Despite reopening just two days ago, Koh Lim Chye’s customers patiently waited almost an hour in rainy weather for his dearly-missed bak chor mee.
received an unexpected phone call from hawker Koh Lim Chye. “I’m reopening. Havelock! Havelock! Block 22A, Okay ah,” he boomed before hanging up rather abruptly.last April, but promised to update us should he ever reopen. Whether he had jotted down a reminder or set an iPhone alarm we will never know, but Uncle faithfully kept his promise. His new location at Havelock Road Food Centre opened just two days ago, on May 2.
He was forced to move out after the coffeeshop operator decided to give up the kopitiam. Along with his stall neighbour“It’s a pity, everyone knows me here. I have been here since I was unmarried and now my son is 40 years old. I want to work for a few more years; my daughter-in-law has asked me to reopen elsewhere and she will help me , ” he toldIt took Ah Chye a year, but he finally found another nearby hawker centre to restart his business.
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