Second-generation former owner of the famed Heng Ji Chicken Rice hawker stall, Mr Chan Yeow Seng, died on Aug 7. He was 81. His death comes about a year after his wife, Madam Lim En Ai, died at age 80 on Aug 21, 2023. She helped him run the stall for over 40 years before...
Second-generation former owner of the famed Heng Ji Chicken Rice hawker stall, Mr Chan Yeow Seng, died on Aug 7. He was 81.
Hawker Melvin Chew posted about Mr Chan’s death on the Hawkers United – Dabao 2020 Facebook page on Aug 8. He remembers both Mr Chan and Madam Lim as friendly and down to earth even though their stall was one of the most popular in the hawker centre. It often drew long queues for both lunch and dinner.
The stall was started by Mr Chan’s father, who used to operate it in Smith Street. Mr Chan, who took over the stall, moved it to Chinatown Complex in 1983, said Mr Lee Hon Sang, 74, who worked as Mr Chan’s stall assistant for decades and is now employed by the stall’s current owners. The cousins, who are originally from Johor and are Singapore permanent residents, took over the stall in 2022.Ms Jersey Ng, who first ate at Heng Ji Chicken Rice five years ago and was impressed, said in Mandarin: “I felt it was a very old-school style of chicken rice and suited my taste.”“It was a rare chance to learn from a chicken rice master. I wanted to preserve the traditional style of cooking the dish and the name of the stall,” she said.
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