I am building Fooglemap, a map for affordable local meals with real menu-price examples.
The useful lesson this week was to stop pitching it as a global restaurant map and focus on places where the data is already concrete. In the current public feed, Southeast Asia has 46 entries: Thailand 22, Singapore 11, Malaysia 9, the Philippines 2, and Indonesia 2.
The entries that feel useful are specific: THB 60 pork basil rice, SGD 3 pork congee, MYR 3 budget meals, IDR 5,000 noodles. That is more useful than another generic best restaurants list.
I am now thinking city-first: highlight strong city pages, clearly label thin regions, and ask locals for one everyday cheap meal they would add.
