income of food, and I almost never ate or ate anything fancy. Being a vegan in the land of meat and dairy subsidies isn't cheap.
That is the problem of meat based diet. I personally eat everything. But I don't enjoy or miss meat that much.
Lots of it have been changing here too in a small way. There are lot more vegeterian options these days which are cheaper and healthier. Also people are leaning towards kitchen garden in urban setting, which not only reduces the cost but also gives people healthy options.
That is good news considering we may be in the USA within in a year. We may even visit Texas too, I once read an article about a Cambodian community in the countryside there that grows kangkong, which is technically an illegal invasive plant, but it's sold openly in many Asian grocery stores.
There are many Asian groceries in town. Too many to count actually