Who knew that a simple drinking session could lead to a business venture. For Ong Weijie and Xavier Lim Teck Leong, both 29, one such session spawned a crazy idea, which they turned it into reality — a hawker stall, to be exact. And while it only just opened on Aug 10, the pair have already established a base of...
Duo makes 'impulsive decision' to set up hawker stall selling 2 dishes, already drawing regular customers
"It actually was an impulsive decision," Xavier told AsiaOne when we visited his stall one weekday afternoon.The chef of 10 years — who previously worked for restaurants like Iru Den, Birds of a Feather and Bam! — had been thinking of delving into the hawker scene for some time already.They weren't particularly keen, though, on their son entering this line of work.
Unlike Weijie, Xavier didn't have extensive culinary experience, but he used to help his father—who was one of the people who brought the famous Kin Kin Pan Mee to Singapore—in the kitchen. All in all, they have pumped around $15,000 to $20,000 of their savings into the business, including rent and equipment."Our savings were dried up. The moment we set up our stall and the first batch of ingredients came in, my bank account had around $300 left," Xavier revealed to us.Fights, spoilt meat and other challengesIn fact, they squabble almost every single day.
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