He’s been busy expanding his zi char place Charcoal Fish Head Restaurant at Kallang after closing SG Umami and Geon Bae.
Less than two years after opening at his beer garden Playground in a Kallang industrial canteen, Ben Yeo has closed his izakaya-style hawker stall SG Umami.
“Some friends and customers gave me feedback that the pizzas tasted different or were not as good as before. Our pizzas are handmade and even though I have an SOP for making it, we could not maintain the quality that I want ’cos our staff kept changing. Like many F&B businesses, we face manpower shortage,” lamented the 44-year-old actor.
The closure was not a financial loss for him. “The business was doing okay. We did not lose money,” he explained. But he has also shuttered his Korean fusion lok lok stall Geon Bae, which used to occupy the stall space next to SG Umami and was opened by the same partners.Since closing the two stalls in January this year, Ben has been focusing on expanding his zi char concept Charcoal Fish Head Restaurant, which is also located in the same Kallang canteen.
According to Ben, business has been “steadily growing” since it opened last May. He and his partners, which include Ben’s zi char cook cousin Ah Di and celeb chef Cao Yong, have been looking into opening a second outlet.
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