They start preparing their batter at midnight, adding the yeast they made by hand to the mix that gives the hawker couple’s old-school min jiang kueh a uniquely soft and chewy texture.
are pretty common in Singapore, the Dengs’ business stands out for two reasons. Firstly, they open at 3.30am and end their operations sometime around 11.30am. Due to their advanced age, they rest on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.asks the hawker uncle, who is chattier and more smiley than his reticent wife. “Aiyah, by the time we finish working it is around midnight, might as well open [our stall],” he replies cheerfully.
According to the uncle, he starts the yeast-making at 6pm. He does not divulge the process, but tells us that it contains a starter inherited from his father-in-law, who originally opened the min jiang kueh stall at Margaret Drive in the ’60s before Uncle Deng and his wife took over it.
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