Goodbyes are never easy, especially when a bond has been formed for decades. The Loy family has been running Leong Yeow Chicken Rice since 1974 but come May 27, this 50-year run is set to come to an end. Not only would the family be waving goodbye to the business, they'd be parting ways with their customers too. A patron...
PHOTO: Facebook/Leong Yeow Famous Waterloo Street Hainanese Chicken RiceGoodbyes are never easy, especially when a bond has been formed for decades.
A patron named Matthew Abraham Soh shared the news on Facebook group Can Eat! SG on Thursday , mentioning that it was "very hard" to say goodbye. Although the Facebook post mentioned that this closure relates to just the Waterloo Street outlet, a Leong Yeow Chicken Rice spokesperson, who wanted to be known as Loy, confirmed with AsiaOne that both the Waterloo Street and Queen Street outlets will be closing on May 27.In the Facebook post's comments section, a number of netizens were dismayed by the news, with some trying to make sense of what could have happened to the business.
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