Former sales director Ken Chong, who left his cushy six-figure job to open a nasi lemak stall, has seen some ups and downs in his brief two years in business.
Two years and two stalls later, hawkers Ken Chong and Sofie Tsoi are starting all over again at their latest location in Tanjong Pagar.
It has been months of upheaval for the husband-and-wife couple, who started selling nasi lemak after KenNo part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission fromDespite being new to F&B, the duo garnered a pool of customers with their mod nasi lemak, which is served in sets with uncommon add-on options like house-made deep-fried pork belly and sambal petai.
They first set up shop at a quiet French Road kopitiam, but later moved to a more populated spot in Tiong Bahru, taking over the former Loo’s Hainanese Curry Rice stall. As luck would have it, that coffeeshop was sold in April this year, and Ken and Sofie had to look for another location again despite enjoying booming sales.A few months on, they shifted their stall to a newly renovated coffeeshop at Cantonment Road, and reopened for business on Sept 5. “I wanted to cater to the working crowd, so we moved to Tanjong Pagar,” Ken tells 8days.sg.
Despite an increase in costs for ingredients like rice, eggs and ikan bilis, he keeps prices unchanged at his new spot, starting from
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Paul Tambyah's mother, AWWA School founder Leaena Tambyah, dies at age 86The Independent Singapore extends our heartfelt condolences to Mrs Tambyah's loved ones during this difficult time
Read more »
Korea’s ‘most handsome monk’ is so popular, tickets to his temple tour are all sold outVenerable Beomjeong, aka the “Flower Monk”, is quite the social media influencer in Korea.
Read more »
Effective Techniques To Make Value Investing Work For YouValue investing is a popular technique that has helped many investors succeed, including Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and Peter Lynch
Read more »
More writers sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI trainingSAN FRANCISCO — A group of United States authors, including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon, has sued OpenAI in federal court in San Francisco, accusing the Microsoft-backed program of misusing their writing to train its popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT.
Read more »
More writers sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI trainingA group of US authors, including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon, has sued OpenAI in federal court in San Francisco, accusing the Microsoft-backed program of misusing their writing to train its popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT. Chabon, playwright David Henry Hwang and authors Ma
Read more »