The owner tells 8days.sg that a hawker from China will be taking over his stall unit at Maxwell Food Centre.
The reason for selling their recipes was that hawker Ng Kok Hua, 66, his wife and his three siblings had all wanted to retire to nurse their ailing health. But there were no takers for their $1mil offer, and they announced that they were closing their stall in March 2022.
It has since been a year, and the Ngs have finally decided to bite the bullet and retire. The backbreaking work of making Hokkien fritters took a huge toll on them, and they could no longer put off seeking medical help. He had been planning to quietly close his stall on July 2 . He did not want attention as he was terrified that customers would throng his stall before its closure. “It is very hard for us to serve a lot of customers when our health is already not good. I don’t want to disappoint anyone who comes here to queue,” he shared.Found another tenant to take over
. But Kok Hua discloses that he is still suffering financially from the Covid-19 pandemic, as his operating expenses are higher than the average hawker’s. Kok Hua pointed out that there were several deterring factors, like the declining popularity of his traditional fritters. “Our food is not for everyone — the youth can’t appreciate it and old people may not be able to fork out a lot for handmade ngoh hiang,” he observed. “Some potential buyers who took a look felt it wasn’t worth it to pay for the recipe. There are just too many steps to make [the fritters], and most customers aren’t that fussy [about the quality] anyway.”.
we have to consider many things, like whether they are sincere about taking over and whether they have experience in F&B. If they give up halfway, it will spoil our legacy.”
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