With more than 270 stalls housed on the second level of Block 335 in Smith Street, the Chinatown Complex Food Centre resembles something of a maze. In fact, organisers of a scavenger hunt may well use the place in tasking participants to find Kook@Chinatown — a stall selling Indian-style mutton soup. Many would fail the test. I almost did when...
Ng Khai Choon pays a monthly rent of just $1 for his stall [email protected] more than 270 stalls housed on the second level of Block 335 in Smith Street, the Chinatown Complex Food Centre resembles something of a maze.
Ng, 57, isn't complaining too much though. After all, his monthly rent costs just a single dollar — as he brazenly advertises at the front of his stall."Basically, how it works is, if the stall has been in the tender process for months without bids, I will recce the place to see if it meets my criteria. This stall is near my home, it's the ideal size and is quite airy. So I placed a bid for $1 and got it," he explained.
Kook@Chinatown sells just four dishes — aloo gobi chapati, lentil soup, mixed salad and mutton ribs soup. Save for the latter, everything else is vegan. If you're like me and put a premium on the quality of the meat, then Kook's mutton soup ranks supreme. The meat could be prodded off the bone with a gentle nudge of the plastic spoon, and unlike other Indian mutton soup dishes, the meat here is as fresh as they come.
"It was all through trial and error. I'll taste it, then add this and minus that. Luckily, I've got great taste buds."
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